§ Tom CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists working within the London borough of Wandsworth provide national health service dental treatment within their practice; and if he will make a statement. [173077]
§ Mr. HuttonData for number of dentists are not collected by London borough area. The number of national health service dentists in Wandsworth Primary Care Trust (PCT) at 30 September 2003 is shown in the table.
National health service: Number of dentists in Wandsworth PCT area—30 September 2003 Primary care trust Wandsworth PCT General dental service (GDS) 121 Community dental service (CDS) 27 Salaried 4 Total 152 Dentists can work in more than one PCT area. GDS dentists numbers are for those whose main dental work is in the Wandworth PCT area. Therefore, dentists who do some work in this area but more in another PCT have not been included.
Adult dental registrations as a percentage of the population at 30 September for each year 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Wigan and Bolton HA 159.6 54.0 52.0 51.4 51.0 n/a n/a Bolton PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 45.6 45.7 Greater Manchester SHA area 160.3 53.9 52.2 52.3 51.9 50.6 49.7 England 51.0 43.8 43.3 43.4 43.4 44.2 44.0 n/a = not available. 1 Registration figures are not on the same basis as those for later years because of the change in registration period. Patients wishing to register with a NHS dentist can obtain details of dentists accepting new patients in their area by accessing www.nhs.uk, contacting NHS Direct or contacting their local PCT. Currently 93 per cent. of callers to NHS Direct are being directed to sources of NHS dental treatment within locally agreed distance standards.
§ Mr. CrausbyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists in(a) Bolton, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) England treated NHS patients in the past seven years; and how many treated only private patients in each year. [172621]
1258WDentists in the GDS include principals, assistants and vocational dental practitioners. These figures are on a headcount basis rather than whole-time equivalent basis and therefore take no account of part-time working.