The paper titled ‘The Future of Dental Recruitment in the UK: Trends and Predictions for 2025’, concluded that the “supply of trained dental professionals is the top thing they believe had the greatest impact on their practice’s ability to recruit during 2023.”
The paper, published by the British Dental Journal Jobs (BDJ), revealed that 80 per cent of those polled said this was the number one issue.
The ADG has repeatedly said that the priority issue in dentistry is the huge gap in the dental workforce.
Data published by NHS England for the period to March 2024 show there are 2,749 full-time equivalent (FTE basis) NHS dentist vacancies, which make up 87 per cent of total dentist vacancies currently open at 3,160 (FTE basis). These are roles that have been open for an average of 180 days per post, and most are over three months old.
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