Publications & Consultations
The Association of Dental Groups responds to consultations on behalf of its members and publishes briefings on the challenges facing the profession. Some of our recent publications, articles and consultation responses are below.
ADG: 10 steps to improve the overseas registration exam
The Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) is not fit for purpose. Demand among qualified international dentists to complete the ORE far outweighs the current number of
‘Fill the Gap’ Campaign
Association of Dental Groups calls for Government to ‘fill’ the dental workforce shortage gap Read our latest ‘Fill the Gap’ policy paper here NHS dentistry
A Blueprint for NHS dentistry
The modern system of departmental select committees in the House of Commons is fairly recent. They came into being in 1979, following recommendations of a
We cannot lose any more time waiting for reform of the ORE
In 2021 UK qualified new registrant dentists with the General Dental Council (GDC) formed 61% – the remaining 39% of new registrants coming from EEA
England’s Dental Deserts and the urgent need to level up access to dentistry
In May the ADG published a new report highlighting the recruitment crisis in NHS dentistry and the parts of England at most risk of becoming
ADG Chair Neil Carmichael writes for Conservative Home: Levelling up must include improving access to NHS dentistry
Neil Carmichael is the former Conservative MP for Stroud 2010–2017 and the Executive Chair of the Association of Dental Groups, the trade association representing dental