The Department of Health has announced that English dental hospitals will receive a huge makeover donation of £11 million, with aims to fund a new IT system that will support the training of dental students as part of NHS Connecting for Health and the Dental IT programme board.

The millions will also go towards training for future dental care professionals as well as funding NHS dental hospitals, associated dental schools, new research methods to improve oral and dental health and provide specialist clinical services for patients.

“This extra funding reinforces the Government’s commitment to supporting dental hospitals and expanding the dental workforce,” says Deputy Chief Dental Officer, Tony Jenner.

“The NHS now has over 4,000 more dentists than it did in 1997 and we have increased the number of undergraduate training places by 25% to ensure we have more dentists in the areas of the country that need them the most,” adds Jenner.

The grant set to boost Dental Hospitals throughout England will also be divided between 10 trusts who applied for funding, including the likes of King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, South Birmingham PCT and Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s University Hospitals NHS Trust.

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