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Statistical press notice

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH News Release issued by The Government News Network on 8 May 2008

1) Attitudes to Mental Illness 2) Dental Contracts

The following statistics were released today by the Department of Health:

1. Attitudes to Mental Illness in England, 2008
2. Dental Reform Monitoring, January to March 2008

Main Findings from Attitudes to Mental Illness in England Survey, 2008

- The general public are broadly sympathetic to people with mental health problems and community care.

- However, some attitudes towards people with mental health problems are worse compared to when the Department of Health first commissioned
- the poll in 1994, including two relating to fears of patients.

- On the other hand, several attitudes that had worsened over the period up until 1997 have since improved.

- Only two attitudes have changed significantly since last year, both an improvement - more think people with mental illness have been subject to ridicule for too long and less think it is easy to tell them from 'normal people'.

Main Findings from Dental Reform Monitoring, January to March 2008

- Since the last report for the end of December, the number of commissioned Units of Dental Activity (UDAs) has risen by 246 thousand to 79.6 million UDAs.

- A total of 2,611 disputes have now been resolved and in 2,597 of these cases, the outcome was accepted. 99 remain to be resolved. So far 14 have ended in the dentist leaving the NHS.

Links:

http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Publicationsandstatistics/Publications/PublicationsStatistics/DH_084478

http://www.performance.doh.gov.uk/dental_contracts/index.htm