WQ92439 (w) Tabled on 12/04/2024

Will the Cabinet Secretary provide the following information for the last three years: a) the number of students from Wales who studied dentistry at universities outside Wales; and of those b) in which universities they were studying; and c) which local authority did they originate from?

Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care | Answered on 22/04/2024

The table below illustrates the number of students from Wales who have studied dentistry outside Wales and where they studied:

First Year Welsh domicile enrolments in dentistry by provider (2019/20 to 2021/22)

 

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

Prifysgol Bryste

10

10

5

Prifysgol Lerpwl

5

5

5

Prifysgol Birmingham

5

5

5

Prifysgol Plymouth

10

15

5

Darparwyr Addysg Uwch eraill y tu allan i Gymru

10

10

20

Darparwyr Addysg Uwch yng Nghymru

20

10

20

Cyfanswm

60

55

65

Notes
 
All figures based on enrolments for students:

  1. In the Standard Higher Education registration population
  2. Of Welsh domicile
  3. Studying a dentistry course regulated by the General Dental Council (GDC)
  4. In their first year of study
  5. Studying a course with any of the following course aims:
     
    a. Pre-registration first degree with honours leading towards obtaining eligibility to register to practice with a health or social care or veterinary statutory regulatory body
    b. Pre-registration ordinary (non-honours) first degree leading towards obtaining eligibility to register to practice with a health or social care or veterinary statutory regulatory body
    c. Integrated undergraduate/postgraduate taught masters degree on the enhanced/extended pattern leading towards obtaining eligibility to register to practice with a health or social care or veterinary statutory regulatory body