Erasure for deficient CPD

Edgar Gordon has been a registrant since 1954. He retired from clinical dentistry in 1988 and presently prepares dento-legal reports for solicitors and medical reporting agencies. In 2010 the Council wrote to Mr Gordon ‘we cannot provide you with any reassurance that registration is not required for retired dentists who wish to write dento-legal reports’. Late last year the GDC’s Registrar informed Mr Gordon that she was not satisfied that he had completed sufficient non-verifiable CPD to comply with his 2009-2013 cycle and issued a Notice of Erasure.

Mr Gordon intends to be an appellant-in-person, He has been told by the Registrar that his appeal ‘is unlikely to succeed’ and that she ‘reserved the right to seek a costs order which would be approximately £1000 plus VAT. In addition, the GDC solicitors will accrue costs for instructing counsel, advising the Registration Department and attending the appeal. These would be charged at £250 per hour and it is estimated the likely time spent will be between 10 and 20 hours’.