Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 90537

Cleft Palate: Training

Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 20 November 2025

Question

Adam Dance

Liberal DemocratYeovil

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve training on cleft in (a) undergraduate dental education and (b) ongoing dental professional development.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The standard of training for dentists is the responsibility of the General Dental Council (GDC) who set the outcome standards expected at undergraduate level and approve courses and dental schools to write and teach the curricula content that enables thei...

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