Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 48991

Dentistry: Surgery

Tabled: 29 April 2025
Answered: 8 May 2025
Named Day

Question

Helen Hayes

LabourDulwich and West Norwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan to reduce vacancy rates for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Department does not hold information on the vacancy rate for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon training posts or consultant positions.We will publish a refreshed workforce plan to deliver the transformed health service we will build over the next decade,...

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