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Dentists

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people (a) aged 17 or under and (b) aged 18 or over were registered with an NHS dentist in (i) Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority and (ii) the Isle of Wight Primary Care Trust in each of the last five years; and what proportion each represents of the relevant age group. [142425]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Information on the number and percentage of child and adult registrations in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Strategic Health Authority and each of the primary care trusts in Hampshire and Isle of Wight for September 2002 and 2003 are shown in table 1 together with the registration rates of the relevant populations.

Table 2 shows the number and percentage of child and adult registration in Isle of Wight health authority and Hampshire health authority areas for September 1999, 2000 and 2001 together with the registration rates of the relevant populations.

Registrations lapse if patients do not return to their dentists within 15 months. Registrations will exclude patients who haven't been to their general dentist service

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(GDS) dentist within the past 15 months and patients who receive dental treatment from other national health service dental services.

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Patients wishing to register with a CDS dentist can obtain details of dentists accepting new patients by contacting NHS Direct.

Table 1: General Dental Service: Number of registrations and percentage of the population at 30 September each year— England

	2002
Strategic health authority/Primary care Trust	Child registration	Percentage	Adult registration	Percentage
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	243	61.9	558	41.1
New Forest	24	69.4	60	44.9
North Hampshire	30	61.1	59	37.2
Isle of Wight	14	52.7	37	35.2
Mid Hampshire	26	69.0	61	46.5
East Hampshire	23	59.1	40	31.0
Portsmouth City	27	66.8	73	53.1
Blackwater Valley and Hart	24	58.4	50	39.2
Southampton City	27	60.7	82	47.6
Fareham and Gosport	24	56.8	48	34.4
Eastleigh and Test Valley South	24	64.0	49	39.4

	2003
Strategic health authority/Primary care Trust	Child registration	Percentage	Adult registration	Percentage
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	239	60.9	528	38.9
New Forest	24	68.5	55	41.3
North Hampshire	29	59.9	56	35.9
Isle of Wight	14	51.3	32	30.6
Mid Hampshire	27	71.3	64	48.6
East Hampshire	21	55.0	33	25.3
Portsmouth City	27	66.8	74	53.5
Blackwater Valley and Hart	24	58.9	51	39.7
Southampton City	25	56.1	72	41.9
Fareham and Gosport	22	54.1	39	27.8
Eastleigh and Test Valley South	25	66.8	52	42.4

Notes:

1. Registration numbers are in thousands.

2. Population data are estimates of 2001 census.

Table 2: General Dental Service: Number of registrations and percentage of the population at 30 September each year—England

	1999
Health authority	Childregistration	Percentage ofthe population	Adultregistration	Percentage ofthe population
Isle of Wight	16	61.6	42	41.6
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	72	59.1	171	40.6
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and SE Hampshire combined	88	59.5	214	40.8
North and Mid Hampshire	76	58.5	165	38.3
Southampton and South West Hampshire	79	66.6	201	47.0

	2000
Health authority	Childregistration	Percentage ofthe population	Adultregistration	Percentage ofthe population
Isle of Wight	16	61.6	43	42.1
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	74	59.1	167	39.5
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and SE Hampshire combined	90	60.9	210	40.0
North and Mid Hampshire	79	58.5	175	40.5
Southampton and South West Hampshire	77	66.6	194	45.2

	2001
Health authority	Childregistration	Percentage ofthe population	Adultregistration	Percentage ofthe population
Isle of Wight	—	—	—	—
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	—	—	—	—
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and SE Hampshire combined	89	60.3	207	39.2
North and Mid Hampshire	79	60.7	177	40.9
Southampton and South West Hampshire	76	64.6	191	44.3

Notes:

1. Registration numbers are in thousands.

2. Population data are estimates of 1991 and 2001 census.

3. Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA merged in 2001.

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Brian Cotter: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists in the Weston-super-Mare constituency (a) offer NHS treatment and (b) have vacancies for NHS patients. [142495]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Information is not collected on a constituency basis. Figures for Somerset Primary Care Trust are shown in the table.

General Dental Service (CDS) dentists in North Somerset PCT—30 September 2003

North Somerset Primary Care Trust	Number
Total	89
Principals	82
Assistants	6
VDPs	1

Note:

The number of dentists shown are those whose main work is in North Somerset PCT.Source:

Dental Practice Board

NHS Dental Services: Number of General Dental Service dentists in North Somerset PCT registering charge exempt adults, charge paying adults and children under 18 years for NHS treatment, 4 December 2003

North Somerset Primary Care Trust	Number
Registering charge paying adults for NHS treatment	10
Registering charge exempt adults for NHS treatment	17
Registering children under 18 years for NHS treatment	24

Note:

This data has been extracted from the www.nhs.uk website. The information on this site is provided by Primary Care Trusts Webmasters and is used by NHS Direct to advise patients on the availability of dental services in their area.

Source:

www.nhs.uk

Departmental Hospitality

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on hospitality in each year since 1997, broken down by main expenditure heading. [140473]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Expenditure arises on hospitality only in the context of promoting the Department's business objectives. All such expenditure is made in accordance with published Departmental

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guidance on financial procedures and propriety, based on principles set out in "Government Accounting". Information on hospitality expenditure since 1997 is shown in the table. A more detailed breakdown is not readily available.

The expenditure listed is for hospitality provided by both Ministers and officials in the Department.

Department of Health hospitality expenditure

	£
1996–97	105,192
1997–98	90,883
1998–99	67,953
1999–2000	50,114
2000–01	93,091
2001–02	121,968
2002–03	125,291
2003–04	38,073

Note:

2003–04 expenditure is for April to October 2003.

Diabetes

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will promote research to enable a comparison to be made of (a) mortality and (b) diabetic complication rates from using (i) animal and (ii) human insulin. [141159]

Ms Rosie Winterton: I am not aware of any past or current research comparing clinical outcomes, mortality and complications, from treatment with animal or human insulin. It was not a topic which was raised in the public consultation exercise that was organised for the joint Department of Health and Medical Research Council's review of current and future research on diabetes in 2002.

Doctors/Nurses

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors are employed in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire health authority. [141358]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Information on the number of nurses and doctors employed by Portsmouth Hospitals National Health Service Trust, Portsmouth City Primary Care Trust and East Hampshire Primary Care Trust is shown in the table.

All NHS doctors and nurses within Hampshire and Isle of Wight strategic health authority and in the specified organisations,as at 30 September 2002Number (headcount)

		Of which:
	Hampshire and Isle Of Wight SHA	Portsmouth City PCT	East Hampshire PCT	Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust
Total doctors(41)	3,595	150	202	569
Of which:
HCHS medical and dental general staff(41)	2,426	45	75	569
General Medical Practitioners(42)	1,169	105	127	—
Total nurses	11,658	473	732	2,019
Of which:
Practice nurses(43)	867	95	98	—
Qualified nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff	10,791	378	634	2,019

⁽⁴¹⁾ Excludes hospital medical hospital practitioners and hospital medical clinical assistants, most of whom are GPs working part time in hospitals.

⁽⁴²⁾ All practitioners include GMS unrestricted principals, PMS contracted GPs, PMS salaried GPs, restricted principals, assistants, GP registrars, salaried doctors (Para 52 SFA), PMS other and GP retainers.

⁽⁴³⁾ Practice nurses are employed by unrestricted principals and equivalents (UPEs). UPEs include GMS unrestricted principals, PMS contracted GPs and PMS salaried GPs.

Sources:

Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics

Department of Health Medical and Dental Workforce Census

Department of Health Non-medical Workforce Census

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