§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many dental therapists are at present in training in each year; and how many will be trained from September 1983 after the closure of the New Cross school.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThere are 37 students at the school for dental therapists at New Cross who are all in their final year of training. Arrangements have been made to train eight dental therapists a year at the London Hospital dental school beginning this Autumn and the provision of further therapist training elsewhere is under consideration.