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Dental Services

Volume 463: debated on Thursday 19 July 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many units of (a) dental and (b) orthodontic activity were unused in the last period for which figures were available, broken down by NHS trust. (148131)

Information is not available in the form requested. Information is available on the level of general dental care commissioned by primary care trusts (PCTs) and on the services provided. However, the two data returns cannot be directly compared.

The first data set shows (for a given month) the prospective annual level of services that have been commissioned as at that point. However, the annual services commissioned at a given point in time will not necessarily remain a reliable guide to the services due to be provided over the following 12 months, because levels of commissioning can change from month to month. For instance, the volume of services commissioned as at March 2007 is higher than the volume of services commissioned as at April 2006.

The second data set shows courses of treatment (and the corresponding units of dental activity) reported by dentists and processed by the NHS Business Services Authority up to the end of March 2007. This does not, however, represent the full-year data for 2006-07 because further courses of treatment carried out in 2006-07 were reported and processed during the first quarter of 2007-08. The full-year data are likely to be published in August.

The following tables contain information by PCT on dental services commissioned as at 31 March 2007, expressed as numbers of units of dental activity is provided in the following tables. Units of dental activity are a weighted measure of the annual courses of treatment provided for NHS patients. This information does not include orthodontics or other specialist services. This information is also available at:

www.performance.doh.gov.uk/dental_contracts/index.htm

Information on courses of treatment (and the corresponding units of dental activity) reported and processed up to the end of March 2007 is contained in a report published by the Information Centre for health and social care: “NHS Dental Statistics for England: Quarter 4:31 March 2007” which is available in the Library.

