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1663463

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Dentistry: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of expanding the number of mutual recognition schemes in dentistry qualifications.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	201317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The General Dental Council (GDC) is the independent regulator of dentists and dental care professionals practising in the United Kingdom. In March 2023, we introduced legislation that gives the GDC greater flexibility to expand the registration routes for international applicants and improve its international registration processes. This includes giving the GDC the ability to recognise overseas diplomas as demonstrating the necessary knowledge, skills, and experience for registration in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 20/10/2023 11:48:28 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1663464

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
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	Dentistry: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the General Dental Council on steps to help reduce the time taken to approve qualified dentists.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	201318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department works closely with the General Dental Council (GDC) to support them to reduce the time taken to register suitably qualified dentists. In March 2023, we introduced legislation that gives the GDC greater flexibility to expand the registration routes for international applicants and improve its international registration processes. We welcome the GDC’s recent announcement that it has doubled the size of its registration casework team to improve its registration application processing times for dentists and dental care professionals.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 24/10/2023 10:28:54 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1643610

registered interest
date	12/06/2023
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	Dentistry: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May to Question 185601 on Dentistry: Qualifications, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of offering people living in the UK priority assess to the Overseas Registration Exam for Non-European Economic Area nationals.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
uin	188960
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2023 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. The General Dental Council (GDC), as an independent regulator, is responsible for the Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) application process. All ORE Part 1 and Part 2 exams open for booking eight to ten weeks prior to the exam taking place. Every candidate on the relevant candidate list is emailed when a new exam date becomes available for booking. All places on exams are booked on a first come, first served basis.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 19/06/2023 16:06:00 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall

1628422

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
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	Dentistry: Qualifications
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 his Department is taking to improve access to the Overseas Registration Exam for Non-European Economic Area nationals wanting to practice dentistry in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Anthony Mangnall
uin	185601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>We have recently introduced legislation that enables the General Dental Council (GDC) to increase the capacity of its Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) and improve its international registration processes. It will be for the GDC, as an independent regulator, to decide how best to use the flexibility that the legislation allows to increase the capacity of the ORE assessment.</p><p>The current legal framework for the ORE will remain in place until the GDC introduces new rules on the operation of the ORE 12 months after the legislation comes into force, in March 2024. In the meantime, the GDC has announced that it has tripled the number places for Part 1 of the 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> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 23/05/2023 14:08:28 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4762 label Biography information for Anthony Mangnall

1580197

registered interest
date	24/01/2023
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	Dentistry: Qualifications
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 allow private dentists in Clacton who trained overseas to see National Health Service patients.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	131387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2023 answer text <p>All dentists wishing to practice in the United Kingdom, must register with the General Dental Council (GDC). The Government has laid secondary legislation to provide the GDC with greater flexibility on how it operates the Overseas Registration Exam and to expand the registration options open to international dentists. This will enable the GDC to increase the number of dentists it can assess, potentially allowing overseas dentists to join its register more quickly.</p><p>In addition to being registered with the GDC, dentists wishing to see National Health Service patients in England must apply to join the Dental Performers List (DPL), managed by NHS England. Any dentist registered with the GDC, whether trained in the UK or overseas, can apply to join the DPL. Inclusion on the DPL provides assurance that they are fit to provide NHS dental services, and it is for NHS England as the holder of the DPL to determine which dentists, who trained overseas, can see NHS patients.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 01/02/2023 16:10:50 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

1579556

registered interest
date	23/01/2023
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	Dentistry: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Department's response to Question 13 to the consultation on Changes to the General Dental Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council's international registration legislation, for what reason his Department is pursuing with the proposal that international applicants to the dental care professionals register must hold a DCP in the context of 70 per cent of respondents disagreeing with that proposal.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	129865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2023 answer text <p>The Order amends the General Dentist Council’s (GDC) legislation so that international dentist qualifications cannot on their own be used in support of an application to the Dental Care Professional (DCP) register. Whilst we recognise that the majority of respondents to the public consultation disagreed with this proposal, we are proceeding with this change in the interests of patient safety. The Government and GDC recognise dentists and DCPs as distinct professions. The GDC’s priority must be on ensuring only suitably qualified people join the professions and this legislative change ensures consistency between the United Kingdom and international routes, since qualified dentists cannot apply to join the DCP register using their dentistry qualification.</p><p>The amendment made to the order following consultation enables the GDC to process applications from dentists to join the register as DCPs that are received up until the day before the order comes into force. This ensures that any live DCP title applications submitted before the legislation is passed will be processed.</p><p>The GDC will be introducing improvements to the Overseas Registration Exam which will support increased examinations capacity and help those dentists who may previously have utilised the DCP register route to complete the GDC registration process more quickly.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 26/01/2023 17:43:36 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1566009

