Fitness to Practise

The worst example of wasteful spending in dentistry?

Is the £108,066 spent on legal fees for the Desmond D’Mello case really a good use of registrants money, Neel Kothari…

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GDC launches new scheme to encourage local resolution

The General Dental Council (GDC) has introduced a new process of dealing with complaints, encouraging local resolution. Following a pilot…

Dentistry

GDC offers support for those going through FtP proceedings

The GDC has launched a new scheme to help support those dental professionals going through fitness to practise proceedings. Dental…

Dentistry

New powers for the GDC

The General Dental Council has been given the go-ahead to make changes to its fitness to practise proceedings, Sophie Bracken…

Dentistry

GDC given new powers to streamline investigation of dental complaints

The Department of Health has announced new powers that will enable the GDC to changes its fitness to practise procedures. The new powers,…

Dentistry

Locking horns

Kevin Lewis reviews the latest news regarding the GDC’s consultation over the annual retention fee. In the afternoon of 6…

Dentistry

I’m a dentist, get me outta here

The GDC should only investigate the initial complaint, and not sift through clinical records to find ‘something to stick’, says Jeff…

Dentistry

What the shooting of Cecil the lion can teach dentists

Michael Watson covers the recent story about a dentist killing Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe. Perhaps if the lion hadn’t…

Dentistry

FGDP(UK) raises concerns over the GDC

The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) has raised concerns over the General Dental Council’s (GDC’s) fitness to practise (FtP) process. It…

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