§ Mr. Thomas Coxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the present position on the discussions regarding the future of the Royal dental hospital.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeLondon university has informed the Department that the major part of the Royal dental hospital school of dental surgery is to merge with Guy's dental school on the London Bridge site and that plans for rebuilding the clinical departments of the school and the associated dental hospital at Tooting should not now be pursued. We are now considering the detailed implications of this decision for the National Health Service in consultation with health authorities in south west and south east Thames regions, the university and the dental schools concerned.