registered interest
date	11/01/2023
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	Dentistry: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 24 January 2022 in the Adjournment debate on NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-west, Official Report column 827, what recent progress he has made on UK recognition of the qualifications of dental practitioners from the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Darren Jones
uin	121046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>The European Qualifications (Health and Social Care Professions) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 provide for the automatic recognition of relevant dental qualifications obtained in the European Economic Area and Switzerland for a period of at least 24 months from the end of the transition period, 48 months for Swiss qualifications.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is required under Regulation 14 of this legislation to carry out a statutory review of these arrangements after the end of the 24 month period. This review began at the start of 2023. Automatic recognition of qualifications will continue unless and until further legislation is introduced to amend or end these arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 18/01/2023 11:08:37 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4621 label Biography information for Darren Jones

1562882

registered interest
date	19/12/2022
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	Dentistry: Qualifications
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 made an assessment of the implications of proposed changes to the General Dental Council (Overseas Registration Examination Regulations) on dental staffing numbers.
tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
uin	113284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department has worked with the General Dental Council (GDC) to develop and consult on legislative proposals to allow the regulator greater flexibility to amend its existing international registration processes and explore alternative registration pathways as appropriate. The resulting draft Order was debated in the House of Commons on 6 December 2022. It is scheduled for debate in the House of Lords on 9 January 2023. Subject to the completion of the Parliamentary approvals process, we aim to introduce the legislative changes in February 2023.</p><p>The Department has not made any assessment of the implications of the proposed changes on dental staffing numbers. It will be for the GDC, as an independent regulator, to decide how best to use the flexibility that these proposals allow. Following the legislative changes, we understand the GDC will consult on changes to how its Overseas Registration Exam operates, which would enable it to increase the number of dentists it can assess, potentially allowing overseas dentists to join its register more quickly.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 09/01/2023 09:17:33 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1472648

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
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	Dentistry: Qualifications
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 make representations to General Dental Council to request a review of the passporting of dental qualifications of people who arrive in the UK as trained dentists.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	23334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>We have no plans to make such representations. As an independent regulator, the General Dental Council (GDC) assesses the skills, knowledge and experience of healthcare professionals who have qualified outside of the United Kingdom, to ensure that UK standards of practice are met.</p><p>The Department recently consulted on legislative changes which will provide the GDC with greater flexibility to establish alternative routes to registration for international applicants. Officials are currently analysing the responses received to the consultation and we plan to publish the Government’s response later this year.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 28/06/2022 14:04:32 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar previous answer version 9270 answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1465954

registered interest
date	25/05/2022
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	Dentistry: Qualifications
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 his Department is taking to ensure the continued mutual recognition of professional dental qualifications from the European Economic Area.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>On 22 February 2022, the General Dental Council (GDC) announced the full resumption of the Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) following its suspension in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The GDC has published its 2022 sittings schedule for both components of the exam.</p><p>The capacity of the ORE is constrained by rules within the GDC’s legislative framework. The Department has consulted on proposals to amend this legislation to allow the GDC greater flexibility on alternative routes to registration for international applicants. The consultation closed on 6 May 2022 and the responses are currently being analysed. Subject to the outcome of the consultation and Parliamentary approval, we aim to introduce the legislative changes in autumn 2022. As an independent regulator, the GDC will determine how this increased flexibility could be applied, including the appropriate way to assess overseas qualifications.</p><p>Automatic recognition arrangements are in place for relevant dental qualifications obtained in the European Economic Area and Switzerland for a period of 24 months from the end of the transition period or 48 months for Swiss qualifications. The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care is required to undertake a statutory review of these arrangements after the 24-month period. This review will be conducted at the start of 2023. However, automatic recognition of qualifications will continue until further legislation is introduced to amend or end these arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar grouped question UIN 9149 9152 question first answered 07/06/2022 13:39:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard