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Department of Health: reforming NHS dentistry. Public Accounts Committee thirtieth report with proceedings, evidence (HC 167-i not printed separately) and appendices.

Type

Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Committee of Public Accounts

Notes

See also NAO report HC 25 2004/05

Date

6 April 2005

Reference

HC 167 2004/05

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists were practising in Chesterfield constituency on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many of them were accepting new NHS (a) adult patients and (b) child patients.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 March 2005

For answer on

4 April 2005

Answered on

4 April 2005

Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists were practising in Chesterfield constituency on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many of them were accepting new NHS (a) adult patients and (b) child patients. [222626] Ms Rosie Winterton: There are 54 dentists practicing in the Chesterfield primary care trust (PCT) area as at 31 December 20041. The Trent strategic health authority (SHA) reports that, as at 30 March 2005, there are currently three dental practices accepting new national health service adult or child patients in the Chesterfield PCT area. In addition, a further five practices are accepting NHS adult patients on a qualified basis and three practices accepting children as NHS patients on a qualified basis. The Government remain determined to improve access to NHS dentistry and has introduced a number of initiatives, which will help bring about improvements nationally and more locally. PCT funding for dentistry will increase by 19.3 per cent. from 2003-04 to 2005-06. Consequently, over £250 million of additional resources will be provided by 2005-06. £127,000 has been provided to Chesterfield PCT as part of the dental access monies supplied to Trent SHA. This funding was due to deliver 2,120 new registrations. However, it has in fact delivered 2,776 additional patient registrations as at the end of February 2005. It is estimated that this figure will increase by approximately 600 within the next six months. Chesterfield PCT is keen to increase dental services in North Derbyshire. The Department has encouraged PCTs to be proactive in establishing early entry into the personal dental service (PDS). Orthodontic PDS will allow development of orthodontic services in the community and thereby reduce the waiting list for secondary care services. The PCT has pursued this goal and has developed good relationships with practice owners. It already has six early PDS practices and one more due to go live in May. North Derbyshire PCTs have the following access agreements: four sessions per week with a practice in Clay Cross (in North Eastern Derbyshire PCT) and out of hours service for registered and non-registered patients for three hours during the evening on weekdays and three hours per day weekends and bank holidays at Scarsdale (within Chesterfield PCT). 1 Source: NHS website.

Date

4 April 2005

Reference

432 c1245-6W; 222626

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) children and (b) adults were registered with NHS dentists in Chesterfield on the latest date for which figures are available.

Asked by

Paul Robert Holmes (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

24 March 2005

Reference

432 c1063W; 222625

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 8th February, 430 c1469W, on NHS dentists, how many of the extra 1,000 full-time dentists to be recruited into the NHS by October have so far been recruited.

Asked by

Paul Beresford (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 March 2005

Reference

432 c431W;432 c429W; 218298

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many whole-time equivalent NHS dentists there have been per head of population in each year since 1997; and how many were offering NHS treatment in (a) England, (b) each NHS region and (c) each strategic health authority in each year.

