Question follow-through · 2058

University of Portsmouth Dental Academy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to p.8 of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, how many new dentistry training places will be allocated to Portsmouth Dental School by 2031-32.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 29 Jul 2024
Target answer date: 2 Sept 2024
Answer: 2 Sept 2024 · 35 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

29 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to p.8 of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June 2023, how many new dentistry training places will be allocated to Portsmouth Dental School by 2031-32.
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 2024
Answer published
At this stage, as the University of Portsmouth is not a dental school, no plans have been made to allocate new dentistry training places.Before a university, such as the University of Portsmouth, can apply to receive Government funded dental school places...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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