Indemnity reminder
The Dental Defence Union (DDU) is reminding dental care professionals that it is their responsibility to ensure they have access to indemnity in their own right or that appropriate arrangements are in place via their employer, as they renew their GDC registration.
Following a legal change, the GDC changed its rules in November 2015, meaning all dental professionals applying to register or renew their registration will need to tell the GDC they have indemnity arrangements in place for their scope of practise, or will have by the time they start practising.
This has led to a number of queries from dental care professionals (DCPs), who should check with their employer in the first instance if they are not sure about their indemnity arrangements. Registrants will not routinely have to provide an indemnity certificate when they renew their GDC annual retention fee, only if they are specifically asked to do so.
DCPs must pay their annual retention fee by the end of July or risk having their name removed from the register.
John Makin, head of the DDU, explained:
“The GDC says all members of the dental team, 'must have appropriate arrangements in place for patients to seek compensation if they suffer harm' (paragraph 1.8, Standards for the Dental Team).
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