§ Mr. HammondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will publish the consultation responses his Department has received with regard to the draft Continuing Care (National Health Service Responsibilities) Directions 2003; [144956]
(2) when he will publish the Continuing Care (National Health Service Responsibilities) Directions 2003. [144957]
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Table 1: General Dental Service—Number of GDS dental practices by strategic health authority at 31 August each year Number of dental practices Strategic Health Authority 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 England 8,681 8,736 8,784 8,624 8,597 8,623 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA 407 412 397 379 375 382 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA 281 294 296 304 300 303 Birmingham and The Black Country SHA 371 376 375 368 370 372 Cheshire and Merseyside SHA 442 435 432 411 399 396 County Durham and Tees Valley SHA 176 178 179 179 176 176 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire SHA 231 228 232 226 224 227 Cumbria and Lancashire SHA 326 331 328 323 328 324 Dorset and Somerset SHA 220 218 223 219 221 230 Essex SHA 238 244 247 247 246 248 Greater Manchester SHA 475 469 471 459 450 451 Hampshire and Isle of Wight SHA 309 317 315 316 317 313 Kent and Medway SHA 279 281 279 267 271 276
§ Dr. LadymanThe Continuing Care (National Health Service Responsibilities) Directions will be published early in 2004. There were a number of responses to the consultation on the draft Directions, leading to amendments where appropriate. A summary of the responses will be available in due course through http://www.doh.gov.uk/consultations/index.htm