FtP

Most GDC registrants are dissatisfied with fitness to practise process

Most dental professionals are dissatisfied with the fitness to practise process and the outcome of their case, according to the…

Dentistry

‘Fear, uncertainty, exhaustion’: navigating fitness to practise proceedings

Carol Somerville Roberts shares her personal experience of fitness to practise proceedings and advice for other dental professionals on how…

Dentistry

GDC revises fitness to practise processes to ‘improve timeliness’

The General Dental Council (GDC) has adopted an initial enquiries process to speed up fitness to practise (FtP) investigations. The…

Dentistry

The legal eagle – feeding back on GDC performance

John Makin takes a closer look at the GDC’s latest feedback and calls for further legislation change over dental regulation.…

Dentistry

Keep it local

John Makin remarks on the growing number of complaints coming from other dental professionals. Efforts by the General Dental Council…

Dentistry

Government looks to shake up healthcare regulation

The Department of Health and Social Care says it will change regulators’ fitness to practise processes and operating framework. The changes…

Dentistry

GDC keeps ARF the same for 2019 – Ian Brack explains why

Seb Evans (SE): Why have you decided to keep the annual retention fee (ARF) at the same level? Ian Brack…

Dentistry

Balancing act

The GDC needs to toe the line if it is to fulfil its aims and stay within its remit, Kevin…

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

GDC receives poor report from PSA

The PSA has concerns over the performance of the GDC in its annual report on the regulators it oversees. The…

Dentistry