Fitness to Practise

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

Covert surveillance will be used ‘sparingly’ in investigations, says GDC

The GDC has released new legal and ethical framework on the use of covert surveillance during fitness to practise investigations. The…

Dentistry

Catch up with this week’s dental news – 6 July 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

More fitness to practise cases are closing early, says GDC

We are seeing fewer concerns and closing more cases at the early stages of the fitness to practise (FtP) process,…

Dentistry

GDC to extend changes to fitness to practise processes

The General Dental Council (GDC) has announced it will extend and broaden the scope of its pilot to ‘improve proportionality…

Dentistry

Work underway to report cause of death during active FtP cases, says GDC

The GDC has provided an update to address recent concerns about the level of detail that is put into the…

Dentistry

GDC’s failure to meet all standards of good regulation ‘not good enough’

Calls have been made for the General Dental Council (GDC) to take action to reduce the amount of time taken…

Dentistry

GDC failed to meet all standards of ‘good regulation’, report finds

The General Dental Council (GDC) failed to meet standards for timeliness in both fitness to practise cases and registration processing.…

Dentistry

Why we need action on blue on blue GDC referrals

Neel Kothari discusses the implications of blue on blue GDC referrals, and how the very nature of dentistry and its…

Columnists

Dental nurse suspended for sharing ‘inappropriate and racially motivated’ posts on Facebook

A dental nurse has been suspended after sharing posts on Facebook that made ‘negative and divisive’ comments about non-white racial…

Dentistry

GDC launches pilot to ‘improve timeliness’ of fitness to practise processes

The General Dental Council (GDC) has launched a pilot to ‘improve proportionality and timeliness’ of fitness to practise processes. Announced…

Dentistry

Dentist suspended following claims of inappropriate sexual behaviour towards trainee dental nurse

A dentist has been suspended for 18 months following claims he inappropriately touched a trainee dental nurse in the practice.…

Dentistry