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Dentistry

Answer

The information requested is not available in the format requested. As at 30 September 2005, there were 54 national health service dentists with a general dental services (GDS) or personal dental services (PDS) contract within Lancaster and Wyre parliamentary constituency.Information about who dentists offer to treat is not collected centrally. However, an analysis of NHS patient registrations data as at 1 June 2005 showed that within Morecambe Bay primary care trust (PCT) there were three dentists having only children registered and in Wyre PCT there were none with only children registered. This analysis is not available at constituency area."Notes:""A dentist with a GDS or PDS contract may provide as little or as much NHS treatment as he or she chooses or has agreed with the PCT. Information concerning the amount of time dedicated to NHS work by individual GDS or PDS dentists is not centrally available.""Data include all notifications of dentists joining or leaving the GDS or PDS, received by the Dental Practice Board, up to 19 October 2005. Figures for the numbers of dentists at specified dates may vary depending upon the notification period, e.g. data with a later notification period will include more recent notifications of dentists joining or leaving the GDS or PDS.""Dentists consist of principals, assistants and trainees. Prison contracts have been excluded.""The postcode of the dental practice was used to allocate dentists to specific geographic areas. Constituency areas have been defined using the Office for National Statistics All Fields Postcode Directory. Data on the number of dentists working only in private practice are not held centrally.""Source:""NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre"

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

61319; 445 c207W;445 c207W

Session

2005-06

Subjects

Dental services Lancaster and Wyre