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Dept of Health

Answer

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were registered with an NHS dentist in (a) the East Worthing and Shoreham constituency, (b) West Sussex and (c) the Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority area in each year since 1997. [96101] Ms Blears: The available information is for the period 1997 to 2001 for health authorities (HA). For 2002, the information is at primary care trust (PCT) level. These are shown in the tables together with the totals for Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority (StHA). Table 1 shows the number of registrations in East Surrey, West Surrey, East Sussex, Brighton and Hove and West Sussex HA area at 30 September in each of the years 1997 to 2001. Table 2 shows the number of registrations in Surrey and Sussex StHA area by PCT at 30 September 2002. Table 1: General Dental Service: number of registrations1 in East Surrey, West Surrey, East Sussex, Brighton and Hove and West Sussex health authorities at 30 September 1997 to 2001 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Thousand Health authority 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Surrey and Sussex Strategic 1,344 1,185 1,167 1,169 1,166 Health Authority East Surrey 205 182 166 176 173 West Surrey 315 279 278 274 359 East Sussex, Brighton and 413 364 356 362 271 Hove West Sussex 410 359 367 357 363 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 The registration number for September 1997 is not comparable with the later figures because of the change in the registration periods. Table 2: General Dental Service: number of registrations in Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority by primary care trust at 30 September 2002 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Primary care trust Thousand Surrey and Sussex StHA 1,151 Bexhill and Rother 35 Hastings and St. Leonards 49 Mid-Sussex 71 East Elmbridge and Mid-Surrey 99 East Surrey 72 Guildford and Waverley 88 North Surrey 86 Woking 88 Adur, Arun and Worthing 104 Western Sussex 97 Brighton and Hove City 120 Eastbourne Downs 78 Sussex Downs and Weald 77 Crawley 37 Horsham and Chanctonbury 49 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Registrations lapse if patients do not return to their dentists within 15 months. Registration rates will exclude patients who have not been to their GDS dentist within the past 15 months and patients who receive dental treatment from other NHS dental services. 2. During the period 1997 to 2002, the registration numbers are affected by the change in the registration periods for adults and children. Also, the figures do not include patients attending the Dental Access Centres, which opened during the period, and whose patients are not registered. 3. Registrations are included in the area of the dentist. The registration rates for some areas may be affected by some patients receiving their dental treatment in a different area from the one in which they live. 4. Patients wishing to register with a GDS dentist can obtain details of dentists accepting new patients in their area by contacting NHS Direct.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

96101; 399 c822-4W;399 c820-2W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Dental services NHS Patients Registration West Sussex Shoreham Worthing Surrey and Sussex Strategic Health Authority

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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