Merging healthcare regulators ‘not a silver bullet’

2017-11-13

The BDA has claimed a merger of all healthcare regulators might not be the ‘silver bullet’ many expect. The government is considering merging all healthcare

GDC meeting PSA standards

2017-11-08

The General Dental Council has been found to be meeting 23 of the Professional Standards Authority’s 24 standards for regulation. It found the General Dental

GDC appoints clinical dental advisers to FtP team

2017-10-17

The GDC has appointed four new clinical dental advisers and a senior dental adviser to join its fitness to practise team. The new members will

GDC keeps its ARF the most expensive of all UK health regulators

2017-10-05

The General Dental Council (GDC) has chosen to keep the annual retention fee (ARF) unchanged, at £890 for dentists. The GDC is the most expensive

GDC’s response

2017-09-27

The General Dental Council responds to Eddie Scher’s tough questions. The GDC’s role is to protect patients and help to maintain the public’s confidence in

GDC: I’m calling your bluff

2017-09-27

Eddie Scher challenges the GDC to answer his tough questions on dental regulation and start living up to its promises to change. Many column inches

Dentists warned not to purchase counterfeit dental equipment

2017-07-31

The General Dental Council (GDC) and the BDIA are warning dentists not to purchase counterfeit dental devices. These warnings come after a recent GDC hearing

GDC call to action – check the small print on your indemnity cover

2017-07-19

The General Dental Council (GDC) is warning dental professionals to ‘check the small print’ on their indemnity cover. The warnings come after the GDC highlighted a recent

GDC reserves reach £12.1 million

2017-07-14

The GDC’s reserves have almost reached four months operating costs, when it promised it would reduce the ARF. In its Annual report and accounts 2016, the General

Dental regulators told to focus on quality improvement

2017-07-11

Dental regulators encouraged to put quality improvement at the heart of their work by the RDSPB. In its new report, ‘Working together, delivering change‘, the

GDC responds to failure to reform healthcare regulation

2017-06-30

The General Dental Council (GDC) has responded after the Government looks like it might fail to fulfil its pledge to reform healthcare regulation. The Conservative’s 2017

Mastering marketing your practice

2017-06-29

With dental practices increasingly relying upon a wide range of media and marketing techniques to promote themselves, David Lauder explains the need to balance commercial,