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<p>From 1 April 2023 the commissioning responsibility for commissioning primary care dentistry to meet the needs of the local population has been delegated to integrated care boards across England.</p><p>We acknowledge that there are areas of the country that are experiencing recruitment and retention issues and are taking steps to address the National Health Service dental workforce challenges across the country.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 30 June, sets out the steps the NHS and its partners need to take to deliver an NHS workforce that meets the changing needs of the population over the next 15 years. These include a 40% increase to dentistry undergraduate training places by 2031/32. To support this ambition, we will expand places by 24% by 2028/29, taking the overall number that year to 1,000 places.</p><p>Furthermore, our plan for dentistry will be published shortly to build upon a package of improvements to the NHS dental system announced in July 2022, including to improve access to NHS dental services.</p> |