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GDC spent over half a million on whistleblowing enquiry
The GDC spent over half a million on legal costs and staffing changes during the whistleblowing enquiry. Information, released under…
Dentistry
Beware what you wish for
Could the GDC be merged with another regulator to help save money in healthcare regulation and would this be a…
Dentistry
GDC responds to Dentistry.co.uk article
Jonathan Green, director of fitness to practise at the General Dental Council (GDC), responds to a Dentistry.co.uk article (read the original…
Dentistry
Uncertainty and terror: a tale of fitness to practise
Eddie Scher reveals the story behind the harrowing first-hand experience of his fitness to practise hearing to Guy Hiscott and…
Implant dentistry
New investigation finds illegal tooth whitening ‘running rampant’
A BBC investigation has revealed the scale of illegal tooth whitening across the west of England. Undercover reporters found one…
Aesthetic dentistry
The untouchables
Ninian Peckitt shares his story of being erased from the dental register by the GDC (read the GDC’s response to…
Dentistry
How to recommend private treatments
Kevin Lewis explains how ‘ridiculous’ the NHS and GDC guidelines are on how to recommend private treatments. Many years ago,…
Private Practice
Will the GDC’s action plan change anything?
Seb Evans reviews the GDC’s action plan following the PSA’s whistleblowing investigation. This week the GDC published its action plan after the…
Dentistry
GDC publishes its improvement plan after whistleblowing investigation
The General Dental Council (GDC) has published its improvement plan after an investigation into whistleblowing by the PSA. In a…
Dentistry
Tooth whitening prosecutions
Are the sanctions for undertaking tooth whitening by non-dentists tough enough, Michael Watson asks. From time to time the General…
Dentistry
The GDC is spending hundreds of thousands cleaning up its offices
The GDC is not fulfilling its responsibility of trying to keep the ARF as low as possible, Seb Evans says. As…
Dentistry
GDC splashes out £449,000 on ‘organisational change’ last year
The GDC spent £449,000 on severance packages for 12 members of staff during the period 1 January 2015 to 19…
Dentistry
GDC wants to know your thoughts on its fitness to practise process
The GDC is asking for the professions thoughts on plans to modernise its fitness to practise process. The General Dental…
Dentistry
Is it time for Bill Moyes to step down from the GDC?
Seb Evans says, with everything that’s happened at the GDC, enough is enough, Bill Moyes should step down. I must admit…
Dentistry
GDC rejects Lord Hunt’s call for board to resign
Bill Moyes responds to Lord Hunt’s calls for the boards’ resignation, after the GDC was discussed in the House of Lords.…
Dentistry
GDC sets out its plans for the next three years
The General Dental Council, regulator for the dental profession, has launched its plan for the next three years. Titled Patients, Professionals, Partners…
Dentistry
The whole board at the GDC should resign
Bill Moyes and the GDC should be held to account by the profession in an annual meeting, Michael Watson says.…
Dentistry
GDC and section 60 order debated in the House of Lords
The GDC and the proposed section 60 order was debated over in the House of Lords yesterday (18 January). The…
Dentistry
Questioning the GDC
After she announced her decision to step down as chief executive and registrar of the GDC, Seb Evans questions Evlynne…
Dentistry
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