Within this, we propose to invest up to £3 million in 2025-26 to improve the capacity and sustainability of Scotland’s dental workforce. This investment will be used to grow both domestic student numbers over the longer-term – through immediate increase to university intakes for dental courses – as well as to invest in our existing workforce, supporting retention and development of our hard-working dental teams. • We will continue to monitor our spend through the use of existing official statistics, published by Public Health Scotland.