Dental contracts, primary care trusts in England, as at 31 March 2007

UDAs commissioned

UDAs recommissioned

And provided

But not yet provided

Total

And provided

But not yet provided

Total

SHA code

PCT code

PCT name

b2

b1

b1+b2

a2

a1

a1+a2

England

77,125,114

1,286,803

78,411,917

2,533,414

302,651

2,836,065

Q31

5HG

Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT

517,502

1,960

519,462

26,190

1,960

28,150

Q36

5C2

Barking and Dagenham PCT

256,158

256,158

Q36

5A9

Barnet PCT

365,687

365,687

6,368

6,368

Q32

5JE

Barnsley PCT

416,216

416,216

16,527

16,527

Q33

5ET

Bassetlaw PCT

158,439

158,439

4,898

4,898

Q39

5FL

Bath and North East Somerset PCT

228,264

228,264

Q35

5P2

Bedfordshire PCT

516,153

1,003

517,156

6,498

1,003

7,501

Q38

5QG

Berkshire East PCT

423,524

423,524

12,144

12,144

Q38

5QF

Berkshire West PCT

477,079

3,500

480,579

42,520

3,500

46,020

Q36

TAK

Bexley Care Trust

296,238

296,238

Q34

5PG

Birmingham East and North PCT

692,059

692,059

Q31

5CC

Blackburn and Darwen Teaching PCT

233,036

233,036

15,250

15,250

Q31

5HP

Blackpool PCT

214,079

9,192

223,271

16,411

9,192

25,603

Q31

5HQ

Bolton PCT

404,521

404,521

2,800

2,800

Q39

5QN

Bournemouth and Poole PCT

633,533

633,533

36,306

36,306

Q32

5NY

Bradford and Airedale PCT

770,303

770,303

8,065

8,065

Q36

5K5

Brent Teaching PCT

487,783

487,783

664

664

Q37

5LQ

Brighton and Hove City PCT

445,815

445,815

17,337

17,337

Q39

5QJ

Bristol PCT

715,857

715,857

Q36

5A7

Bromley PCT

320,000

320,000

18,338

18,338

Q38

5QD

Buckinghamshire PCT

537,541

12,335

549,876

20,478

9,725

30,203

Q31

5JX

Bury PCT

335,000

335,000

1,323

1,323

Q32

5J6

Calderdale PCT

361,903

3,417

365,320

Q35

5PP

Cambridgeshire PCT

782,884

782,884

34,940

34,940

Q36

5K7

Camden PCT

294,234

294,234

18,344

18,344

Q31

5NP

Central and Eastern PCT

791,829

791,829

17,672

17,672

Q31

5NG

Central Lancashire PCT

760,739

9,673

770,412

8,780

9,430

18,210

Q36

5C3

City and Hackney Teaching PCT

253,569

253,569

2,188

2,188

Q39

5QP

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT

772,689

772,689

30,122

30,122

Q30

5ND

County Durham PCT

792,176

792,176

23,963

23,963

Q34

5MD

Coventry Teaching PCT

529,190

529,190

28,596

28,596

Q36

5K9

Croydon PCT

497,480

497,480

3,683

3,683

Q31

5NE

Cumbria PCT

751,923

22,500

774,423

23,350

7,000

30,350

Q30

5J9

Darlington PCT

199,208

45,919

245,127

Q33

5N7

Derby City PCT

377,592

377,592

Q33

5N6

Derbyshire County PCT

1,021,360

1,021,360

21,922

21,922

Q39

5QQ

Devon PCT

1,035,384

20,138

1,055,522

26,748

18,255

45,003

Q32

5N5

Doncaster PCT

565,378

565,378

Q39

5QM

Dorset PCT

527,471

35,152

562,623

55,151

17,500

72,651

Q34

5PE

Dudley PCT

563,052

563,052

45,773

45,773

Q36

5HX

Ealing PCT

481,597

481,597

11,713

11,713

Q35

5P3

East and North Hertfordshire PCT

868,979

3,279

872,258

12,249

12,249

Q31

5NH

East Lancashire PCT

495,504

495,504

1,405

1,405

Q32

5NW

East Riding of Yorkshire PCT

321,414

26,133

347,547

Q37

5P7

East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT

496,346

496,346

4,560

4,560

Q37

5QA

Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT

929,990

33,664

963,654

39,187

6,232

45,419

Q36

