HC Deb 20 October 2003 vol 411 cc457-8W
Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were treated in the last year in each dental access centre. [132295]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The table shows the number of patients treated in each dental access centre during 2002–03.

Wave Dental Access Centre Number of patients treated
1 Cornwall 21,708
Shropshire 9,112
2 Bromley 792
Manchester (Kath Locke) 1,481
Gloucestershire 9,916
Wiltshire 7,220
Wolverhampton 4,544
Worcestershire 10,442
3 Peterborough 3,763
Hereford 11,405
West Norfolk and Wisbech 6,113
North Staffordshire 12,725
Oxfordshire 9,478
South Staffordshire 10,518
Hull and East Riding 9,519
Lincolin 3,394
Avon 7,256

Wave Dental Access Centre Number of patients treated
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 2,156
Easy Access 5,892
Egremont 1,562
Somerset 4,828
Surrey 10,927
Walsall 3,671
Warrington 11,149
North and East Devon 9,585
Warwickshire 2,107
Macclesfield 5,016
Plymouth 11,323
Morecambe Bay 3,657
North Mersey DAC 3,639
Brighton 1,213
Milton Keynes 4,938
Leicester 1,896
Solihull 3,710
Victoria Mill 54
Newcastle 859
Slough 5,641
Barnet Enfield and Haringey1 65
Bury and Rochdale1 3,624
Bury and St. Edmunds and W S 2,613
Scarborough 3,431
Nottingham 2,237
Northampton 1,832
North Norfolk 1,425
Total 248,436
1 Access Centre opened within the 2002–03 financial year.