John Penrose

Conservative Party | Weston-super-Mare

Dentistry

1st March 2006

John Penrose (Weston-super-Mare) (Con): I am sure that dentists will be pleased to hear those figures. However, will the Minister explain how the technical application of the new contract has led to the situation in my constituency about which I wrote to the Secretary of State on 19 January? The single major NHS dentist in the area, whose practice covers 22,000 people, expects to lose 30 per cent. of those patients—that is, 6,500 people—as of 5 April, as a result of incorrect base-lining and problems with the calculations. I wrote to the Secretary of State about this on 19 January, and the clock is ticking. That dentist needs an answer.

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