Plans have been revealed for a new cutting-edge £5.8m dental centre in Barking, which will bring not only world-class dental education to Barking, but also the prospect of thousands more much needed dental appointments – making getting a dental an NHS appointment easier for residents.
When it opens in later 2026, the centre aims to provide NHS dental care to more than 5,000 patients annually, as well as training 130 new dental students each year.
The centre, developed in partnership with Queen Mary University of London, will be built within two floors of Maritime House in Barking town centre. The centre is part funded through Barking and Dagenham Council’s Strategic Community Infrastructure Levy funding programme.
Labour’s Council Leader Dominic Twomey said the new centre will “unlock good quality dental care for thousands of our residents that otherwise wouldn’t have access to it”.
Adding that: “It will help the rest of east London and probably the rest of the country because when the dental students qualify they will be working across the country for years to come – to try and address these dental deserts,”
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