Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 61961
Dentistry: Recruitment
Tabled: 23 June 2025
Answered: 15 July 2025
Question
Helen Morgan
Liberal Democrat — North Shropshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of mutual recognition schemes on the average time taken to recruit dentists from overseas.
Answer
Stephen KinnockThe 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 determi...
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