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Dentistry: Recruitment

Asked by Dr Caroline JohnsonConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 9 January 2026UIN 78391

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many posts have been (a) allocated and (b) filled in the dental recruitment incentive scheme, broken down by (i) region, (ii) integrated care board and (iii) in total.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

Integrated care boards (ICBs) have started to recruit dentists through the Golden Hello scheme. This recruitment incentive will see dentists receiving payments of £20,000 to work in those areas that need them most for three years.

Golden Hello data will be published next year and will consist of data showing the regional distribution of the original allocation of posts and the number of posts recruited to at both a national and regional level.

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