asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many people in Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and each region of England were registered with a dentist in 1990; 1995; 2000; and 2005; and what those figures are as a percentage of the population in each case.[HL7901]
The data supplied for England are at 30 September each year based on the National Health Service registration periods which applied in each year. The figures for 2000 and 2005 are affected by the reduction in the registration period to 15 months in 1997. Data are not available for 1990. Strategic health authority (SHA) data are not available prior to 1997. The following tables provide the regional data requested for England.
1995 2000 2005 27,285,146 24,527,730 24,203,449 Adults and Children Registered with an NHS Dentist 56 per cent 50 per cent 48 per cent Percentage of Population Registered with a NHS Dentist 1 Personal dental services (PDS) schemes have varying registration periods. To ensure comparability with corresponding general dental services data, PDS registrations for established PDS practices are estimated from 2004 onwards using “proxy registrations”, namely the number of patients seen by PDS practices in the past 15 months. 2 Data for 2000 and earlier do not include those PDS schemes that do not have any registrations (for example, dental access centres) and are therefore not directly comparable with later data. 3 In 1997, the registration period changed to 15 months. Previously, the period for adults was 24 months whilst children's registrations expired at the end of the following calendar year. The introduction of PDS in October 1998 and subsequent growth have also affected the figures. 4 Prison contracts have not been included in this analysis.
1991 1995 2000 2005 21,570,226 27,285,146 24,527,730 24,203,449 Adult and Children Registered with a NHS Dentist 45 per cent 56 per cent 50 per cent 48 per cent Percentage of Population Registered with a NHS dentist Source: The Information Centre for health and social care, NHS Business Services Authority (BSA), Office for National Statistics
Strategic Health Authority 1997 2000 2005 England 27,147,063 24,527,730 24,203,449 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA 1,195,147 1,136,979 1,175,843 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA 874,093 790,572 804,136 Essex SHA 841,866 824,948 761,559 North West London SHA 927,091 788,973 784,476 North Central London SHA 604,499 516,889 513,558 North East London SHA 713,538 603,645 619,906 South East London SHA 740,707 632,633 626,430 South West London SHA 635,191 530,436 499,416 Northumberland, Tyne & Wear SHA 871,750 774,789 817,238 County Durham and Tees Valley SHA 719,755 661,091 655,776 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire SHA 906,871 868,704 836,634 West Yorkshire SHA 1,274,203 1,149,755 1,138,407 Cumbria and Lancashire SHA 1,056,559 979,663 925,864 Greater Manchester SHA 1,580,894 1,396,827 1,373,588 Cheshire & Merseyside SHA 1,488,004 1,337,831 1,359,911 Thames Valley SHA 905,167 806,872 794,503 Hampshire and Isle of Wight SHA 961,750 835,434 737,325 Kent and Medway SHA 731,942 699,828 649,273 Surrey and Sussex SHA 1,363,897 1,227,999 1,135,802 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA 1,133,324 1,005,707 990,811 South West Peninsula SHA 844,516 765,894 773,246 Dorset and Somerset SHA 702,884 646,067 618,981 South Yorkshire SHA 800,655 744,260 742,522 Trent SHA 1,508,310 1,443,864 1,388,024 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA 895,154 822,626 811,696 Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA 756,816 668,314 687,500 Birmingham and The Black Country SHA 1,260,532 1,117,547 1,205,207 West Midlands South SHA 851,948 749,583 775,817 Source: the information centre for health and social care, NHS Business Services Authority (BSA) 1 The postcode of the dental practice was used to allocate dentists to specific geographic areas. SHA areas have been defined using the Office for National Statistics all-fields postcode directory. 2 Dentists consist of principals, assistants and trainees. Information on NHS dentistry in the community dental service, hospitals and prisons is excluded. 3 The data in this report are based on NHS dentists on PCT lists. These details were passed on to the BSA, which paid dentists based on activity undertaken. A dentist can provide as little or as much NHS treatment as he or she chooses or has agreed with the PCT. In some cases an NHS dentist may appear on a PCT list but not perform any NHS work in that period. 4 Most NHS dentists do some private work. The data do not take into account the proportion of NHS work undertaken by dentists. 5 PDS schemes had varying registration periods. To ensure comparability with corresponding GDS data, PDS registrations are estimated using “proxy registrations”, namely the number of patients seen by PDS practices in the previous 15 months. PDS proxy registrations were not estimated for periods before September 2003—actual registrations were used before this date.
Strategic Health Authority 1997 2000 2005 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA .. .. 51.92% Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA .. .. 49.31 Essex SHA .. .. 46.27% North West London SHA .. .. 41.92% North Central London SHA .. .. 41.30% North East London SHA .. .. 40.18% South East London SHA .. .. 41.09% South West London SHA .. .. 37.39% Northumberland, Tyne & Wear SHA .. .. 58.10% County Durham and Tees Valley SHA .. .. 56.93% North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire SHA .. .. 50.41% West Yorkshire SHA .. .. 53.73% Cumbria and Lancashire SHA .. .. 47.77% Greater Manchester SHA .. .. 53.92% Cheshire & Merseyside SHA .. .. 57.61% Thames Valley SHA .. .. 37.14% Hampshire and Isle of Wight SHA .. .. 40.71% Kent and Medway SHA .. .. 40.05% Surrey and Sussex SHA .. .. 43.80% Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA .. .. 44.61% South West Peninsula SHA .. .. 47.46% Dorset and Somerset SHA .. .. 50.84% South Yorkshire SHA .. .. 57.76% Trent SHA .. .. 51.38% Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA .. .. 50.57% Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA .. .. 45.66% Birmingham and The Black Country SHA .. .. 52.70% West Midlands South SHA .. .. 49.33% Source: the information centre for health and social care, the NHS Business Services Authority (BSA) and the Office for National Statistics 1 The postcode of the dental practice was used to allocate dentists to specific geographic areas. SHA areas have been defined using the Office for National Statistics all-fields postcode directory. 2 Dentists consist of principals, assistants and trainees. Information on NHS dentistry in the community dental service, hospitals and prisons is excluded. 3 The data in this report are based on NHS dentists on PCT lists. These details were passed on to the BSA, which paid dentists based on activity undertaken. A dentist can provide as little or as much NHS treatment as he or she chooses or has agreed with the PCT. In some cases, an NHS dentist may appear on a PCT list but not perform any NHS work in that period. 4 Most NHS dentists do some private work. The data do not take into account the proportion of NHS work undertaken by dentists. 5 Not applicable. Population estimates are not available at SHA level prior to 2001. 6 PDS schemes had varying registration periods. To ensure comparability with corresponding GDS data, PDS registrations are estimated using “proxy registrations”, namely the number of patients seen by PDS practices in the previous 15 months. PDS proxy registrations were not estimated for periods before September 2003—actual registrations were used before this date.
The data supplied for Northern Ireland are at30 June each year with the exception of December 1994, as these are the closest available archived data to 1995. Data are not available for 1990.
Northern Ireland December 1994 June 2000 June 2005 992,870 923,974 911,915 Adults and Children Registered with an NHS dentist 60 per cent. 55 per cent. 53 per cent. Percentage of Population Registered with a NHS dentist Source: Central Services Agency 1 Figures for registered patients include a small proportion that may reside temporarily elsewhere in the United Kingdom. 2 Population base is mid-year estimate of home population for each year (from General Register Office, Northern Ireland).
Information on dentistry in Wales and Scotland is a matter for the relevant national Administration.