NHS Dentists

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 24 March 2009.

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Photo of Laurence Robertson Laurence Robertson Shadow Minister (Northern Ireland) 2:30, 24 March 2009

It is difficult to calculate how many people are registered with an NHS dentist since the new contract was established. Perhaps the Minister could give us some idea of how many people are registered in Gloucestershire and nationally. Registration is patchy. In my Tewkesbury constituency a relatively small number of people are registered with NHS dentists, even when compared to other constituencies in Gloucestershire and especially when the national figure is taken into account. What can the Minister do to help the local PCT to increase that number?