Dentistry: Recruitment
Commons · Question 61961 · Tabled 23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Helen Morgan
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
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 15 Jul 2025
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 determi...