News you’ve missed this week – 9 November 2024
2024-11-09
It’s been a busy week in the world of dental news. Missed the headlines? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… GDC discloses number
Fitness to Practise
GDC discloses number of suicides among dental professionals with fitness to practise concerns
2024-11-04
The cause of death for dental professionals who have died while fitness to practise (FtP) concerns were investigated or remediated have been released by the
Four in five whistleblowing reports led to regulatory action, GDC reveals
2024-09-30
The General Dental Council (GDC) has published its 2024 annual report on whistleblowing disclosures in dentistry. From 01 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 the
Prioritise regulatory reform in dentistry, says profession
2024-09-24
Reform of healthcare professional regulation and more wellbeing protection are being called on to be prioritised by the government. The Medical Defence Union, the parent
GDC updates guidance on voluntary removal from register
2024-08-30
The General Dental Council (GDC) this week released updated guidance for dental professionals under investigation for fitness to practise concerns who seek to voluntarily remove themselves from
Covert surveillance will be used ‘sparingly’ in investigations, says GDC
2024-08-15
The GDC has released new legal and ethical framework on the use of covert surveillance during fitness to practise investigations. The updated guidance, according to the
Catch up with this week’s dental news – 6 July 2024
2024-07-06
It’s been a busy week in the world of dental news. Missed the headlines? Here’s what’s happened over the past seven days… Labour win the
More fitness to practise cases are closing early, says GDC
2024-07-02
We are seeing fewer concerns and closing more cases at the early stages of the fitness to practise (FtP) process, says a GDC director. Clare
GDC to extend changes to fitness to practise processes
2024-05-10
The General Dental Council (GDC) has announced it will extend and broaden the scope of its pilot to ‘improve proportionality and timeliness’ of fitness to
Work underway to report cause of death during active FtP cases, says GDC
2024-03-27
The GDC has provided an update to address recent concerns about the level of detail that is put into the public domain when the Interim
GDC’s failure to meet all standards of good regulation ‘not good enough’
2024-01-02
Calls have been made for the General Dental Council (GDC) to take action to reduce the amount of time taken to process fitness to practise
GDC failed to meet all standards of ‘good regulation’, report finds
2023-12-19
The General Dental Council (GDC) failed to meet standards for timeliness in both fitness to practise cases and registration processing. This comes after the Professional
