The long-awaited Public Accounts Committee (PAC) ‘Fixing NHS Dentistry’ report lands today and the Association of Dental Groups (ADG) warns that the priority should be filling the massive gap in the total dental workforce. The report states that in March 2024 there were over 5,500 vacancies across the NHS dental profession with many going unfilled for over 180 days. We also know that there are over 3,000 positions, across NHS and private, for fully-trained dentists that are vacant.
A link to the full press release can be found here.