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...
The September NHS dentistry and oral health update focused on upcoming changes to be dental contract.
Guidance has been issued to health care professionals in Scotland on the link between alcohol and cancer.
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is preparing to implement new reporting requirements for interactions between industry and healthcare professionals (HCPs).
Released on August 31, 2022, a new update from Ali Sparke, NHS director for dentistry, community pharmacy and optometry, and Rebecca Harris, deputy NHS dental officer England, opened with a Covid-19...
The General Dental Council (GDC) published on August 10, 2022, its annual statistical reports for 2021 on fitness to practise and registration.