Health written question – answered at on 12 September 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health further to her Minister's letter of 7 July to hon. Members about NHS dental care, what estimate she has made of the cost of training 117 Polish dentists; what conditions are attached to their contracts; and if she will make a statement.
The total value of the contract to recruit 230 dentists from Poland is £3.8 million, which includes an eight-week training programme for each dentist. The cost of recruiting the remaining 117 dentists is £2.36 million. The dentists recruited are employed on standard employment contracts, in line with United Kingdom employment law.
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