5C1

Enfield PCT

422,274

422,274

1,346

1,346

Q30

5KF

Gateshead PCT

344,848

344,848

21,626

21,626

Q39

5QH

Gloucestershire PCT

499,113

499,113

Q35

5PR

Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT

470,955

470,955

3,384

3,384

Q36

5A8

Greenwich Teaching PCT

378,400

378,400

6,050

6,050

Q31

5NM

Halton and St. Helens PCT

542,462

11,000

553,462

21,000

11,000

32,000

Q36

5H1

Hammersmith and Fulham PCT

278,981

278,981

2,706

2,706

Q38

5QC

Hampshire PCT

1,341,644

85,850

1,427,494

71,038

25,330

96,368

Q36

5C9

Haringey Teaching PCT

464,340

464,340

468

468

Q36

5K6

Harrow PCT

328,544

328,544

2,630

2,630

Q30

5D9

Hartlepool PCT

199,357

199,357

Q37

5P8

Hastings and Rother PCT

309,082

309,082

Q36

5A4

Havering PCT

340,478

340,478

4,666

4,666

Q34

5MX

Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT

521,876

5,446

527,322

7,531

5,446

12,977

Q34

5CN

Herefordshire PCT

246,627

246,627

11,244

11,244

Q31

5NQ

Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT

300,791

4,232

305,023

26,773

26,773

Q36

5AT

Hillingdon PCT

350,223

350,223

1,022

1,022

Q36

5HY

Hounslow PCT

349,428

349,428

2,213

2,213

Q32

5NX

Hull PCT

511,229

29,324

540,553

21,872

21,872

Q38

5QT

Isle of Wight NHS PCT

200,095

200,095

Q36

5K8

Islington PCT

269,280

269,280

3,878

3,878

Q36

5LA

Kensington and Chelsea PCT

129,067

3,435

132,502

6,956

1,200

8,156

Q36

5A5

Kingston PCT

167,972

167,972

35,433

35,433

Q32

5N2

Kirklees PCT

745,415

745,415

11,000

11,000

Q31

5J4

Knowsley PCT

266,235

266,235

4,869

4,869

Q36

5LD

Lambeth PCT

410,417

410,417

Q32

5N1

Leeds PCT

1,168,549

6,386

1,174,935

76,741

6,386

83,127

Q33

5PC

Leicester City PCT

528,727

528,727

13,796

13,796

Q33

5PA

Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT

1,010,815

1,010,815

108,020

108,020

Q36

5LF

Lewisham PCT

470,785

470,785

Q33

5N9

Lincolnshire PCT

1,035,763

31,359

1,067,122

42,053

31,359

73,412

Q31

5NL

Liverpool PCT

853,766

853,766

Q35

5GC

Luton Teaching PCT

274,268

274,268

Q31

5NT

Manchester PCT

872,174

872,174

36,416

36,416

Q37

5L3

Medway Teaching PCT

415,818

8,750

424,568

5,176

5,176

Q35

5PX

Mid Essex PCT

606,245

3,373

609,618

26,015

26,015

Q30

5KM

Middlesbrough County PCT

250,379

40,666

291,045

18,590

22,076

40,666

Q38

5CQ

Milton Keynes PCT

303,415

303,415

19,982

19,982

Q30

5D7

Newcastle PCT

522,532

522,532

8,939

8,939

Q36

5C5

Newham PCT

285,239

7,242

292,481

Q35

5PQ

Norfolk PCT

1,267,726

13,757

1,281,483

79,226

79,226

Q35

5PW

North East Essex PCT

499,927

499,927

13,267

13,267

Q32

5AN

North East Lincolnshire PCT

213,337

7,160

220,497

Q31

5NF

North Lancashire PCT

492,947

85,097

578,044

26,437

26,437

Q32

5EF

North Lincolnshire PCT

185,926

4,617

190,543

Q39

5M8

North Somerset PCT

360,416

360,416

Q34

5PH

North Staffordshire PCT

342,812

342,812

14,000

14,000

Q30

5E1

North Tees PCT

290,868

290,868

Q30

5D8

North Tyneside PCT

364,220

364,220

30,682

30,682

Q32

5NV

North Yorkshire and York PCT

1,150,039

24,882

1,174,921

67,516

67,516

Q33

5PD

Northamptonshire PCT

938,388

938,388

96,858

96,858

Q30

TAC

Northumberland Care Trust

561,829

19,302

581,131

29,639

29,639

Q33

5EM

Nottingham City PCT

