Cap on number of students on medicine, dentistry and veterinary science courses will be lifted

Cap on number of students allowed on medicine, dentistry and veterinary science courses will be lifted to give pupils a lifeline after A-levels fiasco Caps on medicine, dentistry and veterinary science courses have been lifted  The Department for Education also pledged extra funding to help universities More applicants to these high-cost courses will be able … Read more

The painful truth about dentistry in lockdown

Lesley Platts, an NHS occupational therapist who is managing hard-pressed care services in London, is suffering an additional burden — a nasty toothache that her dentist won’t touch. Her dentist isn’t being difficult — it is because they are under lockdown and banned from physically seeing patients. Lesley, 50, is one of around 600,000 patients … Read more