Recommendation 32

DHSC and NHSE have begun some strands of work that might usefully improve the workforce situation if they are fully implemented. For example, there is a commitment in the NHS long–term workforce plan to increase training places for dentists by 40% by 2031–32.95 There was also a consultation put out last year proposing a tie–in period for dental graduates, ensuring that where graduates have benefited from taxpayer subsidies through their training, they then give back to the NHS for at a minimum period after completing their training.96