The CRWG’s initial task was to consider an amended constitution that would allow the new registrant groups of dental care professionals to play their part in Council’s work. Following the publication of Trust Assurance and Safety – The Regulation of Health Professionals in the 21st Century, its brief has been extended to address the full range of constitutional and governance issues falling from the White Paper.

The next meeting of the Working Group is on 15 January 2008.

The Group members are:

• Hew Mathewson - (Chair) GDC President
• Julia Brewin – DCP Council member
• Paul Cook – Dentist Council member
• Frances Garratt – Joint Head of Quality Assurance
• Sally Irvine – Lay Council member
• Paul Langmaid – Chief Dental Officer, Wales
• Gordon Miles – Planning and resources Director
• Sheila Phillips – DCP Council member
• Duncan Rudkin – Chief Executive and Registrar
• Margaret Thomas – Council Secretary
• Carol Varlaam – Lay Council member