§ Mr. BestTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will introduce a returners scheme for NHS dental practitioners.[183328]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonA scheme for dental returners was launched in June. This provides incentives for dentists to return to practice. It is operated by the recruitment and returning advisers in each strategic health authority who liase with individual dentists and assess the level of support they may need.
§ Mr. WigginTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the level of Government funding for dentistry services was in(a) Wales, (b) England, (c) Herefordshire and (d) Worcestershire in each year since 1997. [183946]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe gross and net fees paid to dentists for the provision of general dental services (GDS) represent the main element of primary dental care costs and are the data most readily available by health authority area. Data since 1997 is shown in the table. These figures exclude some payments to dentists such as commitment payments, maternity and seniority payments as well as superannuation payments made on their behalf. There is a discontinuity in the figures for Hampshire and Worcestershire in the middle of 2002–03 because of the change in health administration areas.
Community, personal and hospital dental services have not been included in this table; these are directly commissioned by individual health authorities from locally managed resources rather than funded from a central national budget as is the case with the GDS.
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NHS dental service: gross and net fees paid for by the GDS March ending each year £ million Year/health authority (HA)/primary care trust (PCT) Gross fees Net fees1 1997–98 England 1,271.0 882.2 Wales 73.3 52.4 Herefordshire HA 4.5 2.8 Worcestershire HA 13.5 8.7 1998–99 England 1,351.90 931.8 Wales 78.4 55.9 Herefordshire HA 4.9 3.0 Worcestershire HA 13.9 9.1 1999–2000 England 1,394.3 962.1 Wales 81.8 58.1 Herefordshire HA 5.0 3.1 Worcestershire HA 14.3 9.3 2000–01 England 1,453.6 1,000.2 Wales 85.3 60.7 Herefordshire HA 5.0 3.2 Worcestershire HA 14.5 9.3 2001–02 England 1,502.3 1,032.3 Wales 87.7 63.2 Herefordshire HA 5.0 3.3 Worcestershire HA 14.9 9.7
NHS dental service: gross and net fees paid for by the GDS March ending each year £ million Year/health authority (HA)/primary care trust (PCT) Gross fees Net fees1 2002–03 First half of 2002–03 England 769.6 529.6 Wales 50.4 28.6 Herefordshire HA 2.4 1.6 Worcestershire HA 7.5 4.9 Second half of 2002-–03 England 774.1 532.5 Wales 45.9 32.9 Herefordshire PCT 2.3 1.6 South Worcestershire PCT 3.8 2.4 Redditch and Bromsgrove PCT 2.5 1.7 Wyre Forest PCT 1.5 1.0 2003–04 England 1,589.2 1,105.5 Wales 92.5 66.8 Herefordshire PCT 4.5 3.1 South Worcestershire PCT 7.9 5.2 Redditch and Bromsgrove PCT 5.3 3.6 Wyre Forest PCT 2.8 2.0 1Exclude patient charge
§ Mr. EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists left the national health service in each of the last seven years. [185871]
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