Dentistry: Recruitment
Commons · Question 78512 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Jerome Mayhew
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the number of newly qualified dentists that will be required to ensure the future of NHS dentistry in the next five to ten years.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 16 Oct 2025
Later this year we will publish a 10-Year Workforce Plan to create a workforce ready to deliver a transformed service. They will be more empowered, more flexible and more fulfilled.As announced in the 10-Year Health Plan, we will now make it a requirement...