Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 61960

Dentistry: Qualifications

Tabled: 23 June 2025
Answered: 3 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Helen Morgan

Liberal DemocratNorth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to establish mutual recognition schemes for dental qualifications with other countries.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The General Dental Council (GDC) is the independent regulator of dentistry in the United Kingdom. Only dentists and dental care professionals registered with the GDC can legally practise dentistry.As an independent regulator, it is for the GDC to determin...

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