Answers issued to Members on 26 June 2008
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Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Nick Bourne (Mid and West Wales): Will the Minister provide details of the number of hospital admissions related to a) dentistry, and b) dental problems in each year since 1999? (WAQ51911)
The Minister for Health and Social Services (Edwina Hart): Statistics on hospital admissions from 1999/00 to 2006/07 are available at the Health Solutions Wales Information and Statistics website at:
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/page.cfm?orgid=527&pid=10336
Nick Bourne (Mid and West Wales): Will the Minister publish details of the average age of a General Practitioner in Wales in each year since 1999? (WAQ51912)
Edwina Hart: Data on the average age of General Practitioners in Wales is given in the following table and relates practitioners in post as at 30 September.
Average age of General Medical Practitioners (a)
1999 |
45 |
2000 |
45 |
2001 |
46 |
2002 |
46 |
2003 |
46 |
2004 |
46 |
2005 |
46 |
2006 |
46 |
2007 |
46 |
(a) All practitioners (excluding locums, GP Registrars and GP Retainers)
Nick Bourne (Mid and West Wales): Will the Minister publish details of the average age of a Midwife in Wales in each year since 1999? (WAQ51913)
Edwina Hart: The details are given in the following table and relates to directly employed midwives in post during the year.
Average age of Midwives
2004 |
45 |
2005 |
45 |
2006 |
44 |
2007 |
44 |
Please note that data regarding the average age of midwives is only available centrally from 2004.