Dentistry

HC Deb 10 June 2004 vol 422 cc538-9W

Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists there have been in Pendle in each year since 1994. [176284]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The number of national health service dentists in the health authority areas covering Pendle since 1994 is given in the table for September each year.

NHS dental services: number of dentists in Lancashire Family Health Service Authority (FHSA), East Lancashire Health Authority (HA) and Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale primary care trust (PCT)
September each year
	Lancashire FHSA	East Lancashire HA	Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale PCT
1994	507	—	—
1995	511	—	—
1996	—	191	—
1997	—	190	—
1998	—	201	—
1999	—	195	—

NHS dental services: number of dentists in Lancashire Family Health Service Authority (FHSA), East Lancashire Health Authority (HA) and Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale primary care trust (PCT)
September each year
	Lancashire FHSA	East Lancashire HA	Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale PCT
2000	—	200	—
2001	—	210	—
2002	—	—	97
2003	—	—	98
Note:
NHS dentists cover dentists working in the general dental service (GDS), hospital dental service (HDS), community dental service (CDS), personal dental service (PDS) and salaried service of the GDS. Dentists working in more than one dental service are included in each service, apart from dentists working in both PDS and GDS who are counted only once.
Source:
Department of Health Statistics

Miss McIntosh

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on NHS dentistry in the Vale of York. [177454]

Miss Melanie Johnson

There are 111 dentists in the Selby and York Primary Care Trust area. The PCT is working with local dentists to develop a dental action plan to improve access to national health service dentistry in the area.