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Dentistry

Answer

The information requested is shown in the table. These figures cover dentists working in primary care dental services, but not hospital or community dental services.

Number of national health service dentists and rate per 10,000 population in the specified areas as at 31 March each year
	England	South East Cambridgeshire constituency	South Cambridgeshire Primary Care Trust (PCT)
Number of dentists
2005	20,088	37	30
2004	19,294	34	27
2003	18,962	31	25
2002	18,724	27	27
2001	18,373	26	26
2000	18,003	25	26
1999	17,471	25	29
1998	16,925	20	21
1997	16,462	20	22
Ratio of dentists per 10,000 population
2005	4.0	—	2.2
2004	3.9	—	2.0
2003	3.8	—	1.9
2002	3.8	—	2.0
2001	3.7	—	2.0
2000	3.7	—	2.0
1999	3.6	—	2.2
1998	3.5	—	1.6
1997	3.4	—	1.7
Notes: 1. Population data are not available at parliamentary constituency area. 2. The figures are based on the numbers of dentists with open general dental services (GDS) or personal dental services (PDS) contracts as at 31 March each year. 3. Dentists include principals, assistants and trainees. 4. Prison contracts have been excluded. 5. Dentists are counted within specified areas based on the postcode of their dental practice. Areas have been defined using the Office for National Statistics all fields postcode directory—November 2004. 6. Population data for the PCT in 1997–2000 have been calculated on 2001 population data as population data at PCT area are not available for these years. All data for 2004 and 2005 have been calculated on 2003 population data as these are the most up to date available. 7. The figures take into account any notifications received up to 5 July 2005. Source: Dental Practice Board.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

14580; 436 c2814-5W;436 c2841-2W

Session

2005-06

Related items

Dentistry
Wednesday, 5 October 2005
Written questions
House of Commons

Subjects

Dental services Staff Cambridgeshire