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Successful Dental Applicants: Non-academic offer requirements

Non-academic offer requirements

Health screening

All accepted candidates will be required to complete health declaration and immunisation forms, and some will be contacted by an Occupational Health Physician where appropriate. If you accept our offer, you must submit the completed forms by the deadline stated in the offer.

Health Questionnaire and Immunisation forms

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check and the Excluded Students Database (ESD)

Students will be required to complete a successful Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before admission to the course. You will receive an email from our central admissions team regarding DBS checks approximately 2-3 weeks after you have firmly accepted your place on the course. This email will contain further instructions, next steps and advise of the deadline for submitting your DBS application. Please be sure to check your junk/spam folders for this email before contacting us.

Code of Conduct

Students on the BDS programme are expected to abide by a generic code of conduct, which is aligned to the University’s document. In addition, students are introduced to the General Dental Council’s document ‘Standards for the Dental Team’ in their first week at university and are expected to conform to this throughout the course.

Information for 2027/28 applicants

Applicants should be aware that the government plans to make it a requirement for newly qualified dentists to practice in the NHS for a minimum period, as announced in the 10 Year Health Plan for England. This requirement is expected to apply to individuals entering a dental course of study from academic year 2027/28. More information is expected from the Department of Health and Social Care in due course.