Universities Of Hull And York Dental School

EDM number 993 in 2005-06, proposed by John Grogan on 09/11/2005.

That this House notes the significant imbalance in dental health and NHS dental provision between the North and the South of England; further notes that there are fewer NHS dentists per head of population in the North East and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire than in England as a whole; expresses concern that the level of diseased teeth for 14 year olds in Yorkshire and the Humber is the highest in England; and therefore urges the Government to approve the bid by Hull and York universities to establish a new dental school which will help address this imbalance, as evidence suggests dentists are more likely to practise near where they are trained.

This motion has been signed by a total of 33 MPs.