Dental regulation, standards and fitness to practise

High Court provides update on GDC suspension orders

The Court of Appeal has provided clarity on the interpretation of how immediate orders and substantive sanctions interact under the…

Dentistry

Bupa Learning Lounge: a free virtual CPD event for dental professionals

Expand your knowledge with Bupa Learning Lounge – flexible, verifiable CPD sessions that cover several GDC core topics. Bupa Learning…

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GDC releases guidance for creating new UK dental schools

The General Dental Council (GDC) this week published new guidance for education providers looking to establish new dental schools in…

Dentistry

GDC searches for new chair and council members  

The General Dental Council (GDC) has launched a recruitment push for a new chair of council and two council member…

Dentistry

News you’ve missed this week – 18 January 2025

It’s been a busy week in the world of dental news. Missed the headlines? Here’s what’s happened over the past…

Dentistry

Almost 4,000 more dentists registered in UK since 2021 

The GDC has released its annual registration figures which show that the number of dentists registered in the UK has…

Dentistry

The CPD deadline day for dentists is near – catch up now!

Calling all dentists! With just days left to complete your CPD cycle, now is the time to ensure you meet…

Dentistry

What needs to change in 2025?

A new treatment plan: John Makin reflects on the state of the dental service at the end of the year…

Business

News you’ve missed this week – 21 December 2024

It’s been a busy week in the world of dental news. Missed the headlines? Here’s what’s happened over the past…

Dentistry

GDC fails to reach all standards of ‘good regulation’ in 2023/24

The General Dental Council (GDC) has met 16 out of 18 Standards of Good Regulation for 2023/24. This marks the…

Dentistry

Kevin Lewis: the successes and failures of 2024

Tempus fugit: Kevin Lewis offers his seasonal retrospective on the year’s successes and failures, arrivals and departures, events and non-events.…

Columnists

GDC makes remote hearings permanent  

The General Dental Council (GDC) has confirmed its move for dental professional hearings to be held online is to be…

Dentistry

Dental therapists’ scope of practice: why it’s time for change 

With the GDC’s scope of practice review soon to be released, Cat Edney proposes how the scope of dental therapists…

Columnists

GDC showed ‘woeful ignorance’ in handling confidential papers, says High Court

The General Dental Council (GDC) has acknowledged ‘significant deficiencies’ in the way it acted following a High Court judgement over…

Dentistry

Kevin Lewis: turf wars in dentistry

Do we really reap what we sow? Kevin Lewis examines whether or not the old proverb is right. Sod it.…

Columnists

‘Mewing’ dentist struck off after claiming treatment can expand the brain

A dentist has been struck off after offering ‘inappropriate and misleading’ treatment recommendations, prompting warnings from orthodontic experts. The dentist…

Dentistry

News you’ve missed this week – 9 November 2024

It’s been a busy week in the world of dental news. Missed the headlines? Here’s what’s happened over the past…

Dentistry

GDC revises fitness to practise processes to ‘improve timeliness’

The General Dental Council (GDC) has adopted an initial enquiries process to speed up fitness to practise (FtP) investigations. The…

Dentistry

GDC discloses number of suicides among dental professionals with fitness to practise concerns

The cause of death for dental professionals who have died while fitness to practise (FtP) concerns were investigated or remediated…

Dentistry