635,786

635,786

22,277

22,277

Q33

5N8

Nottinghamshire County PCT

832,801

382,738

1,215,539

2,122

2,122

Q31

5J5

Oldham PCT

391,675

391,675

20,087

20,087

Q38

5QE

Oxfordshire PCT

707,458

707,458

25,929

25,929

Q35

5PN

Peterborough PCT

295,380

35,735

331,115

12,967

840

13,807

Q39

5F1

Plymouth Teaching PCT

359,125

359,125

Q38

5FE

Portsmouth City Teaching PCT

327,743

327,743

26,762

26,762

Q36

5NA

Redbridge PCT

403,887

403,887

Q30

5QR

Redcar and Cleveland PCT

274,026

274,026

Q36

5M6

Richmond and Twickenham PCT

121,359

121,359

25,214

25,214

Q32

5H8

Rotherham PCT

386,393

386,393

11,997

11,997

Q31

5F5

Salford Teaching PCT

408,736

408,736

11,200

11,200

Q34

5PF

Sandwell PCT

646,751

646,751

Q31

5NJ

Sefton PCT

484,660

484,660

Q32

5N4

Sheffield PCT

865,029

865,029

3,141

3,141

Q34

5M2

Shropshire County PCT

422,647

422,647

13,100

13,100

Q34

TAM

Solihull Care Trust

268,247

268,247

11,858

11,858

Q39

5QL

Somerset PCT

932,179

932,179

26,612

26,612

Q34

5M1

South Birmingham PCT

652,256

7,875

660,131

28,700

7,875

36,575

Q35

5P1

South East Essex PCT

484,701

484,701

4,355

4,355

Q39

5A3

South Gloucestershire PCT

444,708

444,708

Q34

5PK

South Staffordshire PCT

872,800

50,899

923,699

68,221

68,221

Q30

5KG

South Tyneside PCT

365,208

365,208

Q35

5PY

South West Essex PCT

582,463

582,463

23,774

23,774

Q38

5L1

Southampton City PCT

336,349

15,000

351,349

24,842

15,000

39,842

Q36

5LE

Southwark PCT

388,116

388,116

Q31

5F7

Stockport PCT

517,299

750

518,049

45,230

45,230

Q34

5PJ

Stoke on Trent PCT

403,535

403,535

Q35

5PT

Suffolk PCT

847,800

8,754

856,554

14,688

14,688

Q30

5KL

Sunderland Teaching PCT

549,042

549,042

1,386

1,386

Q37

5P5

Surrey PCT

1,128,437

24,000

1,152,437

75,869

24,000

99,869

Q36

5M7

Sutton and Merton PCT

474,799

474,799

Q39

5K3

Swindon PCT

224,736

224,736

50,000

50,000

Q31

5LH

Tameside and Glossop PCT

445,748

445,748

31,665

31,665

Q34

5MK

Telford and Wrekin PCT

291,720

291,720

Q39

TAL

Torbay Care Trust

209,164

209,164

13,664

13,664

Q36

5C4

Tower Hamlets PCT

269,022

269,022

9,350

9,350

Q31

5NR

Trafford PCT

328,686

4,876

333,562

15,650

4,876

20,526

Q32

5N3

Wakefield District PCT

584,148

4,000

588,148

Q34

5M3

Walsall Teaching PCT

374,368

374,368

Q36

5NC

Waltham Forest PCT

345,070

345,070

Q36

5LG

Wandsworth Teaching PCT

347,833

347,833

5,200

5,200

Q31

5J2

Warrington PCT

305,154

16,807

321,961

Q34

5PM

Warwickshire PCT

904,738

904,738

19,801

19,801

Q35

5PV

West Essex PCT

383,312

3,196

386,508

27,819

27,819

Q35

5P4

West Hertfordshire PCT

768,922

5,934

774,856

60,267

5,934

66,201

Q37

5P9

West Kent PCT

739,278

8,576

747,854

22,832

265

23,097

Q37

5P6

West Sussex PCT

1,069,592

1,069,592

56,240

56,240

Q31

5NN

Western Cheshire PCT

479,715

479,715

19,086

19,086

Q36

5LC

Westminster PCT

317,231

317,231

5,584

5,584

Q39

5QK

Wiltshire PCT

492,173

492,173

22,843

22,843

Q31

5NK

Wirral PCT

633,542

633,542

Q34

5MV

Wolverhampton City PCT

451,843

22,939

474,782

2,847

2,847

Q34

5PL

Worcestershire PCT

775,003

74,981

849,984

26,714

57,267

83,981

Total initially in disputeUnresolvedResolved, outcome acceptedResolved, outcome not accepted

