Dentistry: Training

(asked on 4th March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost per student to the public purse in providing (1) a Bachelor of Dental Surgery, and (2) foundation training for a dental graduate.


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Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 12th March 2020

This information is not routinely collected centrally. However, the Department estimates that the total Government outlay is on average around £230,000 for the provision of a Bachelor of Dental Surgery, and around £110,000 for the provision of foundation training for a dental graduate.

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