§ Mrs. Helen ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of a molar root treatment is in(a) the general dental service and (b) the personal dental services. [8064]
§ Ms BlearsThe item of service fee currently paid to a dentist for providing a molar root treatment (endodontics) under general dental services is £68.65 per molar tooth. Under the personal dental service's arrangements, treatments are not remunerated on an item of service basis but are included as part of the overall contractual arrangements, which, for example, may be by way of salary, capitation payments, modified item of service or block contract, the category of patient treated and the range of treatments being provided under each individual pilot's arrangements.
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General dental service: Number of dentists whose adult registrations fell to zero during the financial year: England Health authority 2000–01 1999–2000 1998–99 1997–98 1996–97 Hillingdon 6 9 4 7 10 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 19 20 29 18 23 Enfield and Haringey 18 14 17 10 13 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 8 3 11 6 4 Bedfordshire 11 11 6 10 7 Berkshire 16 12 12 20 11 Buckinghamshire 15 14 16 14 12 Cambridge and Huntingdon 1— 1— 1— 9 5 Bexley and Greenwich 13 8 11 8 7 Bromley 6 5 6 12 8 Croydon 12 6 12 11 11 East Kent 13 17 10 12 18 West Kent 27 27 24 37 23 Kingston and Richmond 11 13 10 4 6 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 18 24 38 19 29 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 24 17 19 17 11 East Surrey 10 11 8 8 18 West Surrey 16 18 10 19 9 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 20 20 17 10 12 West Sussex 18 18 17 18 15 Barking and Havering 4 4 4 7 6 Barnet 7 10 11 12 11 Brent and Harrow 7 14 13 8 11 Camden and Islington 23 20 22 19 16 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 25 24 38 35 22 East London and The City 13 20 17 15 14 North Essex 20 13 18 19 16 South Essex 24 11 12 6 24 South Lancashire 6 5 7 3 3 Patients pay the same charge for treatment under the personal dental service as they do under the general dental service. The current charge for molar root treatment is £54.92 per molar tooth.
§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists have de-listed themselves from taking NHS adult patients by each health authority area, in each of the last six years. [8553]
§ Ms BlearsThe table shows the number of the General Dental Service (GDS) dentists in each health authority whose adult registration numbers fell to zero during each of the last five financial years ending in March. The vast majority of these dentists are leavers from the GDS. They will leave for a number of reasons, for example retirement, and some are absent only temporarily.
Those people who wish to see a national health service dentist should now be able to do so by contacting NHS Direct.
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General dental service: Number of dentists whose adult registrations fell to zero during the financial year: England Health authority 2000–01 1999–2000 1998–99 1997–98 1996–97 Liverpool 7 8 4 11 8 Manchester 9 7 11 12 7 Morecambe Bay 5 10 7 3 9 St. Helens and Knowsley 1 7 5 3 4 Salford and Trafford 7 6 6 9 9 Sefton 4 4 5 3 5 Stockport 1 5 3 1 6 West Pennine 5 7 5 6 9 East Norfolk 1— 1— 1— 10 12 Northamptonshire 10 6 8 8 10 North West Anglia 1— 1— 1— 5 6 Oxfordshire 15 15 8 14 12 Suffolk 8 5 8 13 6 Barnsley 4 1 4 2 1 North Derbyshire 6 6 6 4 3 South Derbyshire 11 7 15 5 2 Doncaster 3 1 2 2 4 Leicestershire 16 13 7 24 7 Lincolnshire 7 3 7 4 4 North Nottinghamshire 6 7 2 7 2 Nottingham 10 15 17 16 5 Rotherham 2 2 4 4 2 Sheffield 5 5 7 6 9 Bury and Rochdale 10 5 7 6 5 North Cheshire 3 0 3 2 4 South Cheshire 13 9 26 6 14 East Lancashire 8 5 4 6 7 North West Lancashire 11 5 7 2 8 North and Mid Hampshire 11 7 12 11 12 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 11 8 11 5 9 Southampton and South West Hampshire 15 12 8 5 12 Isle of Wight 3 5 1 0 5 Somerset 10 9 10 4 13 South and West Devon 12 11 12 13 17 Wiltshire 14 14 13 9 9 Avon 26 27 21 30 24 Birmingham 26 21 18 13 15 Wigan and Bolton 7 7 7 6 5 Wirral 7 11 5 5 3 Bradford 6 13 9 6 4 County Durham 8 4 4 2 6 East Riding 