Contracts

UDAs

Contracts

UDAs

Contracts

UDAs

Contracts

UDAs

SHA code

PCT code

PCT name

c1+c3+c5

c2+c4+c6

c1

c2

c3

c4

c5

c6

England

2,726

27,915,402

396

4,018,349

2,315

23,758,039

15

139,014

Q31

5HG

Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT

18

268,000

18

268,000

Q36

5C2

Barking and Dagenham PCT

5

65,435

5

65,435

Q36

5A9

Barnet PCT

44

245,019

44

245,019

Q32

5JE

Barnsley PCT

17

232,157

2

12,717

14

208,326

1

11,114

Q33

5ET

Bassetlaw PCT

6

94,785

3

72,771

3

22,014

Q39

5FL

Bath and North East Somerset PCT

5

57,629

2

17,234

3

40,395

Q35

5P2

Bedfordshire PCT

6

53,443

6

53,443

Q38

5QG

Berkshire East PCT

15

160,801

15

160,801

Q38

5QF

Berkshire West PCT

16

186,276

1

18,580

15

167,696

Q36

TAK

Bexley Care Trust

14

128,362

2

26,030

12

102,332

Q34

5PG

Birmingham East and North PCT

32

356,318

10

135,401

22

220,917

Q31

5CC

Blackburn and Darwen Teaching PCT

3

9,683

3

9,683

Q31

5HP

Blackpool PCT

9

55,518

3

11,357

6

44,161

Q31

5HQ

Bolton PCT

3

6,500

3

6,500

Q39

5QN

Bournemouth and Poole PCT

8

138,853

1

7,163

7

131,690

Q32

5NY

Bradford and Airedale PCT

15

198,016

2

18,587

13

179,429

Q36

5K5

Brent Teaching PCT

21

3,600

21

3,600

Q37

5LQ

Brighton and Hove City PCT

33

213,338

3

12,549

30

200,789

Q39

5QJ

Bristol PCT

21

301,509

2

1,768

19

299,741

Q36

5A7

Bromley PCT

34

253,111

2

9,494

32

243,617

Q38

5QD

Buckinghamshire PCT

31

190,694

2

16,286

28

166,641

1

7,767

Q31

5JX

Bury PCT

13

81,809

2

4,405

11

77,404

Q32

5J6

Calderdale PCT

2

14,768

2

14,768

Q35

5PP

Cambridgeshire PCT

22

212,963

3

26,310

19

186,653

Q36

5K7

Camden PCT

10

53,705

10

53,705

Q31

5NP

Central and Eastern PCT

8

113,248

5

83,807

3

29,441

Q31

5NG

Central Lancashire PCT

29

442,333

1

9,643

28

432,690

Q36

5C3

City and Hackney Teaching PCT

22

159,958

3

12,752

19

147,206

Q39

5QP

Cornwall and Isles of Scilly PCT

42

425,485

16

232,916

26

192,569

Q30

5ND

County Durham PCT

18

194,636

1

19,510

17

175,126

Q34

5MD

Coventry Teaching PCT

28

468,119

28

468,119

Q36

5K9

Croydon PCT

8

53,793

2

2,571

6

51,222

Q31

5NE

Cumbria PCT

13

71,495

13

71,495

Q30

5J9

Darlington PCT

5

50,954

5

50,954

Q33

5N7

Derby City PCT

18

209,453

7

75,640

11

133,813

Q33

5N6

Derbyshire County PCT

21

281,358

21

281,358

Q39

5QQ

Devon PCT

15

225,653

15

225,653

Q32

5N5

Doncaster PCT

6

83,494

6

83,494

Q39

5QM

Dorset PCT

5

80,432

5

80,432

Q34

5PE

Dudley PCT

4

65,472

3

38,635

1

26,837

Q36

5HX

Ealing PCT

7

4,187

7

4,187

Q35

5P3

East and North Hertfordshire PCT

69

329,825

69

329,825

Q31

5NH

East Lancashire PCT

7

130,343

7

130,343

Q32

5NW

East Riding of Yorkshire PCT

4

28,979

4

28,979

Q37

5P7

East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT

14

121,336

14

121,336

Q37

5QA

Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT

51

487,149

31

268,680

19

201,694

1

16,775

Q36

5C1

Enfield PCT

32

