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Dentistry: Higher Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase intake numbers at dental schools (a) for dental (i) hygienists and (ii) therapists and (b) in general.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 25 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jul 2025 · 28 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase intake numbers at dental schools (a) for dental (i) hygienists and (ii) therapists and (b) in general.
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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23 Jul 2025
Answer published
We will publish a refreshed workforce plan to ensure the National Health Service has the right people, in the right places, with the right skills to deliver the care patients need when they need it.According to the Higher Education Students Early Statisti...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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