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Dentistry
Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dental practices in (a) England and (b) each strategic health authority there were in each of the last six years; and how many (i) registered adults exempt from charges and (ii) registered children from nought to 18 years there were in each of the last six years. [144320]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Table 1 shows the available information for the number of general dental service (GDS) practices in England and each strategic health authority in each of the last six years.
Adult patient registrations are not available separately for patients exempt from charges because no charge is made for patients' registrations. The number of registered children at 30 September in each of the last six years is shown in Table 2.
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| September each year | Number |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 6.78 |
| 1999 | 6.82 |
| 2000 | 6.85 |
| 2001 | 6.78 |
| 2002 | 6.73 |
| 2003 | 6.64 |
Source:
Dental Practice Board
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of Castle Point residents were registered with an NHS dentist in each of the last five years. [145161]
Dr. Ladyman: Registration rates are shown in the table for the health administration areas, South Essex Health Authority area for September in the years 1999 to 2001, Castle Point and Rochford Primary Care Trust (PCT) area for September in the years 2002 and 2003.
| At 30 September | Percentage of population registered with a GDS dentist | |
|---|---|---|
| South Essex HA area | ||
| 1999(50) | 44.6 | |
| 2000(50) | 46.3 | |
| 2001(51) | 45.5 | |
| Castle Point and Rochford PCT area | ||
| 2002(51) | 45.5 | |
| 2003(51) | 40.6 | |
(50) 1998–2000 ONS mid year population estimates based on the 1991 census.
(51) 2001 ONS mid year population estimates based on the 2001 census
The registration rates are calculated by dividing the number of patients registered with a dentist who is located in the area by the estimate of the total population for that area. Some patients attend a dentist in a different area from the one in which they live and so the registration and population numbers do not cover the same people.
Registrations lapse if patients do not return to their dentist within 15 months and so the registration figures exclude patients who have not been to their general dental service dentist within the past 15 months. Also excluded from the figures are patients who receive dental treatment from other national health service dental services including dental access centres.
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Departmental Policies
Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the impact of his Department's policies on the Regent's Park and Kensington, North constituency since 1997. [145417]
Mr. Hutton: Detailed information on the impact of departmental policies nationally is set out in the Department of Health Annual reports. A copy of the most recent report "Department of Health—Government Expenditure Plans 2003/2004" is available in the Library and on the Department's website.
The impact of policies is not examined by constituency and statistics collected centrally by the Department are not collected on a constituency basis.
My hon. Friend's constituency falls within the geographical area covered by Westminster and Kensington and Chelsea Primary Care Trusts (PCT), Chelsea and Westminster National Health Service Trust, St. Mary's NHS Trust and the former Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster Health Authority (HA).
| Allocation | Cash increase | Real terms increase | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | £000 | £000 | Percentage | £000 | Percentage |
| 1997–98 | 201,166 | 8,744 | 4.54 | 4,800 | 2.49 |
| 1998–99 | 212,220 | 10,976 | 5.45 | 5,296 | 2.63 |
| 1999–2000 | 286,339 | 22,944 | 8.71 | 15,960 | 6.06 |
| 2000–01 | 321,111 | 31,368 | 10.83 | 23,536 | 8.12 |
| 2001–02 | 361,234 | 33,942 | 10.37 | 25,131 | 7.68 |
| 2002–03 | 436,168 | 45,127 | 11.68 | 34,607 | 8.96 |
Notes:
1. Figures for 1997–98 and 1998–99 are not comparable to the later figures, as these are for Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) only.
2. From 1999–2000 allocations have included HCHS, GMS cash limited and prescribing components (2002–03 saw the addition of HIV/Aids and GMS non cash limited components).
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Kensington and Chelsea PCT will receive allocations of £202.06 million in 2003–04, £221.87 million in 2004–05 and £243.04 million in 2005–06. These represent a cash increase of £57.71 million or 31.14 per cent. over the three years, compared to a national average of 30.83 per cent. Kensington and Chelsea PCT will be 15.37 per cent. over target by 2005–06.
Westminster PCT will receive allocations of £263.88 million in 2003–04, £289.44 million in 2004–05 and £316.79 million in 2005–06. These represent a cash increase of £74.58 million or 30.79 per cent. over the three years, compared to a national average of 30.83 per cent. Westminster PCT will be 29.88 per cent. over target by 2005–06.
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA and the trusts within it have also received additional funding for certain policies. This includes:
- £745,000 for accident and emergency modernisation in 2000–01.
Nationally, in 2000–01 recurrent investment of £50 million was available for the improvement of cancer services. For 2001–02, an additional £255 million was available nationally for cancer care.
£3.2 million, £599,000 and £905,000 to reduce waiting lists and times in 1998–99, 1999–2000 and 2000–01 respectively.
£1.6 million to expand critical care services in 2000–01.
£2.4 million and £1.6 million to deal with winter pressures in 1998–99 and 2000–01 respectively.
£3.1 million for heart disease services in 2000–01.
- £845,000 for mental health.
£675,000 for coronary heart disease.
£855,00 for cancer.
£625,000 for information management and technology.
£94,000 for primary care.
£4.785 million for capacity.
| Month end | Total waiting list | Patients waiting over nine months | Patients waiting over12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 1997 | 5,801 | 539 | 149 |
| October 2003 | 3,726 | 87 | 0 |
Source:
Department of Health form KH07 and Monthly Monitoring.
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| GP written referrals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients seen | Patients still waiting | |||
| Quarter | Total | Percentage seen within 13 weeks | More than 13 weeks | More than 26 weeks |
| Q4 1996–97 | 9,903 | 86 | 3,871 | 1,884 |
| Q2 2003–04 | 10,370 | 79 | 1,106 | 0 |
Source:
Department of Health form QM08.
| Month end | Total waiting list | Patients waiting over nine months | Patients waiting over12 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 1997 | 1,888 | 67 | 22 |
| October 2003 | 3,108 | 88 | 0 |
Source:
Department of Health form KH07 and Monthly Monitoring.
| GP written referrals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients seen | Patients still waiting | |||
| Quarter | Total | Percentage seen within 13 weeks | More than 13 weeks | More than 26 weeks |
| Q4 1996–97 | 9,055 | 93 | 1,138 | 310 |
| Q2 2003–04 | 7,459 | 83 | 503 | 0 |
Source:
Department of Health form QM08.
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