University receives NHS contract to boost dental services in Suffolk and north east Essex

The University of Suffolk Dental Community Interest Company (CIC) will deliver the new NHS Primary Care Dentistry supporting Dental Workforce Training and Education contract with a total budget of £2.2m a year over an initial five-year term. The contract includes an option to extend by a further two years. Details of how to book appointments will be available nearer the date of opening, Winter 2023. People are asked to please avoid contacting the university to book an appointment until further details become available.

There will be ten fully-equipped dental surgery units in the University of Suffolk’s James Hehir building on the Ipswich waterfront. The new service will also provide a teaching environment for student dental hygienists and therapists at the university and will offer placements for local dental nurses, dental therapists and hygienists who have recently qualified or are currently in training.