Asked by

Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

18 February 2005

For answer on

16 March 2005

Answered on

16 March 2005

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many whole-time equivalent NHS dentists there have been per head of population in each year since 1997; and how many were offering NHS treatment in (a) England, (b) each NHS region and (c) each strategic health authority in each year. [217204] Ms Rosie Winterton: [holding answer 23 February 2005]: The available information is shown in the following tables. Table 1: Headcount dentists per head of population by NHS region and strategic health authority _________________________________________________________________________________________________. NHS dentists per head of population (10,000) Strategic health authority 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 1 In England 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.31 Eastern Cluster 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.92 Bedfordshire and 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.8 4.7 4.8 5.14 Hertfordshire Essex 3.4 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.76 Leicestershire, 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.3 3.40 Northamptonshire and Rutland Norfolk, Suffolk and 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.94 Cambridgeshire Trent 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.58 London Cluster 4.9 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.29 North Central London 5.5 5.6 5.8 6,0 6.0 5.7 5.9 6.02 North-east London 3.6 3.9 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.9 4.0 4.34 North-west London 6.1 6.4 6.3 6.1 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.98 South-east London 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.72 South-west London 5.0 5.1 5.3 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.1 5.45 North-east Cluster 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.81 County Durham and Tees 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.59 Valley North and east Yorkshire and 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.75 northern Lincolnshire Northumberland, Tyne and 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 4.03 Wear South Yorkshire 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.85 West Yorkshire 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.80 North-west and West Midlands 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.99 Cluster Birmingham and the Black 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.7 3.84 Country Cheshire and Merseyside 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 4.27 Cumbria and Lancashire 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.82 Greater Manchester 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.93 Shropshire and Staffordshire 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.68 West Midlands South 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.8 4.0 4.36 Southern Cluster 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.63 Avon, Gloucestershire and 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 4.45 Wiltshire Dorset and Somerset 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.31 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.0 4.16 Kent and Medway 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.99 South-west Peninsula 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.50 Surrey and Sussex 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.36 Thames Valley 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.6 4.7 5.08 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Population data is 2003 figures as 2004 data is not available yet. Notes: 1. This is a file containing the numbers of dentists as at 31 December from 1997 to 2004. 2. The figures are based on the numbers of dentists with open general dental service (GDS) or personal dental service (PDS) contracts. 3. The dentists include principals, assistants and trainees. 4. Prison contracts have not been included in this analysis. 5. The areas have been defined using practice postcodes within the specified area. 6. The figures provide a snapshot of the number of individual dentists with an open contract at 31 December. 7. A dentist with a GDS or PDS contract may provide as little or as much NHS treatment as he or she chooses or has agreed with the PCT. 8. The Dental Practice Board has no information concerning the amount of time dedicated to NHS work by individual dentists. 9. The figures provide an accurate figure taking into account any notifications received up to 31 January 2005. 10. As data is not available by whole time equivalent, headcount has been used to determine the number of national health service dentists per head of population in the table. 11. Areas have been defined using the Office of National Statistics All Fields Postcode Directory--November 2004. Table 2: Number of dental practices that offer NHS treatments to new patients as at 15 February 2005 by NHS region and strategic health authorities strategic health authorities _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of dentist practices accepting NHS patients as at 15 February 2005 (a practice can be represented in more than one category) Strategic health authorities Providing occasional NHS Registering charge Registering charge Registering children treatment to non exempt adults for NHS paying adults for NHS aged 0 to 18 years for registered patients treatment treatment NHS treatment In England 1,433 2,762 2,414 3,702 Eastern Cluster 200 457 411 689 Bedfordshire and 54 163 126 216 Hertfordshire strategic HA Essex strategic HA 74 98 94 141 Leicestershire, 17 55 57 74 Northamptonshire and Rutland Norfolk, Suffolk and 22 71 67 142 Cambridgeshire strategic Trent strategic HA 33 70 67 116 London Cluster 454 943 804 1088 North central London 83 139 128 173 strategic HA North-east London strategic 121 188 174 199 HA North-west London strategic 101 294 252 340 HA South-east London strategic 64 175 131 195 HA South-west London strategic 85 147 119 181 HA North-east Cluster 200 357 329 423 County Durham and Tees 53 102 95 109 Valley strategic HA North and east Yorkshire and 13 21 21 49 Northern Lincoln Northumberland, Tyne and 92 142 133 149 Wear strategic HA South Yorkshire strategic HA 35 41 37 47 West Yorkshire strategic HA 7 51 43 69 North-west and West Midlands 425 607 544 793 Cluster Birmingham and the Black 159 236 199 271 Country strategic HA Cheshire and Merseyside 146 185 181 225 strategic HA Cumbria and Lancashire 16 11 8 23 strategic HA Greater Manchester strategic 80 112 103 172 HA Shropshire and Staffordshire 6 14 9 33 strategic HA West Midlands south 18 49 44 69 strategic health authority Southern Cluster 154 398 326 709 Avon, Gloucestershire and 9 44 35 74 Wiltshire strategic HA Dorset and Somerset 7 24 24 43 strategic HA Hampshire and Isle Of Wight 27 31 30 64 strategic HA Kent and Medway strategic HA -- 50 31 91 South-west Peninsula 5 19 17 39 strategic HA Surrey and Sussex strategic 66 161 139 240 HA Thames Valley strategic HA 40 69 50 158 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. The figures provide an accurate figure taking into account any notifications received up to 31 January 2005. 2. This information relates to dentists offering at least one type of NHS treatment to at least one category of patient.

