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Dentistry: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve access to training for (a) dentists and (b) dental nurses in rural areas.

answeredAdam DanceDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
27 Jan 2025
Answer
27 Jan 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to improve access to training for (a) dentists and (b) dental nurses in rural areas.

  2. 27 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    We are determined to rebuild National Health Service dentistry, but it will take time and there are no quick fixes. Strengthening the dental workforce, including dentists and dental nurses, is key to our ambitions.We have launched a 10-Year Health Plan to...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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