Why we need action on blue on blue GDC referrals
2023-10-13
Neel Kothari discusses the implications of blue on blue GDC referrals, and how the very nature of dentistry and its complex regulations can foster them.
Fitness to Practise
Dental nurse suspended for sharing ‘inappropriate and racially motivated’ posts on Facebook
2023-09-15
A dental nurse has been suspended after sharing posts on Facebook that made ‘negative and divisive’ comments about non-white racial groups. The DCP was suspended
GDC launches pilot to ‘improve timeliness’ of fitness to practise processes
2023-09-04
The General Dental Council (GDC) has launched a pilot to ‘improve proportionality and timeliness’ of fitness to practise processes. Announced today, the GDC is launching
Dentist suspended following claims of inappropriate sexual behaviour towards trainee dental nurse
2023-05-31
A dentist has been suspended for 18 months following claims he inappropriately touched a trainee dental nurse in the practice. It is alleged that the
GDC releases update on deaths during fitness to practise investigations
2023-05-30
The GDC will no longer release its report on the cause of death of registrants who have died during an active fitness to practise investigation
Dental professionals in London or south east ‘more likely to have a fitness to practise concern’
2023-05-18
The General Dental Council has published registration and fitness to practise statistics for 2022, revealing that nearly half of newly-registered dentists did not qualify in
High Court overturns GDC decision to erase dentist
2023-05-11
The High Court has found that NHS regulations do not forbid ‘top-up’ fees, after the GDC struck off a dentist. The High Court of Justice
Fitness to practise investigations have ‘significant’ negative impact on mental health, says GDC report
2022-11-30
A new GDC-commissioned report into fitness to practise investigations found they had a ‘significant negative impact’ on individuals – despite being ‘largely fair and effective’.
GDC was unable to disclose number of suicides
2022-11-11
After being unable to reveal data on the number of people who have died by suicide while under fitness to practise investigations, the GDC has
Overseas graduates received harsher fitness to practise sanctions
2022-10-05
Dentists who graduated overseas were more likely to receive harsher sanctions if they did not have legal support, GDC figures show. Nearly two in five
Dental news you’ve missed this week – 13 August 2022
2022-08-13
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem – here’s what happened over the past seven days… NHS dentistry at breaking point, BBC study
GDC delays have a human cost, the DDU shows
2022-08-10
After a review into the GDC’s fitness to practise processes, the DDU has urged the GDC to improve its delays. The Dental Defence Union (DDU)