342,422

2

24,208

30

318,214

Q30

5KF

Gateshead PCT

18

198,194

18

198,194

Q39

5QH

Gloucestershire PCT

39

239,747

39

239,747

Q35

5PR

Great Yarmouth and Waveney PCT

8

166,305

3

34,305

5

132,000

Q36

5A8

Greenwich TeachinG PCT

15

215,016

3

61,746

12

153,270

Q31

5NM

Halton and St. Helens PCT

1

5,600

1

5,600

Q36

5H1

Hammersmith and Fulham PCT

3

5,501

3

5,501

Q38

5QC

Hampshire PCT

30

317,046

1

7,771

29

309,275

Q36

5C9

Haringey Teaching PCT

30

303,426

5

72,389

25

231,037

Q36

5K6

Harrow PCT

2

1,598

2

1,598

Q30

5D9

Hartlepool PCT

5

129,186

5

129,186

Q37

5P8

Hastings and Rother PCT

8

65,129

4

18,777

4

46,352

Q36

5A4

Havering PCT

4

45,452

4

45,452

Q34

5MX

Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT

12

93,225

12

93,225

Q34

5CN

Herefordshire PCT

5

78,138

2

48,147

3

29,991

Q31

5NQ

Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale PCT

15

124,231

1

1,483

13

116,192

1

6,556

Q36

5AT

Hillingdon PCT

17

135,332

17

135,332

Q36

5HY

Hounslow PCT

12

7,671

12

7,671

Q32

5NX

Hull PCT

2

10,756

2

10,756

Q38

5QT

Isle of Wight NHS PCT

9

116,688

1

7,568

8

109,120

Q36

5K8

Islington PCT

6

50,941

6

50,941

Q36

5LA

Kensington and Chelsea PCT

3

32,690

3

32,690

Q36

5A5

Kingston PCT

7

36,691

7

36,691

Q32

5N2

Kirklees PCT

47

611,220

47

611,220

Q31

5J4

Knowsley PCT

15

217,445

6

116,021

9

101,424

Q36

5LD

Lambeth PCT

16

25,941

16

25,941

Q32

5N1

Leeds PCT

65

781,216

9

176,711

56

604,505

Q33

5PC

Leicester City PCT

56

453,361

11

57,338

45

396,023

Q33

5PA

Leicestershire County and Rutland PCT

54

415,609

3

18,980

49

373,976

2

22,653

Q36

5LF

Lewisham PCT

26

321,436

26

321,436

Q33

5N9

Lincolnshire PCT

20

348,684

4

22,992

15

296,010

1

29,682

Q31

5NL

Liverpool PCT

Q35

5GC

Luton Teaching PCT

4

66,313

4

66,313

Q31

5NT

Manchester PCT

56

522,377

2

15,533

53

500,638

1

6,206

Q37

5L3

Medway Teaching PCT

19

138,916

1

453

18

138,463

Q35

5PX

Mid Essex PCT

14

200,510

14

200,510

Q30

5KM

Middlesbrough County PCT

2

23,008

1

19,508

1

3,500

Q38

5CQ

Milton Keynes PCT

16

121,753

16

121,753

Q30

5D7

Newcastle PCT

11

142,821

11

142,821

Q36

5C5

Newham PCT

11

150,566

3

16,481

8

134,085

Q35

5PQ

Norfolk PCT

20

167,988

20

167,988

Q35

5PW

North East Essex PCT

11

112,963

6

80,894

5

32,069

Q32

5AN

North East Lincolnshire PCT

Q31

5NF

North Lancashire PCT

1

3,678

1

3,678

Q32

5EF

North Lincolnshire PCT

Q39

5M8

North Somerset PCT

12

227,763

4

14,954

8

212,809

Q34

5PH

North Staffordshire PCT

2

13,828

2

13,828

Q30

5E1

North Tees PCT

3

38,836

3

38,836

Q30

5D8

North Tyneside PCT

4

56,099

4

56,099

Q32

5NV

North Yorkshire and York PCT

22

243,567

14

114,944

6

118,342

2

10,281

Q33

5PD

Northamptonshire PCT

12

169,978

10

151,346

2

18,632

Q30

TAC

Northumberland Care Trust

7

114,167

7

114,167

Q33

5EM

Nottingham City PCT

22

459,490

19

202,056

2

252,566

1

4,868

Q33

5N8

