Following a detailed and thorough review, the General Dental Council’s (GDC’s) priorities have been approved by their council for the next three years in line with the Corporate Strategy 2023-2025. In...
After nearly eight years leading the General Dental Council (GDC), Ian Brack will be stepping down as chief executive and registrar of the GDC, on November 6, 2023.
BSPD’s policy document on dental neglect in children, which was originally developed and published in 2009, has now been updated and published as an open-access paper in the International Journal of...
The British Dental Association (BDA) has responded to changes to NHS England’s workforce data collection. It has stressed that the new numbers must underpin effective strategies for easing the crisis...
The GDC has joined eight other UK healthcare regulators in publishing an annual report on whistleblowing disclosures.
The General Dental Council (GDC) is launching a pilot that will test a change to the initial stages of its fitness to practise processes to improve proportionality and timeliness. Process changes are...
With the August 28 deadline fast approaching, over 2,000 dental care professionals still need to make their annual CPD declaration, with an additional 1,500 who have made a statement but have not yet...
The number of dental care professionals (DCPs) on the UK Register, following the recent annual renewal period, has risen when compared with the trajectory of previous years. On the morning after...
The Association of Dental Groups (ADG) has welcomed the announcement by the General Dental Council to increase the number of Part 2 sittings of the Overseas Registration Examination (ORE) for dentists...
The General Dental Council (GDC) will increase the number of Part 2 sittings of the Overseas Registration Exam (ORE) from three to four in 2024, after reaching an agreement with consortium partners to...
The General Dental Council (GDC) is combining its fitness to practise and registration directorates into a regulation directorate, led by a new, recently recruited executive director who joins in...
The British Dental Association has warned that the UK Government’s below-inflation pay awards will undermine efforts to bring NHS dentistry back from the brink.