Date

16 March 2005

Reference

432 c270-4W;432 c268-72W; 217204

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 9th February, Official Report, column 1616W, on dentistry, if he will list in value order the number of bursaries awarded to dentists as a result of the Returning to Dentistry scheme.

Asked by

Paul Beresford (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 March 2005

Reference

431 c1977W;431 c1969W; 219381

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what tendering process was completed by Methods Consulting prior to the award of the contract for the recruitment of dentists from Poland; and what expertise thay have in this field.

Asked by

Paul Beresford (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 March 2005

Reference

431 c1976W;431 c1968W; 218299

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what mechanisms are in place to co-ordinate the different government groups working on the Personal Dental Service (PDS) contract; what the running costs of (a) the Modernisation Agency and (b) Options for Change field sites to administer the PDS conversion process were...

Asked by

Paul Beresford (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

23 February 2005

For answer on

9 March 2005

Answered on

9 March 2005

Sir Paul Beresford: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanisms are in place to co-ordinate the different government groups working on the Personal Dental Service (PDS) contract; what the running costs of (a) the Modernisation Agency and (b) Options for Change field sites to administer the PDS conversion process were in the latest year for which figures are available; and what steps he is taking to reduce administration costs in the PDS conversion process. [218598] Ms Rosie Winterton: [holding answer 28 February 2005]: The NHS Modernisation Agency set up the Modernising Dentistry Programme in 2002 following the publication of Options for Change report to look at new ways of working in dentistry. The total budget for the programme, which includes field sites, was £1 million in 2004-05. The 48 field sites involve around 250 dental practices, which are widely distributed across England. They range from practices looking at remuneration and commissioning, electronic booking, the patient experience, clinical governance and customer care, through to primary care trust wide and strategic health authority wide remuneration sites. Field sites have been supported to develop, and monitor their Option for Change projects, some of which have required conversion to personal dental service (PDS) schemes. Building upon these foundations, PDS is now providing dentists with the opportunity to take advanced benefit of the new contractual arrangements, which we are to introduce by April 2006. We now have some 4,400 dentists in over 1,500 dental practices working under PDS arrangements and, by April 2005, we expect 25 per cent. of all dental practices to have moved to PDS.

Date

9 March 2005

Reference

431 c1905-6W;431 c1899W; 218598

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many investigations by the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service are ongoing with respect to (a) GPs, (b) nurses, (c) hospital doctors and consultants, (d) pharmacists, (e) dentists, (f) external contractors and (g) others. - Inc table and figures.

Asked by

Lord Lansley (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 February 2005

For answer on

9 March 2005

Answered on

9 March 2005

Mr. Lansley: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many investigations by the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service are ongoing with respect to (a) GPs, (b) nurses, (c) hospital doctors and consultants, (d) pharmacists, (e) dentists, (f) external contractors and (g) others. [216139] Ms Rosie Winterton: There are currently 462 investigations being undertaken by the national health service counter fraud and security management service. A breakdown of staff groups involved is shown in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Category Number under investigation General practitioners 60 Hospital doctors and consultants 23 Nurses 35 Pharmacists 68 Dentists 86 External contractors 28 Others 191 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The breakdown shows a greater number than the total of 462 as there can be more than one person involved in any particular investigation 77 patients are also being investigated.

