§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was paid to cover professional negligence claims on London hospitals in each year since 1992–93; what proportion each sum represented of those hospital budgets; and if he will make a statement. [1287641
§ Mr. HuttonInformation on the amounts paid to cover professional negligence claims is not collected centrally.
General Dental Service: Number of registrations with a GDS dentist since 1997 Health Authority/Primary Cure Trust 19971,2 19982 19992 20002 20012 20023 20024 20034 England (million) 26.8 23.5 23.5 23.7 23.6 23.5 23.5 23.4 Northern and Yorkshire Region (thousand) 3.850.6 3,451.9 3,447.8 3,486.1 3,484.3 3,439. I — — Gateshead and South Tyneside HA (thousand) 213.2 188.6 191.4 190.5 193.6 190.2 — — Newcastle and North Tyneside HA (thousand) 278.8 241.5 245.5 245.0 239.5 239.3 — — Sunderland HA (thousand) 169.8 147.0 147.0 148.8 150.8 152.3 — — Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA (thousand) — — — — — — 743.1 751.6 Newcastle PCT (thousand) — — — — — — 139.2 140.6 Gateshead PCT (thousand) — — — — — — 101.1 99.1 South Tyneside PCT (thousand) — — — — — — 84.3 86.1 North Tyneside PCT (thousand) — — — — — — 101.8 103.3 Sunderland Teaching PCT (thousand) — — — — — — 150.3 153.1 1Registration numbers are not consistent with numbers for later dates because the 1997 numbers partly reflect the previous 24 months registration period (now 15 months).
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4 Responsibilities were transferred from HAs to PCTs from 1 October 2003.
Source:
Dental Practice Board