To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists in (a) Bolton, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) England treated NHS patients in the past seven years; and how many treated only private patients in each year.
The table shows the number of dentists in the general, personal, community, and hospital dental services.
The figures given are for
Figures for the number of dentists who treat private patients only are not available. Few dentists are purely private. The Office of Fair Trading report "The private dentistry market" in the UK stated that only 210 practices are totally private in the United Kingdom out of 11,000 practices in total.
Figures are also given for England.
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | |
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Wigan and Bolton HA | 205 | 210 | 211 | 219 | 207 | n/a | n/a |
Bolton PCT | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 85 | 84 |
Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority area | 1,115 | 1,127 | 1,162 | 1,155 | 1,150 | 1,161 | 1,203 |
England | 20,483 | 21,041 | 21,556 | 21,902 | 22,438 | 23,051 | 23,490 |
n/a = not available
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