Shifting the Balance
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GDC opens annual renewal period for dental register
The General Dental Council (GDC) has opened the annual renewal period to appear on the dental register. To renew registration,…
Dentistry
GDC closes consultation after receiving 79 responses
The General Dental Council’s (GDC’s) consultation on its plans over the next three years is now closed. Results from the…
Dentistry
Matthew Hill set to leave the GDC
Matthew Hill, executive director, strategy, will be leaving the General Dental Council (GDC) in August 2019. Being in the role…
Dentistry
GDC proposes decrease in ARF for dentists but increase for dental care professionals
The GDC is proposing decreasing the Annual Retention Fee (ARF) for dentists, with a small increase for dental care professionals. Launched in its…
Dentistry
Working as a clinical fellow for the GDC
Javeriah Mahmood describes how her role as a clinical fellow at the GDC has changed her views. I started my…
Young Dentist
What you’ve missed this week
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Calls for a…
Dentistry
GDC gives update on its progress over the last year
The General Dental Council is publishing its document Moving Upstream, providing an update on progress made over the past year. It was launched on…
Dentistry
GDC publishes CPD literature review research
Following the GDC’s ‘Shifting the balance: a better, fairer system of dental regulation’, a systematic literature review on CPD has…
Dentistry
Good complaint handling core principles published
Organisations from across dentistry have joined forces to create a set of universal principles for good complaint handling. The organisations,…
Dentistry
BDA tells GDC to reduce its annual retention fee
The British Dental Association (BDA) has called the GDC’s new consultation on fee setting unacceptable. In its consultation Clear and certain:…
Dentistry
You pays your money and they takes their choice
Kevin Lewis looks at how the GDC sets the annual retention fee. My shameless misquote in the above title requires…
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GDC launches consultation on education and training
The General Dental Council (GDC) has launched a consultation on the way it quality assures education and training. Proposals in…
Dentistry
Shifting the balance: consultation responses and next steps
The GDC has published Shifting the balance: The GDC’s response to your views and next steps today. This comes after the General Dental Council…
Dentistry
The beginning of a better system
Ian Brack highlights the changes to CPD that will come into force in 2018. The General Dental Council has, for…
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GDC responds to failure to reform healthcare regulation
The General Dental Council (GDC) has responded after the Government looks like it might fail to fulfil its pledge to reform…
Dentistry
ECPD launched by the General Dental Council
Enhanced continuous professional development (ECPD) has been launched today by the General Dental Council (GDC). ECPD will involve introducing a…
Dentistry
Lost in translation
The GDC’s intentions are sound, even if they do get lost in business jargon, says Kevin Lewis. Some years ago…
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BDA is missing the point
The BDA is missing the point of Shifting the balance if it thinks the GDC should refocus on fixing the fitness to…
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BDA tells GDC to focus on fixing fitness to practise process
The British Dental Association (BDA) has told the General Dental Council (GDC) to focus on fixing its fitness to practise processes.…
Dentistry