§ Mr. David StewartTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to provide incentives for dentists to stay in the NHS. [55328]
§ Mr. Lammy[holding answer 10 May 2002]Over the last 18 months we have spent £100 million on modernising National Health Service dentistry. £10 million of this was for the dental care development fund and the dentistry action plan fund to support local plans to improve access. This money enables health authorities to assist dentists seeking to set up new practices and to expand and modernise existing ones. Furthermore, the £35 million Modernisation Fund provided grants for dentists to improve facilities.
1438WAdditionally, the commitment payment scheme, introduced from April 1999, provides incentive payments to dentists, depending on how much NHS work they undertake. From April 2002, the scheme was extended to include dentists who have 5 years or more service in the NHS. Officials continue to work with the profession to see how the scheme might be strengthened in the future.
The Department is also undertaking work with the profession and other stakeholders through the modernising project Options for Change, to test out new methods of providing NHS dentistry.
§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many courses of treatment were delivered through personal dental access services in each year since 1998. [60869]
§ Mr. LammyThe total number of courses of treatment carried out in the personal dental service (PDS) is shown in the table for each of the years 1998–99 to 2001–02.
The table includes courses of treatment carried out in dental access centres as well as other PDS pilots.
Personal Dental Service: Number of courses of treatment thousands Year Number 1998–99 73 1999–2000 217 2000–01 312 2001–02 480
§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many courses of treatment were delivered through dental access centres in each year since 1998. [60871]
§ Mr. LammyThe total number of courses of treatment carried out in dental access centres is shown in the table for each of the years 1998–99 to 2001–02.
Personal Dental Service: Number of courses of treatment in Dental Access Centres thousands Year Number 1998–99 5 1999–2000 23 2000–01 70 2001–02 197
§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many personal dental services posts were(a) established and (b) filled, broken down by health authority, in each year since 1998. [60866]
§ Mr. LammyThe available information is for the number of dentists working in the personal dental service (PDS). This is shown in the table by health authority at 31 March for each year from 1999 to 2002.
The figures are on a headcount basis rather than whole time equivalent and take no account of part-time working.
1439WSome of the PDS dentists also work in other National Health Service dental services such as the General Dental Service and the Community Dental Service.
1440W
Personal Dental Service (PDS): Total number of dentists by Health Authority at 31 March 1999 to 2002 England Health Authority 1999 2000 2001 2002 England 140 252 472 891 Avon 0 0 1 11 Barnet, Enfield & Haringey 0 0 0 4 Barnsley 0 0 1 1 Bedfordshire 5 8 9 36 Berkshire 0 0 0 2 Bexley, Bromley & Greenwich 0 3 7 7 Birmingham 0 0 33 43 Bradford 0 0 0 17 Buckinghamshire 16 13 24 29 Bury & Rochdale 0 0 2 5 Cambridgeshire 0 0 6 7 Camden & Islington 0 0 0 1 Cornwall & Isles of Scilly 19 23 30 42 County Durham & Darlington 0 4 5 7 Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow 17 16 13 13 East Kent 0 0 3 7 East Lancashire 0 0 2 8 East London & The City 1 1 1 1 East Riding & Hull 0 0 3 10 East Sussex, Brighton & Hove 0 0 0 2 Gloucestershire 0 18 21 26 Herefordshire 0 0 13 19 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth & SE Hampshire 0 5 8 12 Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham 28 35 35 26 Leicestershire 0 0 0 3 Lincolnshire 0 0 6 9 Liverpool 3 4 15 29 Manchester 0 2 2 3 Morecambe Bay 0 0 0 5 Newcastle & North Tyneside 0 0 0 6 Norfolk 0 0 7 10 North & East Devon 0 0 0 11 North Cheshire 0 0 0 19 North Cumbria 0 0 1 1 North Derbyshire 0 5 5 6 North Essex 3 3 3 4 North Staffordshire 0 0 18 21 North West Lancashire 0 0 1 1 North Yorkshire 0 0 0 8 Northamptonshire 0 3 3 4 Northumberland 1 1 0 0 Nottingham 0 0 0 5 Oxfordshire 0 0 16 21 Salford & Trafford 0 1 1 5 Sandwell 0 0 0 3 Sefton 0 4 4 7 Shropshire 1 5 7 7 Solihull 0 0 0 62 Somerset 0 0 0 9 South & West Devon 0 0 0 19 South Cheshire 24 20 24 32 South Lancashire 4 3 3 5 South Staffordshire 0 0 13 14 Southampton & South West Hampshire 0 18 21 21 Southern Derbyshire 2 4 9 12 St Helens & Knowsley 0 7 13 27 Suffolk 0 2 2 5 Tees 5 5 8 11 Walsall 0 0 0 6 Warwickshire 11 12 14 20 West Pennine 0 0 1 1 West Surrey 0 0 0 49
Personal Dental Service (PDS): Total number of dentists by Health Authority at 31 March 1999 to 2002 England Health Authority 1999 2000 2001 2002 West Sussex 0 11 15 18 Wiltshire 0 3 5 10 Wirral 0 10 12 14 Wolverhampton 0 3 6 6 Worcestershire 0 0 20 26 1. Number at 31 March each year.
§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) What the total gross fees authorised for payment for personal dental services were for England and Wales in each year since 1998: [60868]
(2) What the total gross fees authorised for payment for dental access centres were for England and Wales in each year since 1998. [60870]
§ Mr. LammyThe figure for this is not available. Dentists working in dental access centres and other personal dental services pilots are salaried employees of primary care trusts and National Health Service trusts. Their income is not drawn from fees.
§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the mean number of decayed, missing and filled primary teeth was for children aged five, broken down by health authority, in every year since 1996; and what percentage of children aged five had no experience of tooth decay, broken down by health authority, in each year since 1996. [60796]
§ Mr. LammyThe British Association for the Study of Community Dentistry (BASCD) carries out a survey every second year to monitor the dental caries experience of five year-old children. The latest results are for 1999–00.
Information on the mean number of decayed, missing or filled teeth for five year-old children by health authority trust for the years 1995–96, 1997–98 and 1999–00 has been placed in the Library.
Information on the percentage of five year-old children with no decayed, missing or filled teeth for 1995–96, 1997–98 and 1999–00 has been placed in the Library.
Figures for National Health Service trusts have been provided where the health authority figures are not available.