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GDC ‘at the back of the queue’ for regulatory reform
The government has announced plans to reform UK healthcare professional regulators – but has excluded the General Dental Council (GDC).…
Dentistry
Dental technicians: how exactly are we regulated?
Laboratory provides an update on its quest for clarity on illegal manufacture and invites you to share your thoughts on…
Dentistry
GDC uses a ‘sledgehammer to crack a nut’ on technicians
Matt Everatt explains why he believes the GDC is ‘heavy-handed’ and ‘overly punitive’ in its regulation of dental technicians –…
Dentistry
GDC announces new interim executive director of legal and governance
Katie Spears has been appointed as the new interim executive director of legal and governance at the General Dental Council…
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 searches for new chair and council members
The General Dental Council (GDC) has launched a recruitment push for a new chair of council and two council member…
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
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
Calls for GDC to reform regulation to boost morale
The new government’s rescue agenda for dentistry must include GDC reform says John Makin, head of the Dental Defence Union…
Dentistry
GDC announces more dates for overseas registration exam
Key dates for upcoming overseas registration exam (ORE) sittings have been released, the General Dental Council (GDC) announced today. The…
Dentistry
Kevin Lewis: Is this the brave new world of dentistry?
Brave new world?: Kevin Lewis suggests that the future is not made any brighter by ignoring lessons from history. It…
Dentistry
Why we need more regulation from the GDC
Neel Kothari shares why, in one particular area, more regulation is needed from the General Dental Council (GDC). I must…
Dentistry
Government CQC review identifies ‘significant failings’
A government review has identified failings within the Care Quality Commission (CQC) which are ‘hampering its ability to identify poor…
Dentistry
GDC says it will no longer publish outcomes made by Interim Orders Committee
The General Dental Council (GDC) will change what information is published following decisions by the Interim Orders Committee (IOC). After…
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
GDC versus Williams: regulator says ‘no further action required’ on past cases
The General Dental Council (GDC) has said ‘no further action is required’ after reviewing past cases in light of the…
Dentistry
Why we need to bring back dental reference officers
Neel Kothari explains how reintroducing dental reference officers could help to stop mistakes in dental regulation from slipping through the…
Columnists
International dentists could practise without passing overseas registration exam
Plans to allow dentists from abroad to work in the UK without taking the overseas registration exam (ORE) are being…
Dentistry