With just one week to go, the GDC has revealed there are still 2,187 DCPs yet to make their submission. The regulator is keen to highlight that this could lead to them being at risk of falling off the register and no longer able to practise.
If the initial submission deadline is missed, registrants then have a short window in which to provide the regulator with evidence of the full 150 hours of CPD undertaken over their five-year cycle and, should that not be forthcoming, non-compliant registrants will face removal.
GDC executive director, registration and corporate resources, Gurvinder Soomal, said, “With just one week to go to the deadline, and with such a large number of DCPs still to submit their CPD statement, the risk for them is now very real. It takes just a few minutes to complete the statement via the online portal at egdc-uk.org and I’d suggest that anyone who employs DCPs as part of their dental team might want to check that everyone’s made their submission.”
Further information is available at gdc-uk.org/professionals/cpd and the GDC can be contacted at cpd@gdc-uk.org or on 020 7167 6000 to answer questions.
In addition, from August 1 2018 all DCPs moved onto the new system of enhanced CPD which, amongst other things, changes the way CPD should be planned and recorded over the cycle, as well as the amount of CPD to be undertaken. To find out everything you need to know about enhanced CPD visit gdc-uk.org/professionals/cpd/enhanced-cpd.