Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 27055

Dentistry: Qualifications

Tabled: 28 January 2025

Answered: 3 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will offer provisionally registered status to overseas-qualified dentists.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

In 2024, the Department carried out a consultation on introducing legislation that would give the General Dental Council (GDC) powers to provisionally register overseas-qualified dentists who have not yet met the GDC’s requirements for full registration. ...

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