The January 2023 update from Ali Sparke, director for dentistry, and Rebecca Harris, deputy chief dental officer, opened by expressing plans to support the “development of skill mix in dentistry”.
One of the ways the General Dental Council (GDC) fulfils its primary purpose of maintaining public safety and confidence in dental professionals is through its quality assurance of education and...
Independent qualitative research, commissioned by the General Dental Council (GDC) to understand and learn from the experiences of 70 individuals involved with fitness to practise, was published on...
A new package of measures to improve patient access to dental care has been introduced by the government. From November 28, 2022, NHS dentists will receive fairer payments for delivering complex...
As part of its work to improve fitness to practise processes wherever possible in the absence of regulatory reform, the General Dental Council (GDC) has today launched a 12-week public consultation on...
The Dental Defence Union (DDU) issued guidance on October 31, 2022, concerning the potential risks and pitfalls of communicating with patients via direct messaging apps.
Following a public consultation earlier this year, the council of the GDC approved on October 21, 2022, the regulator’s strategy for the next three years. In so doing, the GDC also set the Annual...
As part of the General Dental Council’s (GDC’s) statutory role in setting standards in dental education, the regulator has launched a 12-week public consultation on proposed changes to learning...
Dental Protection has welcomed recommendations by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) for regulators, including the General Dental Council (GDC), to help tackle inequalities in professional...
The Dental Defence Union (DDU) is calling on the newly appointed health and social care secretary, Thérèse Coffey, to make regulatory reform and support for struggling dental professionals a top...
Nearly two in five dentists (38 per cent) who graduated overseas did not have legal representation when facing a GDC fitness to practise hearing according to figures obtained by Dental Protection...
