Review of Competence Progression Documentation and Guidance
Dental Foundation Training
The dates for the 2025 RCPs are:
Six month RCP - 6th & 7th March 2025
FRCP - 24th and 25th July 2025
Evidence required for your six-month RCP.
Evidence required for DFT FRCP.
Joint Dental Foundation and Dental Core Training
Historically, JDFCTs have had 2 RCPs, one looking at the DFT curriculum and one looking at the DCT curriculum. From September 2025, JDFCTs are included in the pilot of the Early Years Curriculum. Therefore, they will have one combined RCP for both DFT and DCT.
The dates for the 2025 RCPs are:
Six-month RCP for JDFCT1s - 10th July 2025
DFT FRCP for JDFCT2s - 24th and 25th July 2025
DCT FRCP for JDFCT2s - 1st, 2nd and 3rd July
Evidence required for your JDFCT1 DFT six-month RCP.
Evidence required for your JDFCT1 DCT six-month RCP.
Evidence required for your JDFCT2 DFT FRCP.
Evidence required for your JDFCT2 DCT FRCP.
Dental Core Training
The Dental Gold Guide states "Dental Core Trainees should have an RCP by six months and a Final RCP at the end of the year of training (normally within the last two months)."
The dates for the 2025 RCPs are:
Six-month RCP - week commencing 3rd March 2025.
FRCP - week commencing 30th June 2025. The deadline for evidence submission is 17th June 2025.
Evidence required for your six-month RCP.
Evidence required for your FRCP
Academic DCTs also need to complete and upload the Academic Progress Report
NHSE YH DCT RCP Timeline - Roles and Requirements
instructions_on_completion_of_psqs_on_paper_and_upload_to_axia.pdf
Dental Specialty Training
The Dental Gold Guide states "For dental specialty trainees an RCP should normally be undertaken on at least an annual basis with no more than a maximum interval of 15 months. It is recommended that RCP is undertaken within 6 months from post commencement."
A timeline for ARCP has been created which details what will happen in the weeks prior to your ARCP.
Our ARCP Checklist sets out the documentation we will be reviewing on your portfolio as part of the process.
ARCP Dates 2025
| Speciality | Spring | Autumn |
|---|---|---|
| Dental Public Health | 09/10/2025 | |
| Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology | 06/03/2025 | 11/09/2025 |
| Oral Medicine | 17/06/2025 | |
| Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology | 05/03/2025 | 15/09/2025 |
| Oral Surgery | 05/02/2025 | 21/07/2025 |
| Orthodontics | 18/03/2025 | 04/09/2025 |
| Paediatric Dentistry | 03/03/2025 |
08/09/2025 |
| Restorative Dentistry | 05/03/2025 | 02/09/2025 |
| Special Care Dentistry | 20/05/2025 |
05/09/2025 |
Documentation
Prior to your ARCP, please ensure that all relevant documentation is uploaded to your ePortfolio. This may include:
- Annual Summary of Clinical Activity
- Appraisal Record
- Educational Supervisor's Structured Report
- Clinical Supervisors Recommended Outcomes
- Personal Development Plan
- Verifiable and Non-Verifiable CPD Log
- Comments from the clinical supervisors (found the learning agreement)
- Log Book
- Academic trainees will also be required to complete a Report on Academic Progress
- For Dentists on the new curricula, please complete and upload the Generic Currciulum Passport
If for any reason you are unable to complete these forms electronically on your ePortfolio, please complete a paper copy, which can be uploaded in to the "other evidence" section of your portfolio.
Additional Documentation
The following documents should be completed and sent to england.dentalsupport.yh@nhs.net prior to your ARCP:
- Training Post Assessment Form
- Annual Declaration of Probity and Health
- Form R (For Oral Medicine Trainees that are also registered with the GMC, please complete this Form R instead)
- Trainee Assessment Form
Dental Public Health RCP Requirements
Please visit the Faculty of Dental Surgery (FDS) webpage to access the specific National requirements for your Specialty ARCP.
Patient Feedback
The decision has been made to include patient feedback in to the ARCP requirements for dental specialty trainees.
This should be completed in ST1, and ST4 if you are in a post-CCST training programme.
The process will be as follows:
- Place your name on the patient feedback form (attached) provided and prints out 30 copies. Please also provide self-seal envelopes with the name of your Educational Supervisor written on them.
- The forms and envelopes are handed out to 30 consecutive patients (by either you or the clinic nurse) to complete and hand in to the Receptionist.
- Receptionist collects and forwards/internal posts on to the Educational Supervisor named on the envelopes.
- A minimum of 20 responses is required for validation. Once that number is received, the Educational Supervisor hands them back to you to collate and tabulate the responses including comments. You should then share and discuss this with your Educational Supervisor at one of your routine meetings. Any development needs identified can be added to your PDP.
- Trainee uploads collated and validated responses to ePortfolio (if not a specialty that has an online portfolio).
You can find a patient feedback template here.
Support
If you have any questions regarding your evidence or curriculum requirements, please contact your Training Programme Director.
If you have any questions regarding the RCP process, please contact england.dentalsupport.yh@nhs.net.