Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 65554
Dentistry: Migrant Workers
Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 15 July 2025
Question
Dan Aldridge
Labour — Weston-super-Mare
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to accelerate the registration process for overseas-trained dentists to help extend the provision of NHS dental care.
Answer
Stephen KinnockI have asked the General Dental Council (GDC) to urgently develop an action plan of concrete measures to reduce the GDC’s Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) waiting list, and I will be regularly meeting with them to monitor progress.I have welcomed the addi...
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