I was asked by the Norwich Evening News (NEN) for my thoughts on new plans to establish a dentistry school at the UEA to help tackle our region’s dental care crisis.

I told the NEN that I support UEA’s Norwich Dental Development Centre initiative and its ultimate aim of establishing a School of Dentistry at the university.

It is unacceptable that dentistry remains severely underfunded, and it’s the only area of the English health service that has seen its budget decline since the Conservatives took power in 2010.

The evidence suggests that if we can encourage people to train as dentists in Norwich, they are more likely to remain in the area and work here.

Read more of the NEN’s article here.