Nottinghamshire County PCT

Q31

5J5

Oldham PCT

13

143,180

13

143,180

Q38

5QE

Oxfordshire PCT

51

430,419

20

135,623

31

294,796

Q35

5PN

Peterborough PCT

7

151,876

2

58,025

5

93,851

Q39

5F1

Plymouth Teaching PCT

1

627

1

627

Q38

5FE

Portsmouth City Teaching PCT

12

201,236

3

31,670

9

169,566

Q36

5NA

Redbridge PCT

13

133,078

13

133,078

Q30

5QR

Redcar and Cleveland PCT

2

38,754

2

38,754

Q36

5M6

Richmond and Twickenham PCT

3

12,743

3

12,743

Q32

5H8

Rotherham PCT

30

386,393

3

43,515

27

342,878

Q31

5F5

Salford Teaching PCT

5

29,415

1

2,987

4

26,428

Q34

5PF

Sandwell PCT

46

580,226

9

120,607

37

459,619

Q31

5NJ

Sefton PCT

4

40,687

4

40,687

Q32

5N4

Sheffield PCT

70

865,029

23

289,556

47

575,473

Q34

5M2

Shropshire County PCT

55

340,561

23

111,380

32

229,181

Q34

TAM

Solihull Care Trust

26

206,570

1

7,101

24

198,489

1

980

Q39

5QL

Somerset PCT

28

326,884

28

326,884

Q34

5M1

South Birmingham PCT

34

402,443

1

18,680

33

383,763

Q35

5P1

South East Essex PCT

17

167,410

3

24,309

14

143,101

Q39

5A3

South Gloucestershire PCT

20

380,288

6

96,926

14

283,362

Q34

5PK

South Staffordshire PCT

33

183,707

33

183,707

Q30

5KG

South Tyneside PCT

16

365,208

16

365,208

Q35

5PY

South West Essex PCT

17

221,553

4

79,969

13

141,584

Q38

5L1

Southampton City PCT

15

149,264

15

149,264

Q36

5LE

Southwark PCT

Q31

5F7

Stockport PCT

46

488,519

46

488,519

Q34

5PJ

Stoke on Trent PCT

11

192,230

1

24,167

10

168,063

Q35

5PT

Suffolk PCT

29

231,995

29

231,995

Q30

5KL

Sunderland Teaching PCT

Q37

5P5

Surrey PCT

28

246,433

5

65,233

23

181,200

Q36

5M7

Sutton and Merton PCT

39

211,279

8

29,455

31

181,824

Q39

5K3

Swindon PCT

2

19,549

2

19,549

Q31

5LH

Tameside and Glossop PCT

10

167,073

10

167,073

Q34

5MK

Telford and Wrekin PCT

24

272,475

8

51,285

16

221,190

Q39

TAL

Torbay Care Trust

3

77,642

3

77,642

Q36

5C4

Tower Hamlets PCT

2

9,217

2

9,217

Q31

5NR

Trafford PCT

23

172,200

23

172,200

Q32

5N3

Wakefield District PCT

19

342,735

2

27,125

17

315,610

Q34

5M3

Walsall Teaching PCT

3

67,127

3

67,127

Q36

5NC

Waltham Forest PCT

7

53,143

6

44,562

1

8,581

Q36

5LG

Wandsworth Teaching PCT

17

347,833

17

347,833

Q31

5J2

Warrington PCT

14

133,357

1

21,155

13

112,202

Q34

5PM

Warwickshire PCT

22

186,743

5

46,952

17

139,791

Q35

5PV

West Essex PCT

9

76,923

3

11,442

6

65,481

Q35

5P4

West Hertfordshire PCT

82

506,883

25

212,853

57

294,030

Q37

5P9

West Kent PCT

44

376,667

8

85,256

36

291,411

Q37

5P6

West Sussex PCT

55

493,016

2

2,636

53

490,380

Q31

5NN

Western Cheshire PCT

3

16,925

3

16,925

Q36

5LC

Westminster PCT

9

43,029

9

43,029

Q39

5QK

Wiltshire PCT

9

104,709

1

10,728

8

93,981

Q31

5NK

Wirral PCT

43

633,542

5

97,711

38

535,831

Q34

5MV

Wolverhampton City PCT

8

71,841

8

71,841

Q34

5PL

Worcestershire PCT

19

134,254

4

18,884

15

115,370

Source:

Department of Health form DC01.

