HC Deb 07 April 2003 vol 403 c98W
Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what levels of professional indemnity cover(a) dentists from EU countries practising in England and (b) dentists trained in England receive. [106885]

Mr. Hutton

All dentists working in the United Kingdom must be registered with the General Dental Council (GDC). The GDC's guidance to dentists states thata dentist involved in advising or treating patients must … be indemnified against claims for professional negligence. … A lack of adequate indemnity cover … would almost certainly lead to a charge of serious professional misconduct.

The GDC makes no distinction in this about where a dentist was trained.