HC Deb 16 September 2004 vol 424 c1751WS
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dental practices in East Lancashire have(a) wholly private, (b) wholly NHS and (c) mixed lists. [188568]

Miss Melanie Johnson

The Department does not collect information on dentists with wholly private lists, nor on the private work of dental practices doing national health service work.

The number of general dental service (CDS) and persona; dental service (PDS) practices in the East Lancashire area is shown in the table.

Primary care trust Number of CDS and PDS dental

practices

Blackburn with Drawen 25
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 44