Orthodontic Care
EDM number 974 in 2006-07, proposed by Graham Stuart on 26/02/2007.
That this House notes with concern the geographical inequality in the provision of orthodontic care and the shortage of training places for orthodontic specialists; further notes that one fifth of orthodontic specialists are due to retire in the next six years; further notes that a shortage of specialists is driving patients to consult practitioners who have insufficient training and experience; further notes that there are only two orthodontic specialists serving the whole of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire; and supports the British Orthodontic Society's call for the Government to increase the number of funded training posts in UK dental schools.
This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
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