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Dentistry: Migrant Workers

Asked by Mohammad YasinLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 6 May 2025UIN 48161

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has considered allowing dentists qualified in Canada an exemption from the requirement to sit the Overseas Registration Examination before practicing in the UK.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) exam is operated by the General Dental Council (GDC). The GDC is independent of the Government.

It is the role of the GDC to set the standards that must be met by domestic and international applicants wishing to be added to the United Kingdom dental register, and the required routes to registration.

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