Grounds for optimism
Dental Protection believes the dental profession will be disappointed to see that the General Dental Council (GDC) remains at the bottom of the league table of UK healthcare regulators in the Professional Standards Authority’s (PSA) 2014/15 Performance Review Report that accompanies the latest Annual Report and accounts of PSA.
Although this is an unsatisfactory situation, Dental Protection is urging the GDC to act on the feedback and continue taking steps in a sensible direction.
Overall, the PSA found that the GDC had failed to meet almost one third (seven out of 24) of the PSA’s Standards of Good Regulation – and was particularly critical of the Fitness to Practise procedures. This time last year it was placed broadly on a par with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as one of the two worst performing regulators; however this year the GDC is the only regulator which is failing to meet six or more of the 24 Standards of Good Regulation.
The PSA Report has reached similar conclusions as those regularly and loudly voiced by Dental Protection, and has highlighted many of the same concerns, in identical areas of the Fitness to Practise process.
Kevin Lewis, Dental Protection’s Director, said:
“Nobody in UK dentistry should take any satisfaction from the PSA’s report and this is no time for any “I told you so” comments.
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