| The Chief Dental Officer (CDO), Barry Cockcroft has confirmed that it is the Government’s ‘intention’ to see that sufficient DF1 places are funded to match the number of students forecast to graduate from dental schools in England this year. He did however concede that last year 21 UK graduates were left without places . | 
He also said that the large number of EU graduates applying for Foundation training places was a ‘confounding factor'. Legal advice obtained by the Department had been that these could not be excluded from the interview process and, if successful, had to be offered a placement. He also said it was ‘premature' to forecast how this year's exercise would turn out. Some places would be freed up by students not taking up their offers. The department was also ‘encouraging' SHAs and PCTs to consider finding additional posts from their allocations.
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