More than 20 South West MPs have added their support to calls for a 25% increase in the number of dental students being trained at the University of Plymouth.
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Peninsula Dental School, ranked by the Guardian University Guide as the UK's best place to study dentistry for the past two years, currently accepts 58 new dental students each year.
However, a campaign - launched by Plymouth MPs Luke Pollard, Rebecca Smith and Fred Thomas, and backed by Plymouth City Council's cross-party Dental Taskforce - is calling for that figure to rise to 72 places.
Now the campaign has garnered further support, with all 22 of the South West's Liberal Democrat MPs - collectively covering an area including Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire - signing a joint letter to the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting MP.
In it they have warned that without action to boost the dental workforce, Government targets for extra appointments will be a long way off for areas like the South West.
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