GDC

Regulating dentistry

Seb Evans caught up with John Milne to ask him about his time at the CQC. Regulation is the buzzword…

Dentistry

Two countries divided by a common language

Kevin Lewis questions the suitability of the International English Language Testing System for dental professionals. I have no wish to…

Dentistry

The blame game

Kevin Lewis uses the BDIA’s warnings over buying cheap dental equipment to warn the NHS about continuing to drive down…

Dentistry

GDC to stop publishing full address of registrants on its website

The General Dental Council (GDC) will stop listing full addresses of dentists and dental care professionals on its public register. Instead, the…

Dentistry

EU dentists four times more likely to be struck off

Dentists from the EU are four times more likely to be struck off than dentists trained in the UK. Figures published…

Dentistry

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