The Standards Committee:

• advises Council on the framework of standards which the Council should set for dental professionals
• drafts and reviews the professional and ethical guidance which the Council publishes
• monitors the impact which the Council’s guidance has on the Council’s work, dental professionals, the public and educational providers.

The members of the Standards Committee are:

• Peter Catchpole - Lay Council Member
• Sally Irvine - Lay Council Member
• Mary Dodd - Chair and Dentist Council Member
• Rosemarie Khan - DCP Council Member
• Anthony Kilcoyne - Dentist Council Member
• Barry Cockcroft - Chief Dental Officer, Department of Health 
• Hew Mathewson - GDC President
• Fiona Grist - DCP Co-opted Member

The agenda for the Standards Committee meeting being held on 3 July 2008 is available here. The following meeting is scheduled to take place on 28 October 2008.