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Mr. Laws: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists doing NHS work have signed the new NHS dental contract in dispute in each primary care trust in England; and if she will make a statement. [69605]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Information on the number of dentists who have signed the new contract and the number who have signed in dispute is not available centrally.
We do however have some provisional information that covers contracts. A contract may well be for more than one dentist so cannot be broken down further to individual dentist level. The number of contracts which have been signed in dispute in each primary care trust (PCT) has been placed in the library.
PCTs are working with dentists to resolve as many disputes as possible locally.
Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what basis the number of people registered with a dentist will be recorded following changes to the system for such registration. [62676]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Under the new arrangements, the NHS Business Services Authority will monitor the numbers of patients who receive care or treatment from national health service primary care dentists on one or more occasions within a given period of time, as has previously been the system for most personal dental services pilots. We are reviewing what time period should be used as the main basis for this monitoring.
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of eligible dentists in the area covered by the Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth Primary Care Trust had accepted the NHS dental contract as at 31 March; how many eligible dentists had declined to accept the new NHS dental contract as at that date; and how many eligible dentists had not responded either way. [68373]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Information on the number of dentists or dental practices who have signed the new contract and the number who have not signed is not available centrally. However, provisional information is available that covers contracts.
A contract may be for more than one dentist so cannot be broken down further to individual dentist level.
| Provisional management estimates in Burntwood, Lichfield and Tamworth Primary Care Trust (PCT) | |||
| Number | Approximate UDA( 1) value | Percentage of UDA( 1) s | |
| (1) Approximate Units of Dental Activity value. Notes: The information provided is not validated as it represents a snapshot of the position in early April 2006. |
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists were practising within the Bexley Primary Care Trust area in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2005. [68418]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested is shown in the table.
| General dental services (CDS) and personal dental services (PDS): Number of national health service dentists in Bexley Primary Care Trust (PCT) as at 31 December in the specified years | |
| Number | |
| Notes: 1. Data include all notifications of dentists joining or leaving the GDS or PDS, received by the NHS Business Services Authority, up to 23 March 2006. Figures for the numbers of dentists at specified dates may vary depending upon the notification period, for example data with a later notification period will include more recent notifications of dentists joining or leaving the GDS or PDS. 2. Dentists consist of principals, assistants and trainees. Prison contracts have been excluded from the data. 3. The postcode of the dental practice was used to allocate dentists to specific geographic areas. PCT areas have been defined using the Office for National Statistics all fields postcode directory. 4. A dentist with a GDS or PDS contract may provide as little or as much NHS treatment as he or she chooses or has agreed with the PCT. Information concerning the amount of time dedicated to NHS work by individual dentists is not centrally available. 5. Data on dentists who work only in private practice are not held centrally. Sources: NHS Business Services Authority The Information Centre for health and social care |
Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of (a) adults and (b) children are registered with an NHS dentist in each primary care trust in Devon; how many were registered in each category in 1997; and what proportion of dentists have signed the NHS contract in each health trust area in Devon. [68544]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The tables give the estimated percentage of adults and children registered with a national health service dentist in Devon in the years 1997 and 2005. There is no information currently available on the number of dentists who have signed the new NHS contract in Devon. However, information on provisional management estimates is provided for a number of contracts signed in the Devon area.
| Table 1: General dental services (GDS) and personal dental services (PDS): Number of adults and children registered with an NHS dentist in Devon primary care trusts (PCTs) as at 31 December 1997 and the estimated percentage of the total estimated population in England | ||||
| 1997 | 1997 Estimate percentage of patients registered | |||
| Adult | Child | Adult | Child | |
| Table 2: GDS and PDS: Number of adults and children registered with an NHS dentist in Devon PCTs as at 31 December 2005 and the estimated percentage of the total estimated population in England and Devon PCTs in 2005 | ||||
| 2005 | 2005 Estimate percentage of patients registered | |||
| Adult | Child | Adult | Child | |
| (1) Not applicable. Population estimates are not available at PCT level prior to 2001. Notes: 1. Official 2005 population data is not yet available. 2005 data has therefore been estimated using Office for National Statistics 2004 mid-year population estimates based on the 2001 census as these are the latest available. 2. PDS schemes have varying registration periods. To ensure comparability with corresponding GDS data, PDS registrations for established PDS practices are estimated using "proxy registrations", namely the number of patients seen by PDS practices in the past 15 months. 3. Note that the data on registration numbers for December 1997 is calculated on a different basis from subsequent years. The registration period for both adults and children in GDS was 15 months from 1 September 1996 (registrations expire 15 months after the end of the month of registration). Previously the registration period for adults was an exact 24 months while children's registrations expired at the end of the next calendar year. Therefore, data on the 15 month registration period is available from January 1998 for children and September 1998 for adults. The introduction of PDS in October 1998 and subsequent growth has also affected the figures, changes in the registration period from two years to 15 months impacted on the number of patients registered after December 1997. 4. The postcode of the dental practice was used to allocate patient registrations to specific geographic areas (not the patient's home address). 5. Registration rates (i.e. the percentage of the population registered with a dentist) have been estimated by including registrations in the area of the dentist, that is according to the postcode of the dental surgery and not the patient's address. So the registration rates for some areas may be affected by some patients receiving dental treatment in a different area from the one in which they live. This can lead to figures being unusually high, even over 100 per cent. for child registrations, while other areas may have estimated rates which are lower than the actual (but unknown) proportion of residents who are registered with a dentist in or outside their own area. 6. Figures have been provided by the Information Centre for health and social care. The data source is the Business Services Authority and the figures are based on the numbers of patients registered with dentists with open General Dental Service (GDS) or Personal Dental Service (PDS) contracts as at 31 December in each specified year. Prison contracts have not been included in this analysis. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care and the NHS Business Services Authority |
| Contracts signed | Contracts rejected | ||||
| PCTs | A: Number | B: Approximate UDA value | E: Number | F: Approximate UDA value | Percentage UDAs |
| Note: A contract may be for either a practice or an individual dentist. The information provided is not validated. It represents a snapshot of the position in early April. |
Mr. Maude: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists were practising within Horsham and Chactonbury Primary Care Trust area in each year for which records are available. [68134]
Ms Rosie Winterton: Numbers of national health services dentists at local geographic areas are not readily available prior to 1997. However, the number of NHS dentists as at 31 December 1997 to 2005 is shown in the table.
| General dental services (CDS) and personal dental services (PDS): Number of NHS dentists in Horsham and Chactonbury Primary Care Trust (PCT) as at 31 December each year | |
| Number | |
| Notes: 1. Data include all notifications of dentists joining or leaving the GDS or PDS, received by the NHS Business Services Authority, up to 23 March 2006. Figures for the numbers of dentists at specified dates may vary depending upon the notification period, for example, data with a later notification period will include more recent notifications of dentists joining or leaving the GDS or PDS. 2. Dentists consist of principals, assistants and trainees. Prison contracts have been excluded from the data. 3. The postcode of the dental practice was used to allocate dentists to specific geographic areas. PCT areas have been defined using the Office for National Statistics all fields postcode directory. 4. A dentist with a GDS or PDS contract may provide as little or as much NHS treatment as he or she chooses or has agreed with the PCT. Information concerning the amount of time dedicated to NHS work by individual dentists is not centrally available. 5. Data on dentists who work only in private practice are not held centrally. Sources: NHS Business Services Authority The Information Centre for health and social care |
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