Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-04-25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2016 to Question 34010, what the cost of providing NHS dental services in the West Midlands was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Alistair Burt
The table below shows the expenditure on National Health Service dental services in the West Midlands. The total expenditure figures have been broken down into primary care (delivered by high street dentists through General or Personal Dental Services contracts (GDS/PDS)) and other services (delivered in community and secondary care settings).
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2010/11 £000 |
2011/12 £000 |
2012/13 £000 |
2013/14 £000 |
2014/15 £000 |
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1 |
GDS/PDS Cost |
279,997 |
290,274 |
286,385 |
197,166 |
200,904 |
|
2 |
Fees Charged |
(63,328) |
(65,765) |
(66,682) |
(47,667) |
(50,014) |
|
3 |
Net Cost |
216,669 |
224,509 |
219,703 |
149,499 |
150,890 |
|
4 |
Other (community and secondary care) |
69,132 |
65,093 |
139,583 |
71,233 |
73,131 |
|
5 |
Total Expenditure |
349,129 |
355,367 |
359,286 |
220,732 |
224,021 |
Source: Rows 1, 2, 3 – Primary care expenditure, Department of Health accounts (2010/11, 2011/12 and 2012/13) and NHS England accounts (2013/14 and 2014/15); Row 4 – other programme budgeting NHS England.
Notes:
- Figures provided are the expenditure incurred by primary care trusts (PCTs) within the former West Midlands Strategic Health Authority (SHA), and, from April 2013, NHS England West Midlands Area Teams regional teams, in commissioning dental treatment. The balances show the gross expenditure incurred in providing GDS and PDS, which are alternative models of dental care, and the fees charged to the recipient in providing the treatment.
- Total expenditure is the sum of rows 3 and 4.
- Expenditure figures between years are not directly comparable owing to changes in commissioning arrangements from PCTs to NHS England from April 2013. The 2013/14 and 2014/15 columns do not include areas formerly known as Shropshire and Staffordshire, and Telford and Wrekin, which were part of the West Midlands SHA footprint.
- In addition, responsibility for public health and prevention programmes moved from PCTs to local authorities in April 2013.
