Valerie asks Written Parliamentary Questions

I tabled two written parliamentary questions to the Department of Health and Social Care on 22 November 2021 relating to GP and dentist recruitment in Walsall. 

I asked the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care:

How many GPs are registered in the (a) Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group and (b) Walsall South constituency.

I received a response on 25 November 2021 from Health Minister Maria Caulfield: 

The latest available data shows that as at 30 September 2021, there were 847 full time equivalent doctors in general practice working in the Black Country and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). This CCG was established on 1 April 2021 following the merger of Dudley CCG, Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG, Walsall CCG and Wolverhampton CCG. The data is not held for Walsall South as general practice workforce figures are not collected by constituency.

I asked the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care:

How many dentists are there in the (a) Walsall Clinical Commissioning Group and (b) Walsall South constituency. 

The response from the Minister on the 25 November 2021: 

The Department does not hold data in the format requested. 

I will endeavour to find an answer.