Fitness to Practise

Most GDC registrants are dissatisfied with fitness to practise process

Most dental professionals are dissatisfied with the fitness to practise process and the outcome of their case, according to the…

Dentistry

Fitness to practise: GDC to explore ‘less adversarial’ processes

Having fewer dental professionals fear the General Dental Council (GDC) is just one of the aims set by the regulator…

Dentistry

‘Fear, uncertainty, exhaustion’: navigating fitness to practise proceedings

Carol Somerville Roberts shares her personal experience of fitness to practise proceedings and advice for other dental professionals on how…

Dentistry

Dentist struck off for forging patient complaints against colleagues

A dentist has been erased from the GDC register for submitting fake patient complaints as part of fitness to practise…

Dentistry

GDC extends fitness to practise improvements

The initial enquiries process introduced to improve ‘timeliness and proportionality’ in fitness to practise proceedings will now apply to isolated…

Dentistry

Dental nurse suspended for posting patients online – what can we learn from this?

Professionalism, privacy, and the perils of posting: Biju Krishnan shares some lessons from a GDC fitness to practise case in…

Dental Nursing

Two thirds of fitness to practise concerns raised against men 

Male dentists accounted for 65% of fitness to practise (FtP) concerns raised in 2024, as shown by newly-released GDC statistics.…

Dentistry

GDC outlines its plans for the next three years

The General Dental Council (GDC) has published its 2025 Costed Corporate Plan (CCP), detailing its workplan for the next three…

Dentistry

Will the storm of fitness to practise injustice ever clear?

Policy makers must address the unforgiving dento-legal weather created by fitness to practise procedures if they want to resolve the…

Dentistry

News you’ve missed this week – 15 February 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

Fitness to practise: all you need to know as a dental professional

We explore what fitness to practise in dentistry is, recent changes that have come into force and what the profession…

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

‘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 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

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

Prioritise regulatory reform in dentistry, says profession

Reform of healthcare professional regulation and more wellbeing protection are being called on to be prioritised by the government. The…

Dentistry

GDC updates guidance on voluntary removal from register

The General Dental Council (GDC) this week released updated guidance for dental professionals under investigation for fitness to practise concerns who seek…

Dentistry

Catch up with this week’s dental news – 17 August 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