Decision details

Commemorative Green Plaque for the Royal Dental Hospital and School at the Edwardian Hampshire Hotel, 31-36 Leicester Square, WC2H 7LH

Decision Maker: Cabinet Member for Finance and Smart City

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Purpose:

Proposal to install a Green Plaque to commemorate the site of the former Royal Dental Hospital at 31-36 Leicester Square, WC2H 7LH

Decision:

The Cabinet Member for Finance and Smart City has approved the nomination for a Westminster Commemorative Green Plaque to the Royal Dental Hospital and School of Dental Surgery at the Edwardian Hampshire Hotel, 31-36 Leicester Square, WC2H 7LH.

Reasons for decision

 

The Dental Hospital of London, later to become the Royal Dental Hospital of London and School of Dental Surgery, was the first clinical training establishment for dentists, making it the oldest dental school in the UK.

 

Publication date: 07/02/2022

Date of decision: 07/02/2022

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