§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many requests for an independent review against Castle Point and Rochford Primary Care Trust's decisions relating to Health Care Funding have been received in the last 12 months; and how many were upheld. [147597]
§ Dr. Ladyman1 am advised by Essex strategic health authority (SHA) that the continuing care panel has heard one case in relation to Castle Point and Rochford Primary Care Trust (PCT) and has one case pending.
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Table 1: Number of general dental service dentists in England by region and strategic health authority for September 1999 to 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Principal Dentists Region England 16,089 16,276 16,396 16,445 16,649 Northern and Yorkshire 1,912 1,927 1,986 — — Trent 1,428 1,441 1,450 — — West Midlands 1,498 1,524 1,516 — — North West 2,091 2,096 2,103 — — Eastern 1,664 1,672 1,708 — — London 2,744 2,790 2,815 — — South East 3,005 3,039 3,090 — — South and West 1.747 1,787 1,783 — — Strategic Health Authority Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 802 796 796 787 679 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 584 583 599 588 563 Birmingham and The Black Country 630 630 631 648 890 Cheshire and Merseyside 756 763 764 762 764 County Durham and Tees Valley 319 323 334 345 489 Coventry, Warks, Herefordshire and Worcs. 471 477 477 489 493 Cumbria and Lancashire 591 586 598 595 658 Dorset and Somerset 400 419 413 416 498 Essex 465 480 494 474 477 Greater Manchester 909 916 911 844 678 Hampshire and Isle Of Wight 557 565 568 565 431 Kent and Medway 521 509 508 505 680 Leics, Northants and Rutland 411 405 411 416 588 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 615 609 615 624 807 North and East Yorkshire and N. Lincs 472 483 501 503 473 North Central London 527 537 541 552 368 North East London 420 431 442 417 532 North West London 786 800 792 771 675 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 439 442 448 458 407 Shropshire and Staffordshire 397 417 408 415 492 South East London 482 505 503 492 504 South West London 529 517 537 541 169 South West Peninsula 545 572 574 557 511 South Yorkshire 314 327 333 408 400 I am further advised that in the case that was heard, the panel was of the view that the PCT's decision was correct and that the SHA was advised accordingly.
The latest published figures for national health service written complaints for 2002–03 are available on the Department's website at www.doh.gov.uk/nhscomplaints.