Date

9 March 2005

Reference

431 c1903-4W;431 c1897W; 216139

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the percentage Personal Dental Service conversion rates are in each (a) primary care trust and (b) strategic health authority. - Inc fact that in Library. (Dep 05/511). (Holding answer 1 March 2005).

Asked by

Paul Beresford (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 March 2005

Reference

431 c1907W;431 c1900W; 219073

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Polish dentists (a) have registered and (b) are waiting to register with the General Dental Council to practise consequent on his Department's contract with Methods Consulting; and how many have commenced practising in England; and what support his Department is...

Asked by

Paul Beresford (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 March 2005

Reference

431 c1905W;431 c1898-9W; 218300

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists have been recruited overseas to work in NHS dentistry in England since 1st January 2004.

Asked by

David Kidney (Labour)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 March 2005

Reference

431 c1907W;431 c1900W; 216507

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which primary care trusts have not applied to the £59 million fund to help with access to dentistry in 2004-05; how many applications made by primary care trusts to the £59 million fund to help with access to dentistry in 2004-05 have...

Asked by

Paul Beresford (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 March 2005

Reference

431 c1906-7W;431 c1899-900W; 218599;218600

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has conducted into (a) the NHS-private mix and (b) the age of dentists moving over to the Personal Dental Service contract. - Inc table. (Holding answer 25 February 2005).

Asked by

Paul Beresford (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 February 2005

For answer on

7 March 2005

Answered on

7 March 2005

Sir Paul Beresford: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has conducted into (a) the NHS-private mix and (b) the age of dentists moving over to the personal dental service contract. [218308] Ms Rosie Winterton :[holding answer 25 February 2005]: Data are not collected on the split between national health service and private patients. The number and age ranges of dentists with open personal dental service (PDS) contracts as at 31 December 2004 is shown in the table. Personal dental service (PDS) by age as at 31 December 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Age Dentists <ñ25 53 25-29 537 30-34 566 35-39 560 40-44 570 45-49 523 50-54 388 55-59 212 60+ 139 All PDS dentists 3,548 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

7 March 2005

Reference

431 c1561-2W;431 c1555-6W; 218308

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many pieces of guidance his Department has issued to primary care trusts (PCTs) in the last year regarding targets that need to be met for signing up dentists to the Personal Dental Services contract; what action he will take against those...

Asked by

Paul Beresford (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

7 March 2005

Reference

431 c1561W;431 c1555W; 218297

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make a statement on dental registration rates. - Inc ref to 22 February 2005, 431 c486W.

Asked by

Andrew Rosindell (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 March 2005

Reference

217609; 431 c1466W;431 c1460W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10th February 2005, 430 c1688W on dentistry, and the Answer to the honourable Member for Westbury on 9th February 2005, 430 c1620W on the Keeping in Touch scheme, what information he collects on the number of whole-time...

Asked by

Paul Beresford (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 March 2005

Reference

219382; 431 c1466W;431 c1460W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 10th February 2005, 430 c1688W on dentistry, how many dentists returned to NHS dentistry from a career break between (a) April 2001 to March 2002, (b) April 2002 to March 2003 and (c) April 2003 to March...

Asked by

Paul Beresford (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

4 March 2005

Reference

219380; 431 c1465-6W;431 c1459-60W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many dentists were signed up to the PDS contract by 31st January, broken down by primary care trust area. - Including figures and ref to information in Library. (Dep 05/610).

Asked by

Damian Green (Conservative)

Answering body

Department of Health

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

3 March 2005

Reference

217231; 431 c1367W;431 c1361W

House

House of Commons

NHS DENTISTRY

That this House believes that dentistry should be a core part of the National Health Service; notes with concern that less than 40 per cent. of adults in England are currently registered with an NHS dentist, and that in many areas dentists are no longer taking on new NHS patients;...

Primary sponsor

Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Early day motions

Date

28 February 2005

Reference

791

House

House of Commons

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