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Written question asked by John Cummings (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 June 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 12 June 2009. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 June 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dentistry: Easington

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists there are in Easington constituency; and how many patients received NHS services from those dentists in the last 24 month period for which information is available.
Answer

Information is not available in the format requested.The numbers of dentists with national health service activity during the year ending 31 March 2008 are available in table G1 of annex 3 of the "NHS Dental Statistics for England: 2007/08" report. Information is provided by strategic health authority (SHA) and by primary care trust (PCT) but is not available by constituency. This information is based on the new dental contractual arrangements, introduced on 1 April 2006. This report, published on 21 August 2008, has already been placed in the Library and is also available on the NHS Information Centre website at:"www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/dental0708"Following a recent consultation exercise, this measure is based on a revised methodology and therefore supersedes previously published work force figures relating to the new dental contractual arrangements. It is not comparable to the information collected under the old contractual arrangements. This revised methodology counted the number of dental performers with NHS activity recorded via FP17 claim forms in each year ending 31 March. The published figures relate to headcounts and do not differentiate between full-time and part-time dentists, nor do they account for the fact that some dentists may do more NHS work than others.Information on the number of patients seen in the most recent 24 month period is available in table D3 of annex 3 of the "NHS Dental Statistics for England, Quarter 3, 31 December 2008" report. Information is provided at quarterly intervals from 31 March 2006 to 31 December 2008. Information is provided by PCT and SHA but is not available by constituency. It is based on the PCT boundaries which came into effect on 1 October 2006. This report, published on 21 May 2009, has been placed in the Library and is also available on the NHS Information Centre website at:"www.ic.nhs.uk/pubs/dentalstats0809q3"

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
494 c218-9W; 279851
Session
2008-09
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2009-1717
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects
Dental services Easington
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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