Dental regulation, standards and fitness to practise
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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
What exactly can we say on social media?
Neel Kothari explores the potential consequences of online posts and questions whether the GDC’s approach to social media regulation is…
Columnists
Almost nine in 10 DCPs undertaking clinical work, survey finds
The General Dental Council (GDC) has published data on DCP (dental care professional) working patterns, including weekly hours and the…
Dentistry
News you’ve missed this week – 26 October 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 announces ARF level for 2025
The General Dental Council (GDC) has today announced that the Annual Retention Fee (ARF) will remain unchanged for 2025. This…
Dentistry
Will the GDC take dental technology in the right direction?
General Dental Council (GDC) CEO Tom Whiting recently visited Byrnes Dental Lab to learn more about dental technology – Ashley…
Dentistry
Four in five whistleblowing reports led to regulatory action, GDC reveals
The General Dental Council (GDC) has published its 2024 annual report on whistleblowing disclosures in dentistry. From 01 April 2023…
Dentistry
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