A proposal which could see dentists being trained at Aberystwyth University has been backed by Powys councillors, in the hope it will improve dental services across the whole of Mid Wales

At a Powys County Council meeting on Thursday, December 4, a motion was put forward by Plaid Cymru group leader Councillor Elwyn Vaughan calling for the council to support the “joint initiative” being conducted by Aberystwyth and Bangor Universities to train dentists in the future.

Cllr Vaughan (Glantwymyn) said: “We just haven’t got enough dentists in Mid Wales and this is a practical way of answering the problem.”

He explained that both Bangor and now Aberystwyth Universities had expressed an interest with the Welsh Government in trying to establish a dental training school and believed it wo

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