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Written Question
Dental Services: Migrant Workers
Monday 24th May 2021

Asked by: Robert Goodwill (Conservative - Scarborough and Whitby)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

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.

Answered by Jo Churchill

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.

Written Question
Dental Services: Migrant Workers
Monday 24th May 2021

Asked by: Robert Goodwill (Conservative - Scarborough and Whitby)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

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.

Answered by Jo Churchill

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.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Feb 2021
Covid-19 Update

"What lessons can we learn from Israel which, uniquely, is ahead of us in this race to protect its people? For example, when we reach group 10—under-50s who have not already been injected—should we prioritise those who have not been exposed to the disease and who are not bursting with …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Thu 16 Jul 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020

"Last week I received a letter from someone who delivers complementary therapies. What consideration has the Minister given to allowing such treatments to recommence, as many patients seem to find them useful?..."
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Speech in General Committees - Thu 16 Jul 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020

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Speech in General Committees - Thu 16 Jul 2020
Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2020

"I support what the hon. Member for Garston and Halewood said. My constituent was a sports physiotherapist, but he was also representing people who do acupuncture, yoga or homeopathy, which are still not permitted...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Jul 2020
Coronavirus Update

"On a conference call with the North Yorkshire resilience forum yesterday, I discovered that while the borough of Scarborough had experienced 561 cases in total, apart from one isolated case on 3 July, we have not had an infection since 23 June. Will the Secretary of State join me in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 Jul 2020
Coronavirus

"Does the Secretary of State share my admiration of careworkers on the Yorkshire coast, including those in a care home in my constituency where an outbreak among admin staff in the office was contained and not spread to forward-facing staff or residents? Will he also undertake to support local authorities …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jan 2020
NHS Funding Bill

"The Secretary of State has already mentioned the 50 million additional GP appointments, but are not 13 million GP appointments and 6 million nurse practice appointments already missed annually—not to mention the people turning up at A&E who are neither accidents nor emergencies? Can we do more to make sure …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Thu 28 Feb 2019
Draft Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

"The Minister has not referred specifically to kava kava, a foodstuff that can have similar effects to alcohol and that was banned by the United Kingdom in 2003 because of the effects it can have on the liver. Under EU regulations, we could not ban the transit of kava kava. …..."
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