Dental contracts, strategic health authorities in England, as at 31 March 2002

UDAs commissioned

UDAs recommissioned

SHA code

SHA name

And provided

But not yet provided

Total

And provided

But not yet provided

Total

b2

b1

b1+b2

a2

a1

a1+a2

England

77,125,114

1,286,803

78,411,917

2,533,414

302,651

2,836,065

Q30

North East

4,713,693

105,887

4,819,580

134,825

22,076

156,901

Q31

North West

11,827,723

166,087

11,993,810

371,594

43,458

415,052

Q32

Yorkshire and the Humber

8,245,279

105,919

8,351,198

216,859

6,386

223,245

Q33

East Midlands

6,539,671

414,097

6,953,768

311,946

31,359

343,305

Q34

West Midlands

8,959,524

162,140

9,121,664

278,385

70,588

348,973

Q35

East of England

8,649,715

75,031

8,724,746

319,449

7,777

327,226

Q36

London

10,565,491

10,677

10,576,168

174,014

1,200

175,214

Q37

South East Coast

5,534,358

74,990

5,609,348

221,201

30,497

251,698

Q38

South Central

4,654,848

116,685

4,771,533

243,695

53,555

297,250

Q39

South West

7,434,812

55,290

7,490,102

261,446

35,755

297,201

ContractsUDAsContractsUDAsContractsUDAsContractsUDAs

SHA code

SHA name

c1+c3+c5

c2+c4+c6

c1

c2

c3

c4

c5

c6

England

2,726

27,915,402

396

4,018,349

2,315

23,758,039

15

139,014

Q30

North East

91

1,351,863

1

19,510

89

1,328,853

1

3,500

Q31

North West

352

3,877,158

27

364,102

323

3,500,294

2

12,762

Q32

Yorkshire and the Humber

299

3,798,330

55

683,155

241

3,093,780

3

21,395

Q33

East Midlands

209

2,432,718

47

449,777

156

1,907,106

6

75,835

Q34

West Midlands

364

3,713,277

67

621,239

296

3,091,058

1

980

Q35

East of England

315

2,666,950

49

528,107

266

2,138,843

Q36

London

439

3,452,175

36

299,688

403

3,152,487

Q37

South East Coast

252

2,141,984

54

453,584

197

1,671,625

1

16,775

Q38

South Central

195

1,874,177

28

217,498

166

1,648,912

1

7,767

Q39

South West

210

2,606,770

32

381,689

178

2,225,081

Source:

Department of Health form DC01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of patients who underwent assessment were assessed as eligible for national health service orthodontic treatment, broken down by primary care trust in the last 12 months. (149690)

Information is not held centrally in this form. Information has been placed in the Library which shows the ratio of case assessments to case starts (i.e. the start of a course of treatment) notified to the Business Services Authority, Dental Services Division for the period April 2006 to March 2007 for national health service orthodontic services provided under primary care contracts. However, there are likely to be a number of potential reasons (i.e. not limited to decisions that a patient is not eligible for treatment) why a case assessment is not followed by a case start.

Under the dental reforms introduced in April 2006, all providers of primary care orthodontic services are required to use a well-established index of orthodontic treatment need to assess eligibility for NHS treatment. This provides a fairer and more consistent way of assessing clinical needs and ensuring that resources are deployed on treatments that bring genuine health gain. It is for primary care trusts to agree local clinical governance frameworks that cover what information providers of orthodontic services have to make available to demonstrate compliance with this and other contractual requirements.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to assist the resolution of the general dental services contracts that were in dispute at 31 March. (149693)

Primary care trusts and local providers of national health service dental services are responsible for seeking to resolve any disputed elements of NHS contracts. If the parties cannot reach a local resolution, the dispute can be referred to the NHS Litigation Authority. The NHS primary care contracting team offers and provides support and advice on dispute resolution to those commissioners who request it.

Eighty seven per cent. of all those contracts originally signed in dispute have so far been resolved. Well over 99 per cent. of the disputes so far resolved have ended in the dentist deciding to stay with the NHS.