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1698096

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists were recruited from overseas by the NHS in the last 12 months; and if she will make an estimate of the number of dentists that will be recruited from overseas by the NHS in the next 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	20076
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2024 answer text <p>To legally practise dentistry in the United Kingdom, a dentist must be registered with the General Dental Council (GDC), the independent regulator of dentistry. Once registered with the GDC, dentists can choose whether to practise in the National Health Service or privately. To practise in the NHS, dentists must be on the dental performers list.</p><p>The Department does not hold the information requested on the number of overseas-qualified dentists that have joined the performers list in the last 12 months. No estimate has been made of the number of overseas-qualified dentists that will join the performers list in the next 12 months.</p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 28/03/2024 15:06:11 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1650890

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help facilitate the employment of dentists from overseas by NHS dental practices.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford South
	tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
	uin	192834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2023 answer text <p>To deliver National Health Service dental services, a dentist must be registered with the General Dental Council (GDC) and listed on the Dental Performers List (DPL) of the country in which they wish to practise.</p><p>We have recently introduced legislation that enables the GDC to improve its international registration processes. The GDC is identifying the ways it considers these processes can best be improved, while maintaining the necessary standards for public protection, and is working to implement any changes over the next 12 months. In the meantime, the GDC has announced that it has tripled the number of places for Part 1 of its Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) in response to the current demand, meaning there will be 600 places available for the August 2023 sitting of the ORE Part 1, instead of the usual 200.</p><p>As of 1 April 2023, NHS England manages all applications to join the England DPL. This means all applicants who have not completed Dental Foundation Training in the United Kingdom are invited by NHS England to engage in a structured conversation that assesses whether they have the knowledge, skills, and experience to perform NHS primary dental services.</p><p>The change is intended to accelerate the process for overseas dentists to join the DPL and start working in the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 11/07/2023 14:28:53 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

1606010

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information he holds on the proportion of dentists from overseas working in NHS dental roles requiring fewer professional competencies while waiting to sit their dental exams.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	170661
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 27/03/2023 14:29:07 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1491560

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to (a) increase and (b) expedite the recruitment of dentists from overseas for NHS work; if he will take steps to (i) enable increased recognition of NHS equivalent overseas dental qualifications and (ii) retain the number of dentists currently undertaking NHS work; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	41981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The General Dental Council (GDC) is the independent regulator for dentists and dental care professionals in the United Kingdom. All dentists and dental care professionals are required to register with the GDC in order to practice in the UK. The GDC assesses the skills, knowledge and experience of healthcare professionals who have qualified outside of the UK to ensure standards of practice are met. As an independent body, the GDC is responsible for these arrangements.</p><p>The Department recently consulted on legislative changes to provide the GDC with greater flexibility to establish alternative routes to registration for international applicants. Officials are analysing the responses received and the Government’s response will be published later this year. Subject to the outcome of the consultation and the Parliamentary approval, we aim to introduce the legislative changes in autumn 2022. The GDC will determine how this flexibility can be applied, with up to 12 months to introduce changes to its international registration processes, including stakeholder consultation.</p> answering member constituency Halesowen and Rowley Regis answering member printed James Morris question first answered 05/09/2022 11:54:58 answering member 3992 label Biography information for James Morris
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1327919

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists who trained in other European countries have practised in England for each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	7219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2021 answer text <p>This data is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill question first answered 03/06/2021 11:34:30 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1315709

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department’s plans are for reducing bureaucracy in dentistry by giving the General Dental Council more discretion to assess the qualifications of overseas dentists, in line with the powers used by the General Medical Council.
	tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Goodwill
	uin	2931
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Department is working with the General Dental Council on legislative proposals which will allow it greater flexibility to expand and improve on the registration options open to international applicants, which includes the Overseas Registration Exam. We aim to launch a public consultation on these proposals later this year.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 2932 2933 question first answered 24/05/2021 12:54:10 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill

1315710

	registered interest
	date	18/05/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Dental Services: Migrant Workers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to bring forward legislative proposals to enable the General Dental Council to have greater discretion in the assessment of overseas qualifications.
	tabling member constituency	Scarborough and Whitby
	tabling member printed	Mr Robert Goodwill
	uin	2932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2021 answer text <p>The Department is working with the General Dental Council on legislative proposals which will allow it greater flexibility to expand and improve on the registration options open to international applicants, which includes the Overseas Registration Exam. We aim to launch a public consultation on these proposals later this year.</p> answering member constituency Bury St Edmunds answering member printed Jo Churchill grouped question UIN 2931 2933 question first answered 24/05/2021 12:54:10 answering member 4380 label Biography information for Jo Churchill
	tabling member	1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill