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Dr. Ann David

Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will ask Essex police to reopen its investigation into deaths of patients of Dr. Ann David at Basildon Hospital. [30949]

Ms Rosie Winterton: [holding answer 22 November 2005]: It would not be appropriate for the Secretary of State for Health to ask Essex police to reopen its investigation into deaths of patients of Dr. Ann David at Basildon Hospital. However, the Basildon and Thurrock Hospitals National Health Service Foundation Trust is in contact with Essex police, who are currently considering whether to reopen their investigations into the deaths of a number of patients.

Andrew Mackinlay: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will establish an inquiry into patients' deaths at Basildon Hospital, consequent upon the General Medical Council removing the name of Ann David from the Register; and if she will make a statement. [30950]

Ms Rosie Winterton: [holding answer 22 November 2005]: The Essex Strategic Health Authority will consider whether to hold an inquiry at the conclusion of the police investigations and other procedures.

Dentistry

Sir Paul Beresford: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures she has taken to encourage patients to keep dental appointments; and what research her Department (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the effects of abolishing the capacity of dentists to impose a charge on patients for missed appointments to support the abolition of the option for general dental practitioners to make a small patient charge for missed appointments. [24559]

Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 3 November 2005]: The Department has agreed that advice should be available to the national health service and dentists about how appointments are managed to minimise missed appointments, without financial penalty to patients.

We do not think that the level of missed appointments would seriously undermine a dentist's ability to carry out the level of weighted activity agreed in the contract.

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) hospital and (b community dentists have been employed in each year since 1997, broken down by strategic health authority area. [26008]

Ms Rosie Winterton: Details of the total number of hospital and community dentists employed in each strategic health authority area since 1997 are shown in the following table.
 
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Hospital, public health medicine and community health services (HCHS) dental staff by strategic health authority, sector and year. As at 30 September each year Numbers (headcount)

		1997
		Of which:
		All Staff	Hospital	Community
England		3,567	2,188	1,379
Of which:
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	Q20	177	110	67
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Q02	73	37	36
Birmingham and The Black Country	Q27	241	167	74
Cheshire and Merseyside	Q15	209	114	95
County Durham and Tees Valley	Q10	85	54	31
Cumbria and Lancashire	Q13	120	56	64
Dorset and Somerset	Q22	66	52	14
Essex	Q03	79	46	33
Greater Manchester	Q14	235	152	83
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	Q17	110	60	50
Kent and Medway	Q18	71	30	41
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland	Q25	82	46	36
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire	Q01	133	81	52
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire	Q11	88	58	30
North Central London	Q05	186	143	43
North East London	Q06	101	53	48
North West London	Q04	101	23	78
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	Q09	133	97	36
Shropshire and Staffordshire	Q26	67	45	22
South East London	Q07	207	170	37
South West London	Q08	92	59	33
South West Peninsula	Q21	112	73	39
South Yorkshire	Q23	125	90	35
Surrey and Sussex	Q19	162	97	65
Thames Valley	Q16	120	58	62
Trent	Q24	133	70	63
West Midlands South	Q28	85	38	47
West Yorkshire	Q12	173	108	65
Other	—	1	1	0

Numbers (headcount)

		1998
		Of which:
		All Staff	Hospital	Community
England		3,610	2,225	1,385
Of which:
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	Q20	196	117	79
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Q02	71	36	35
Birmingham and The Black Country	Q27	249	177	72
Cheshire and Merseyside	Q15	214	114	100
County Durham and Tees Valley	Q10	84	58	26
Cumbria and Lancashire	Q13	126	59	67
Dorset and Somerset	Q22	67	53	14
Essex	Q03	66	43	23
Greater Manchester	Q14	235	153	82
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	Q17	99	52	47
Kent and Medway	Q18	70	31	39
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland	Q25	78	42	36
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire	Q01	131	78	53
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire	Q11	87	54	33
North Central London	Q05	197	151	46
North East London	Q06	98	56	42
North West London	Q04	115	28	87
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	Q09	142	104	38
Shropshire and Staffordshire	Q26	62	40	22
South East London	Q07	207	164	43
South West London	Q08	101	61	40
South West Peninsula	Q21	128	83	45
South Yorkshire	Q23	120	88	32
Surrey and Sussex	Q19	150	97	53
Thames Valley	Q16	128	62	66
Trent	Q24	130	69	61
West Midlands South	Q28	89	45	44
West Yorkshire	Q12	169	109	60
Other	—	1	1

