Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 65554

Dentistry: Migrant Workers

Tabled: 7 July 2025
Answered: 15 July 2025

Question

Dan Aldridge

LabourWeston-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 Kinnock
I 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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