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NHS chiefs to hire 77 dentists for north-east

Ambitious plans to provide 124,000 more north-east residents with an NHS dentist were backed by regional health chiefs yesterday.

NHS Grampian board members agreed a four-year dental action plan – with a target of recruiting 77 new dentists. The aim is to try and rid the region of one of the worst oral health records in Europe.

And the board also rubber-stamped a full business case for a £21million dental school in Aberdeen. It will go to the Scottish Government for final approval before work gets under way on site next month.

Yesterday’s decisions coincided with a government announcement that £75million will be invested in national dental facilities – £6.62million of it in the north-east.

It is thought NHS Gram-pian will use part of its share to help pay for new dentists.

Fewer than 30% of adults in Grampian are registered with an NHS dentist – it is just 15% in Moray – compared with 49% across Scotland.

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