 
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Numbers (headcount)

		1999
		Of which:
		All Staff	Hospital	Community
England		3,616	2,248	1,368
Of which:
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	Q20	201	122	79
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Q02	69	34	35
Birmingham and The Black Country	Q27	220	158	62
Cheshire and Merseyside	Q15	227	125	102
County Durham and Tees Valley	Q10	69	45	24
Cumbria and Lancashire	Q13	115	51	64
Dorset and Somerset	Q22	63	49	14
Essex	Q03	67	44	23
Greater Manchester	Q14	261	183	78
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	Q17	108	60	48
Kent and Medway	Q18	77	33	44
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland	Q25	71	40	31
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire	Q01	139	82	57
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire	Q11	87	55	32
North Central London	Q05	192	148	44
North East London	Q06	102	57	45
North West London	Q04	97	27	70
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	Q09	151	112	39
Shropshire and Staffordshire	Q26	65	44	21
South East London	Q07	194	151	43
South West London	Q08	107	66	41
South West Peninsula	Q21	120	70	50
South Yorkshire	Q23	131	100	31
Surrey and Sussex	Q19	148	96	52
Thames Valley	Q16	139	65	74
Trent	Q24	137	76	61
West Midlands South	Q28	86	45	41
West Yorkshire	Q12	172	109	63
Other	—	1	1	0

Numbers (headcount)

		2000
		Of which:
		All Staff	Hospital	Community
England		3,530	2,187	1,343
Of which:
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	Q20	203	114	89
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Q02	72	35	37
Birmingham and The Black Country	Q27	225	162	63
Cheshire and Merseyside	Q15	213	112	101
County Durham and Tees Valley	Q10	67	43	24
Cumbria and Lancashire	Q13	114	54	60
Dorset and Somerset	Q22	66	52	14
Essex	Q03	61	40	21
Greater Manchester	Q14	250	169	81
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	Q17	108	59	49
Kent and Medway	Q18	67	28	39
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland	Q25	71	42	29
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire	Q01	128	78	50
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire	Q11	96	67	29
North Central London	Q05	157	111	46
North East London	Q06	105	58	47
North West London	Q04	93	29	64
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	Q09	169	141	28
Shropshire and Staffordshire	Q26	61	39	22
South East London	Q07	203	153	50
South West London	Q08	98	64	34
South West Peninsula	Q21	124	69	55
South Yorkshire	Q23	125	99	26
Surrey and Sussex	Q19	148	96	52
Thames Valley	Q16	129	61	68
Trent	Q24	131	74	57
West Midlands South	Q28	94	41	53
West Yorkshire	Q12	151	96	55
Other	—	1	1	0

 
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Numbers (headcount)

		2001
		Of which:
		All Staff	Hospital	Community
England		3,532	2,184	1,348
Of which:
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	Q20	203	111	92
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Q02	75	30	45
Birmingham and The Black Country	Q27	226	157	69
Cheshire and Merseyside	Q15	208	114	94
County Durham and Tees Valley	Q10	68	37	31
Cumbria and Lancashire	Q13	128	58	70
Dorset and Somerset	Q22	56	44	12
Essex	Q03	61	43	18
Greater Manchester	Q14	237	165	72
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	Q17	119	58	61
Kent and Medway	Q18	60	24	36
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland	Q25	70	42	28
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire	Q01	123	86	37
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire	Q11	103	65	38
North Central London	Q05	163	119	44
North East London	Q06	130	83	47
North West London	Q04	88	33	55
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	Q09	154	134	20
Shropshire and Staffordshire	Q26	56	27	29
South East London	Q07	208	164	44
South West London	Q08	105	67	38
South West Peninsula	Q21	130	73	57
South Yorkshire	Q23	111	89	22
Surrey and Sussex	Q19	146	95	51
Thames Valley	Q16	127	54	73
Trent	Q24	126	71	55
West Midlands South	Q28	88	38	50
West Yorkshire	Q12	163	103	60
Other	—	0	0	0

