Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 75961

Dentistry: Regulation

Tabled: 9 September 2025
Answered: 15 September 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to update dental professional healthcare regulation.

Answer

Karin Smyth
The Government is committed to modernising the regulatory frameworks for all healthcare professionals in the United Kingdom.As a first step, we aim to consult on secondary legislation to modernise the General Medical Council’s regulatory framework in late...
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