GDC launches consultation on new approach to setting fees

The regulator is consulting on proposals which aim to better explain how and why funds are used, to be clearer about how costs are allocated and to provide more certainty about the level of fee registrants can expect to pay. This is a consultation about the mechanisms for setting fee levels rather than the about the fee levels themselves.                                                                                                              

In 2017 the GDC launched Shifting the balance, which set out its views on reforming dental regulation. In that, the regulator said it would work towards a new way of setting fees which would reflect a new approach to regulation and that this consultation is a step towards fulfilling that commitment.