Numbers (headcount)

		2002
		Of which:
		All Staff	Hospital	Community
England		3,654	2,223	1,431
Of which:
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	Q20	207	124	83
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Q02	72	33	39
Birmingham and The Black Country	Q27	196	127	69
Cheshire and Merseyside	Q15	236	115	121
County Durham and Tees Valley	Q10	56	47	9
Cumbria and Lancashire	Q13	122	58	64
Dorset and Somerset	Q22	56	44	12
Essex	Q03	67	43	24
Greater Manchester	Q14	240	155	85
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	Q17	118	51	67
Kent and Medway	Q18	68	26	42
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland	Q25	79	45	34
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire	Q01	143	84	59
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire	Q11	116	63	53
North Central London	Q05	149	125	24
North East London	Q06	130	84	46
North West London	Q04	98	38	60
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	Q09	173	149	24
Shropshire and Staffordshire	Q26	62	30	32
South East London	Q07	209	160	49
South West London	Q08	93	58	35
South West Peninsula	Q21	140	68	72
South Yorkshire	Q23	132	112	20
Surrey and Sussex	Q19	164	101	63
Thames Valley	Q16	126	55	71
Trent	Q24	130	69	61
West Midlands South	Q28	101	48	53
West Yorkshire	Q12	171	111	60
Other	—	0	0

 
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Numbers (headcount)

		2003
		Of which:
		All Staff	Hospital	Community
England		3,763	2,245	1,518
Of which:
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	Q20	223	131	92
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Q02	79	34	45
Birmingham and The Black Country	Q27	202	132	70
Cheshire and Merseyside	Q15	229	120	109
County Durham and Tees Valley	Q10	67	42	25
Cumbria and Lancashire	Q13	119	54	65
Dorset and Somerset	Q22	63	46	17
Essex	Q03	62	38	24
Greater Manchester	Q14	277	144	133
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	Q17	121	57	64
Kent and Medway	Q18	67	26	41
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland	Q25	77	43	34
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire	Q01	136	79	57
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire	Q11	117	68	49
North Central London	Q05	170	127	43
North East London	Q06	117	75	42
North West London	Q04	89	34	55
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	Q09	169	151	18
Shropshire and Staffordshire	Q26	74	43	31
South East London	Q07	203	160	43
South West London	Q08	95	63	32
South West Peninsula	Q21	144	71	73
South Yorkshire	Q23	123	93	30
Surrey and Sussex	Q19	180	113	67
Thames Valley	Q16	136	59	77
Trent	Q24	134	76	58
West Midlands South	Q28	105	52	53
West Yorkshire	Q12	185	114	71
Other	—	0	0

Numbers (headcount)

		2004
		Of which:
		All Staff	Hospital	Community
England		3,852	2,279	1,573
Of which:
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	Q20	188	124	64
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire	Q02	80	37	43
Birmingham and The Black Country	Q27	199	128	71
Cheshire and Merseyside	Q15	245	124	121
County Durham and Tees Valley	Q10	70	40	30
Cumbria and Lancashire	Q13	121	50	71
Dorset and Somerset	Q22	70	53	17
Essex	Q03	66	44	22
Greater Manchester	Q14	293	148	145
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	Q17	133	53	80
Kent and Medway	Q18	74	25	49
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland	Q25	77	41	36
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire	Q01	133	68	65
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire	Q11	98	69	29
North Central London	Q05	182	134	48
North East London	Q06	139	93	46
North West London	Q04	98	41	57
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear	Q09	174	150	24
Shropshire and Staffordshire	Q26	71	42	29
South East London	Q07	221	170	51
South West London	Q08	100	68	32
South West Peninsula	Q21	142	68	74
South Yorkshire	Q23	123	92	31
Surrey and Sussex	Q19	186	113	73
Thames Valley	Q16	133	59	74
Trent	Q24	146	80	66
West Midlands South	Q28	102	48	54
West Yorkshire	Q12	188	117	71
Other	—	0	0	0

Source:
NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre medical and dental work force census.





 
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