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Dentists

Volume 203: debated on Tuesday 4 February 1992

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Dr. Hampson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists are registered and how many are practising in each health authority; and how many new or returning entrants there have been in each of the last three years.

Mr. Dorrell

At the end of 1990 there were 26,320 dentists registered in the United Kingdom with the General Dental Council. The numbers of dentists practising in each regional health authority (RHA) in England at 30 September 1990 are shown in the table:service region in 1990; and if he will express that sum as a figure of expenditure per head of children under 16 years of age in each national health service region.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The information relating to growth hormone therapy is set out in the table.

Expenditure on Growth Hormone Therapy in 1990—England1
Regional Health AuthorityNet ingredient cost (NIC)2 (£000)Cost Per child under 16 (pence)
Northern96·115·6
Yorkshire854·1114·3
Trent432·246·2
East Anglia31·27·5
North West Thames1,837·7261·0
North East Thames777·5101·5
South East Thames520·072·9
South West Thames162·028·7
Wessex718·1125·9
Oxford963·9177·8
South Western944·9151·9
West Midlands178·016·6
Mersey382·877·3
North Western1,238·8148·7
England9,137·395·2
1 The data are estimates based on a sample of 1 in 200 prescriptions dispensed by chemists.
2 The Net ingredient cost is the basic cost of drugs before discount and does not include the dispensing costs or fees.

Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the total sums expended on general practitioners prescribed growth hormone therapy in each year since 1985.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The information requested is set out in the table.

Total Net Ingredient Cost1on Growth Hormone Therapy—England 1986 to 19902
YearNIC (£000)
19861,190·2
19872,229·0
19884,622·8
19898,875·0
19909,137·3
1The Net Ingredient Cost is the basic cost of drugs before discount and does not include the dispensing costs or fees.
2The data relate to calendar years and are estimates based on a sample of 1 in 200 prescriptions dispensed by chemists. No prescriptions were dispensed in 1985 for growth hormone therapy.