5 7 3 10 9 Gateshead and South Tyneside 4 4 0 4 8 Leeds 15 15 11 14 13 Newcastle and North Tyneside 15 7 10 10 9 North Cumbria 5 6 6 5 4 South Humber 5 5 3 3 2 Northumberland 4 5 5 7 5 Sunderland 4 7 4 7 2 Tees 14 10 8 9 4 Wakefield 3 3 2 5 2 North Yorkshire 10 15 13 13 14 Calderdale and Kirklees 7 7 5 2 3 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 9 14 9 7 10 Dorset 12 16 9 11 16 North and East Devon 20 12 9 5 11 Gloucestershire 7 7 6 6 5 Coventry 4 4 4 6 2 Dudley 5 1 2 5 1 Herefordshire 2 2 2 2 2 Sandwell 4 1 3 2 4 Shropshire 3 7 5 8 0 Solihull 6 2 3 1 1 North Staffordshire 4 5 5 5 2 South Staffordshire 6 7 7 5 3 Walsall 2 1 1 0 1 Warwickshire 8 15 12 3 3 Wolverhampton 3 3 2 3 1 Worcestershire 8 10 9 3 9 East and North Hertfordshire 13 9 6 13 9 West Hertfordshire 13 10 5 15 7 Cambridge 16 19 1— 1— 1— Norfolk 12 17 1— 1— 1— Total 1,001 954 926 885 851 1 In April 1999 Cambridge and Huntingdon, East Norfolk and North West Anglia were amalgamated into two Has, namely Cambridge Ha and Norfolk HA. For 1998–99 the total number of dentists in these Has was 19.
§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists still take NHS adult patients, broken down by each health authority area. [8552]
§ Ms BlearsMost dentists continue to treat some adults and children on the national health service. Only about 1,000 general dental service (GDS) dentists have no adult registrations at all and a proportion of these are practitioners who specialise in children's work. Most dentists ceasing to have adult patients have left the GDS, frequently because of retirement.
The table shows the number of GDS dentists in each health authority that have adult registered patients at the end of June 2001. Dentists working in more than one health authority are counted only once in their main health authority.
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General dental service: Number of dentists with adult registered patients at 30 June 2001, England Health authority Number of dentists Avon 360 Barking and Havering 89 Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 305 Barnsley 53 Bedfordshire 136 Berkshire 239 Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 243 Birmingham 272 Bradford 130 Brent and Harrow 169 Buckinghamshire 247 Bury and Rochdale 106 Calderdale and Kirklees 169 Cambridge 177 Camden and Islington 175 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 149 County Durham 145 Coventry 73 Croydon 123 Doncaster 80 Dorset 239 Dudley 78 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 259 East Kent 167 East Lancashire 132 East London and The City 160 East Riding 135 East Surrey 171 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 278 Gateshead and South Tyneside 110 Gloucestershire 190 Herefordshire 61 Hertfordshire 399 Hillingdon 84 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 187 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 167 Kingston and Richmond 117 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 216 Leeds 241 Leicestershire 248 Lincolnshire 128 Liverpool 124 Manchester 151 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 222 Morecambe Bay 97 Newcastle and North Tyneside 144 Norfolk 209 North and East Devon 173 North and Mid Hampshire 164 North Cheshire 84 North Cumbria 93
General dental service: Number of dentists with adult registered patients at 30 June 2001, England Health authority Number of dentists North Derbyshire 97 North Essex 233 North Nottinghamshire 92 North Staffordshire 103 North West Lancashire 133 North Yorkshire 262 Northamptonshire 143 Northumberland 85 Nottingham 196 Oxfordshire 205 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 146 Rotherham 66 Salford and Trafford 142 Sandwell 76 Sefton 78 Sheffield 174 Shropshire 134 Solihull 56 Somerset 149 South and West Devon 228 South Cheshire 221 South Derbyshire 154 South Essex 204 South Humber 65 South Lancashire 86 South Staffordshire 157 Southampton and South West Hampshire 172 St. Helens and Knowsley 87 Stockport 110 Suffolk 188 Sunderland 75 Tees 171 Wakefield 89 Walsall 44 Warwickshire 151 West Kent 301 West Pennine 134 West Surrey 248 West Sussex 277 Wigan and Bolton 160 Wiltshire 183 Wirral 105 Wolverhampton 58 Worcestershire 152 England 15,058