Dentistry: Registration
Commons · Question 61962 · 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 take steps with the General Dental Council to improve the registration process for dentists who qualified outside the UK.
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...