Dentistry: Training
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dental students have undertaken training in (a) Nottingham, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) the East Midlands and (d) England in each of the last 15 years.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
There are currently no dental schools in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, or the East Midlands. Consequently, no dental students have undertaken undergraduate training in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, or the East Midlands. The following table shows the number of entrants to undergraduate dentistry courses in England from 2012 to 2025:
Year of Entry | Entrants |
2012 | 875 |
2013 | 875 |
2014 | 800 |
2015 | 780 |
2016 | 800 |
2017 | 805 |
2018 | 810 |
2019 | 810 |
2020 | 895 |
2021 | 980 |
2022 | 815 |
2023 | 815 |
2024 | 830 |
2025 | 815 |
Source: Office for Students Medical and Dental Students Survey.
Note: data for 2025 is provisional as entrants are based on initial figures and may change.
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