Offers, feedback and enquiries

When the interviews are finished, we'll collate all applicants' scores to produce a single ranking.

We'll then make offers based on ranking and preferencing.

Offers process

All recruitment offices will be using the Oriel system to make offers to training posts in all specialties. You can download a copy of the Oriel Applicant Guide from the Oriel Resource Bank. 

The initial offers for Restorative Dentistry including Mono Specialties are expected to be released by Thursday 21 May 2026. If this date changes we'll contact you through Oriel. 

If you are offered a post you will have 48 hours from the time of your offer (excluding weekends but not bank holidays) to decide whether to accept, reject or hold it. You must respond to the offer through the Oriel system. No other form of response will be accepted. 

For guidance on responding to offers, please refer to the Oriel Applicant User Guide which can be downloaded from the Oriel Resource Bank.

Any offer made through this recruitment process is an offer of an allocation to a training programme; it is not an offer of employment. Offers of employment can only be by an employing organisation following completion of satisfactory pre-employment checks.

Visit the Dental specialty training offers and feedback page for further information.

Feedback

Feedback will be provided at the following stages of the recruitment process: 

• longlisting
• self assessment verification
• interview ranking
• interview scores

Visit the Dental specialty training offers and feedback page for further information.

Interview ranking 

You will be able to view your total interview score and rank online through your Oriel account once offers are released. Please note that a thorough quality assurance and validation process is carried out on all applicants’ scores following the interviews. No scores will be released until this process is complete. 

Interview scores 

Following the conclusion of the offers process, you will be able to view your interview score online through your Oriel account. You will also receive an electronic copy of your interview scoresheets, including your scores and written feedback. 

Enquiries

Any further enquiries should be made to [email protected].

Evaluation of the selection process 

Following the conclusion of the recruitment process, an evaluation of the recruitment process will be carried out.

This will include an analysis of anonymised interview scores, appointment data and feedback from a number of groups involved in the process. 

Feedback surveys 

Feedback about the recruitment process will be collected from: 

• applicants 
• interview panel members 
• lay representatives 

This feedback will be analysed and will help to inform changes and improvements to the recruitment process for 2024. 

Privacy notice 

In order to manage and quality assure your training, NHS England needs to collect, store and process information about you.

This is done in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Among other matters, this requires that your data must be processed fairly and lawfully. 

We will process data about you in accordance with the GDPR, and will do so for 3 main purposes.

• Processing your data during the recruitment process.
• Processing of successful applicants’ data by NHS England's local offices, deaneries and Royal Colleges.
• Use of recruitment data for evaluation, research and testing purposes.

For more information about how we safeguard and process your data please see our Privacy notice. 

Find out more information on the self assessment appeals process.

References and pre-employment checks

You will be asked to provide the details of 3 referees on your online application, and your local employing Trust will contact your referees only if you are appointed.

All other pre-employment checks will be carried out by the local region or employer before you commence employment.

For further information on the pre-employment checks, please visit the Dental Specialty Training pages.
 

Deferment can only be considered on statutory grounds such as maternity leave or ill health, as stated in the Dental Gold Guide.

Deferment for any other reason will not be permitted.

For more information, please visit the Dental Specialty Training Offers page.

Appeals

With the exception of the self assessment appeals process, it is not possible to appeal the scores you are awarded or the outcome of any part of the recruitment process. If you have evidence that the published recruitment process has not been followed correctly, the Complaints Policy and Procedure should be followed.

Complaints

However hard we try to respond to the wishes and aspirations of the healthcare professionals accessing our recruitment services, we do recognise that, on occasion, our service may fall short of expectations.

The Complaints Policy and Procedure explains how you can make a complaint and how it will be handled.

For more information on the complaints policy please view the complaints policy page.

Confidential concerns

If you have a concern that falls outside of the national complaints policy such as, fraudulent submissions by other applicants you can confidentially email the Training Programmes Recruitment team.

This address cannot be used as a way of raising a complaint and bypassing the process detailed in the complaints policy.

Probity process

The probity process may be actioned for a variety of reasons including when the veracity of the information contained in an applicant's application form or documentation provided at interview is brought into question.

For more details on the probity process, please view the Dental Specialty Training overview page.
 

Withdrawing from the recruitment process

You may withdraw from the recruitment process at any time up until offers are released through your Oriel account. Once you have withdrawn your application it cannot be reinstated.

Once an offer has been accepted, if you wish to withdraw your application, you will need to contact the recruitment office directly.

For more information please view the Dental Specialty Training Offers page.