Health written question – answered at on 31 January 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the adult population saw an NHS dentist in each strategic health authority area in the 24 month period preceding 31 March 2001.
Unique patients seen in a 24-month period only replaced registration as a measure of access to national health service dentistry in April 2006. Information cannot therefore be provided in the form requested.
Information on the number of adult patients registered with an NHS dentist as a proportion of the adult population at strategic health authority (SHA) level in England as at
The proportion of adult patients registered with an NHS dentist is available as at
This report is available in the Library and is available at:
General dental services ( G DS) and personal dental services (PDS): Proportion of the adult population registered with a dentist, by SHA area, England, as at 31 March 1997-2000 | ||||
Percentage | ||||
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | |
England | 52.9 | 49.8 | 45.6 | 45.3 |
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA | 53.8 | 49.9 | 47.5 | 47.8 |
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA | 52.9 | 49.1 | 44.8 | 44.7 |
Essex SHA | 51.0 | 47.2 | 44.4 | 45.1 |
North West London SHA | 53.7 | 49.9 | 43.3 | 41.9 |
North Central London SHA | 50.9 | 47.6 | 42.0 | 40.5 |
North East London SHA | 48.9 | 44.8 | 38.0 | 37.3 |
South East London SHA | 47.9 | 45.0 | 40.2 | 38.5 |
South West London SHA | 48.0 | 44.4 | 37.0 | 37.2 |
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA | 58.4 | 55.4 | 51.7 | 52.5 |
County Durham and Tees Valley SHA | 59.7 | 57.9 | 53.8 | 54.5 |
North and East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire SHA | 52.5 | 50.8 | 48.1 | 47.5 |
West Yorkshire SHA | 59.6 | 58.1 | 54.0 | 52.3 |
Cumbria and Lancashire SHA | 52.0 | 50.4 | 47.8 | 47.6 |
Greater Manchester SHA | 60.5 | 57.2 | 52.4 | 52.0 |
Cheshire and Merseyside SHA | 60.1 | 57.0 | 52.5 | 52.4 |
Thames Valley SHA | 37.8 | 34.7 | 31.2 | 31.8 |
Hampshire and Isle of Wight SHA | 52.6 | 49.1 | 44.4 | 43.1 |
Kent and Medway SHA | 41.8 | 40.1 | 37.6 | 37.9 |
Surrey and Sussex SHA | 50.5 | 47.1 | 42.6 | 42.0 |
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA | 48.5 | 45.1 | 40.0 | 39.8 |
South West Peninsula SHA | 51.7 | 47.2 | 42.6 | 42.5 |
Dorset and Somerset SHA | 56.2 | 52.7 | 49.4 | 48.8 |
South Yorkshire SHA | 60.2 | 58.7 | 55.4 | 54.0 |
Trent SHA | 55.1 | 53.6 | 50.6 | 51.0 |
Leics, Northants and Rutland SHA | 55.4 | 53.0 | 49.2 | 48.7 |
Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA | 47.5 | 43.2 | 39.5 | 39.0 |
Birmingham and The Black Country SHA | 55.5 | 51.9 | 47.6 | 47.3 |
West Midlands South SHA | 54.2 | 50.1 | 45.6 | 45.5 |
Note: 1. SHA boundaries are as at 31 March 2006. Sources: The Information Centre for health and social care. NHS Business Services Authority |
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