Regulation

Public consultation on updated Interim Orders Committee guidance

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...

Be cautious using messaging apps! 

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. 

Regulator confirms three-year strategy and ARF

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...

Consultation on learning outcomes and behaviour expectations in dental education launched

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...

Driving out inequalities in regulation

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...

Calls for the government to make regulatory reform top priority

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...

Two in five dentists who graduated overseas faced fitness to practice hearing without legal support

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...

NHS dentistry and oral health update: preparing for October 2022

The September NHS dentistry and oral health update focused on upcoming changes to be dental contract.

Alcohol and cancer: new Scottish health guidance

Guidance has been issued to health care professionals in Scotland on the link between alcohol and cancer.

DHSC update on mandatory reporting of interactions with healthcare professionals

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is preparing to implement new reporting requirements for interactions between industry and healthcare professionals (HCPs).

Covid-19 and dental reforms: new NHS update

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...

2021 fitness to practise and registration statistical reports 

The General Dental Council (GDC) published on August 10, 2022, its annual statistical reports for 2021 on fitness to practise and registration.