HC Deb 08 November 2001 vol 374 cc350-3W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the number of dentists providing treatment on the national health service in each health authority in England and Wales in each of the last four years. [11872]

General dental service: Total number of dentists at 30 June each year from 1998 to 2001: England and Wales
Health authority by region 1998 1999 2000 2001
England and Wales 17,691 18,245 18,686 18,995
England 16,763 17,270 17,700 18,004
Northern and Yorkshire 1,990 2,030 2,030 2,110
Bradford 146 148 148 142
Calderdale and Kirklees 185 185 188 195
County Durham and Darlington 153 161 165 171
East Riding and Hull 136 141 145 153
Gateshead and South Tyneside 119 122 119 124
Leeds 265 268 254 279
Newcastle and North Tyneside 161 173 164 168
North Cumbria 103 102 102 104
North Yorkshire 268 279 280 292
Northumberland 107 100 100 97
Sunderland 79 76 82 85
Tees 182 186 189 196
Wakefield 86 89 94 104
Trent 1,447 1,495 1,560 1,570
Barnsley 61 64 67 61
Doncaster 88 85 96 98
Leicestershire 261 267 277 278
Lincolnshire 136 149 156 157
North Derbyshire 102 105 104 112
North Nottinghamshire 106 107 122 117
Nottingham 210 219 222 223
Rotherham 70 70 73 75
Sheffield 178 176 186 197
Southern Derbyshire 162 177 178 172
South Humber 73 76 79 80
West Midlands 1,545 1,571 1,612 1,632
Birmingham 313 314 321 315
Coventry 83 86 88 89
Dudley 84 81 85 91
Herefordshire 67 72 73 73
North Staffordshire 114 116 119 128
Sandwell 86 86 81 86
Shropshire 136 132 141 146
Solihull 55 62 63 65
South Staffordshire 161 158 166 171
Walsall 58 61 63 54
Warwickshire 148 152 164 166
Wolverhampton 60 65 66 69
Worcestershire 180 186 182 179
North West 2,213 2,239 2,237 2,253
Bury and Rochdale 127 124 123 118
East Lancashire 159 157 160 158
Liverpool 153 151 144 150
Manchester 173 180 167 169
Morecambe Bay 106 110 114 111
North Cheshire 88 91 97 93
North West Lancashire 161 165 169 165
Salford and Trafford 151 148 152 154
Sefton 96 97 92 95
South Cheshire 265 251 247 253
South Lancashire 93 95 93 99
St. Helens and Knowsley 94 105 106 106

Ms Blears

The number of general dental services dentists in England and Wales is shown in the table for June in each of the years 1998 to 2001 for the current health authorities.

The total number of dentists in England and Wales increased by 7 per cent. in the three years from June 1998 to June 2001. The commitment of individual dentists to the general dental services can vary.

General dental service: Total number of dentists at 30 June each year from 1998 to 2001: England and Wales
Health authority by region 1998 1999 2000 2001
Stockport 111 107 116 120
West Pennine 144 146 143 148
Wigan and Bolton 166 175 180 181
Wirral 126 137 134 133
Eastern 1,772 1,858 1,914 1,976
Bedfordshire 165 176 191 188
Cambridgeshire1 223 227 241
Hertfordshire 429 453 468 494
Norfolk1 266 266 277
North Essex 289 295 302 305
South Essex 210 220 235 241
Suffolk 212 225 225 230
London 2,948 3,011 3,102 3,137
Barking and Havering 109 117 117 123
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 346 347 373 371
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 262 267 293 294
Brent and Harrow 196 198 196 213
Camden and Islington 204 208 220 233
Croydon 140 141 136 150
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 345 361 341 348
East London and The City 185 204 191 196
Hillingdon 93 96 97 101
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 222 219 237 216
Kingston and Richmond 149 155 155 155
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 273 259 272 261
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 264 275 293 301
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 160 164 181 175
South East 3,082 3,225 3,326 3,376
Berkshire 277 282 307 303
Buckinghamshire 252 272 283 288
East Kent 193 200 206 204
East Surrey 190 189 189 202
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 296 308 317 328
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 211 225 224 226
North and Mid Hampshire 178 188 197 212
Northamptonshire 160 167 169 167
Oxfordshire 210 223 244 253
Southampton and South West Hampshire 190 193 199 199
West Kent 352 364 369 357
West Surrey 269 294 288 295
West Sussex 304 320 334 342
South and West 1,766 1,841 1,919 1,950
Avon 396 411 431 436
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 158 161 171 - 178
Dorset 251 263 271 272
Gloucestershire 210 217 218 215
North and East Devon 180 184 191 204
Somerset 161 162 176 174
South and West Devon 210 228 240 249
Wiltshire 200 215 221 222
Wales 928 975 986 991
Bro Taf 228 238 243 247
Dyfed Powys 145 160 165 167
Gwent 176 183 180 180
Morgannwg 176 185 185 186
North Wales 203 209 213 211
1 June 1998 data are not available. Cambridge and Norfolk HAs were created in April 1999 from the previous HAs: Cambridge and Huntingdon; East Norfolk; and North West Anglia. The total number of dentists in these HAs was 467 in June 1998 and 489 in June 1999.

Notes:

1. Some dentists have contracts in more than one health authority. These dentists have been counted only once, in the HA in which they hold their main contract. Dentists include principals on a HA list of dentists, and their assistants and vocational dental practitioners.

2. At 30 June 2001 there were 592 dentists working in the personal dental service (PDS) in England, of which 385 were working solely in the PDS. There are no PDS pilots in Wales.