HC Deb 04 July 2002 vol 388 cc572-5W
Dr. Evan Harris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS (General Dentist Services) dentists there were per 100,000 population in(a) England, (b) each NHS region and (c) each health authority in each year since 1997. [64536]

Mr. Hutton

The total number of general dental service (GDS) dentists per 100,000 population in(a) England, (b) each national health service region and (c) each health authority is shown in the table at 30 September for the years 1997 to 2001.

The total number of GDS dentists covers principals on a health authority list, their assistants and vocational dental practitioners.

General dental service: number of dentists1 working the GDS per 100,000 population2 by health authority at 30 September 1997 to 2001
Health authority 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
England 34 35 36 36 37
Northern and Yorkshire 32 32 33 33 34
Bradford 32 32 30 30 30
Calderdale and Kirklees 32 32 32 33 34
County Durham and Darlington 25 27 28 28 28
East Riding and Hull 24 24 25 27 27
Gateshead and South Tyneside 34 36 36 36 36
Leeds 35 38 37 36 39
Newcastle and North Tyneside 34 36 37 36 37
North Cumbria 33 33 33 33 34
North Yorkshire 36 37 38 39 40
Northumberland 32 33 34 33 33
Sunderland 26 27 28 31 33
Tees 34 33 35 35 37
Wakefield 28 29 28 31 34
Trent 29 29 30 31 31
Barnsley 28 28 29 28 29
Doncaster 32 30 30 34 34
Leicester 28 29 30 30 30
Lincolnshire 22 23 24 25 25
North Derbyshire 26 28 28 30 31
North Nottinghamshire 26 29 30 31 31
Nottingham 33 34 36 35 35
Rotherham 26 28 29 30 30
Sheffield 36 34 36 36 38
Southern Derbyshire 29 31 31 32 31
South Humber 24 25 26 26 26
West Midlands 29 29 30 31 31
Birmingham 31 31 32 32 32
Coventry 27 31 31 31 31
Dudley 26 27 28 29 29
Herefordshire 39 41 43 45 44
North Staffordshire 23 24 26 27 27
Sandwell 32 31 31 33 32
Shropshire 31 32 31 34 33
Solihull 26 29 30 28 33
South Staffordshire 26 28 27 29 30
Walsall 22 23 24 23 22
Warwickshire 29 29 30 33 33
Wolverhampton 28 25 27 29 30
Worcestershire 34 33 35 33 34
North West 34 35 35 34 35
Bury and Rochdale 33 32 32 30 30
East Lancashire 31 32 32 32 32
Liverpool 34 33 33 33 34
Manchester 39 42 44 39 39
Morecambe Bay 34 36 37 36 37
North Cheshire 29 27 31 31 30
North West Lancashire 35 35 37 35 37
Salford and Trafford 34 34 34 35 36
Sefton 33 35 35 35 34
South Cheshire 39 41 37 38 38
South Lancashire 28 31 31 31 31
St. Helens and Knowsley 28 32 31 31 31
Stockport 39 38 37 39 41
West Pennine 31 31 31 33 32
Wigan and Bolton 30 30 31 32 31
Wirral 41 41 42 42 42
Eastern 33 34 35 36 37
Bedfordshire 28 30 32 33 33
Cambridgeshire3 — — 31 32 34
Cambridge and Huntingdon3 29 29 — — —
East Norfolk3 36 38 — — —
Hertfordshire 41 43 46 46 49
Norfolk3 — — 34 34 35
North Essex 32 33 33 34 35
North West Anglia3 27 27 — — —
South Essex 30 31 32 35 35
Suffolk 31 32 34 34 34
London 41 42 42 43 43
Barking and Havering 28 29 31 32 34
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 42 43 44 45 45
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 37 36 37 40 40

General dental service: number of dentists1 working the GDS per 100,000 population2 by health authority at 30 September 1997 to 2001
Health authority 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Brent and Harrow 41 45 41 45 47
Camden and Islington 55 55 56 59 59
Croydon 44 42 41 42 44
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 50 53 54 50 51
East London and The City 31 32 31 30 32
Hillingdon 36 38 39 41 41
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 57 56 54 53 50
Kingston and Richmond 45 45 46 45 46
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 37 39 35 36 36
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 42 43 45 44 47
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 36 36 40 42 41
South East 36 37 38 38 39
Berkshire 35 35 37 39 39
Buckinghamshire 39 38 41 39 42
East Kent 31 33 34 34 34
East Surrey 45 45 43 46 46
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 40 40 41 42 43
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and SE Hampshire 30 32 34 33 35
North and Mid Hampshire 33 33 35 36 37
Northamptonshire 26 27 28 27 27
Oxfordshire 33 36 37 40 41
Southampton and South West Hampshire 34 37 36 37 36
West Kent 39 37 38 37 37
West Surrey 42 44 44 45 47
West Sussex 40 42 43 44 46
South and West 36 37 38 39 40
Avon 40 41 43 42 43
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 31 33 34 35 36
Dorset 35 38 39 39 40
Gloucestershire 37 39 39 39 40
North and East Devon 37 38 40 40 42
Somerset 33 33 33 36 35
South and West Devon 37 36 39 42 43
Wiltshire 32 34 36 36 35
1 Dentists are principals on a HA list, assistants and vocational dental practitioners.
2 ONS 1997 to 2000 mid year population estimates based on the 1991 census. ONS 2001 mid year population estimates are not yet available, mid year 2000 population estimates are used to calculate the number of dentists working in the GDS per 100,000 population in 2001.
3 Three HAs: Cambridge and Huntingdon, East Norfolk and North West Anglia were replaced by two HAs: Cambridge and Norfolk in April 1999.

Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what action is being taken to improve access to NHS dentistry in the Portsmouth, South constituency; and if he will make a statement; [65374]

(2) how many NHS-registered dentists there were in the Portsmouth, South constituency in 2001; and if he will make a statement. [65373]

Ms Blears

Hampshire and Isle of Wight health authority has advised me that there are plans to develop a school of dental hygiene and therapy within Portsmouth university. Proposals to use this facility as a dental access centre are under consideration.

Information on the number of national health service dentists in the former Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and south-east Hampshire health authority area is shown in the table. Information is not available by constituency.

Number of dentists working in the NHS in the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and south-east Hampshire health authority at 30 September 2001
Number
GDS dentists1 238
Salaried service of GDS 0
PDS dentists only2 11
Salaried community dentists3 30
Hospital salaried dentists3 30
Total 305
1 The general dental service (GDS) includes principals on a health authority list, assistants and vocational dental practitioners.
2 The personal dental service (PDS) covers dentists working in the PDS who are not working in the GDS.
3 Figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

Notes:

1. The number of NHS dentists includes GDS dentists, dentists working in the salaried services of the GDS, hospital and community dentists and PDS dentists.

2. The figures are on a headcount basis rather than whole time equivalent (wte) and take no account of part-time working.

3. Dentists working in more than one dental service are included in each service apart from dentists working in both PDS and GDS who are counted in the GDS only.

4. Dentists working solely in private dentistry are not covered in these figures.