Question follow-through · 938
Dentistry: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of capacity for the General Dental Council’s Overseas Registration Examination; and what discussions he has had with the General Dental Counc
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 20 May 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of capacity for the General Dental Council’s Overseas Registration Examination; and what discussions he has had with the General Dental Counc
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 May 2026
Answer published
The Government recognises the challenges faced by overseas-qualified dentists seeking to sit the Overseas Registration Examination (ORE), particularly in relation to waiting times.The General Dental Council (GDC) is the independent regulator of dental pro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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