eGDCResponses to consultations
Read GDC responses to consultations run by other organisations.
Response to the Professional Standard Authority's consultation on good practice documents
Our response to the Professional Standard Authority's (PSA) consultation on good practice documents: Guidance on the use of Accepted Outcomes in Fitness to practise and Guidance on Rulemaking.
You will find the consultation on good practice guidance documents on the PSA’s website.
Response to DHSC consultation: Licensing of non-surgical cosmetic procedures
You will find the DHSC consultation proposals for Licensing of non-surgical cosmetic procedures on the GOV.UK website. The deadline for responses was 28 October 2023.
Response to DHSC proposal to enable dental hygienists and dental therapists to support and administer medicines under exemptions
Our response to the Department of Health and Social Care’s (DHSC’s) consultation on proposal to enable dental hygienists and dental therapists to support and administer specific medicines under exemptions.
You will find DHSC’s consultation on the GOV.UK website.
The consultation closed on 15 September 2023.
Response to DHSC consultation: Regulating anaesthesia associates and physician associates
Read the GDC's full response to the Department of Health and Social Care's (DHSC's) consultation, Regulating anaesthesia associates (AAs) and physician associates (PAs).
You can find the proposals and draft legislation to provide the General Medical Council (GMC) with the necessary powers to regulate AAs and PAs in the UK on the GOV.UK website. The DHSC has presented the proposals as a template for future reform of all health and care professional regulators, including the GDC.
The consultation closed on 16 May 2023.
Response to the Welsh Government's consultation on mandatory licensing of special procedures in Wales
The GDC’s response to the consultation on mandatory licensing of special procedures in Wales regarding possible exemptions for GDC-registered dental professionals.
Consultation details can be found on the Welsh Government website.
This consultation closed on 19 April 2023.
Response to the Department of Health (Northern Ireland) consultation on raising a concern in the public interest (whistleblowing) framework and model policy
Response to the DHSC consultation on water fluoridation consultation process
Our response to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) consultation entitled Water fluoridation: seeking views on future consultation process.
Consultation details can be found on the GOV.UK website.
The consultation closed on 3 June 2022.
Response to the DHSC consultation on changes to the GDC and the NMC's international registration legislation
Our response to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) consultation on changes to the General Dental Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s international registration legislation.
Consultation details can be found on the GOV.UK website.
The consultation closed on 6 May 2022.
Response to the DHSC consultation on making vaccination a condition of deployment in the health and wider social care sector
The GDC’s response to the DHSC consultation on whether to mandate vaccinations against COVID-19 and influenza as a condition of deployment to Care Quality Commission registered health and care settings in England.
The consultation closed on 22 October 2021.
Response to the Department of Health’s consultation on a statutory duty of candour in Northern Ireland
Our response to the consultation on a statutory duty of candour in Northern Ireland.
The consultation closed on 31 August 2021.
Response to the Department of Health and Social Care's consultation: Regulating healthcare professionals, protecting the public
Read the GDC's full response to government proposals to reform the legislation under which we operate.
We very much support the ambition set out to remove outdated and overly prescriptive legislation, and to put in its place a modernised and flexible framework that can respond to change and innovation while enhancing accountability, transparency and public protection.
The DHSC consultation outcome report was published on 17 February 2023.
Response to the NHS Digital consultation on changes to data on written complaints in the NHS
The GDC’s response to the NHS Digital consultation on changes to data on written complaints in the NHS.
The consultation closed on 26 March 2021.
Response to the Professional Standards Authority consultation on the approach to the performance review process
The GDC’s response to the Professional Standards Authority consultation on the approach to the performance review process.
The consultation closed on 4 March 2021
Response to the Professional Standards Authority consultation on virtual fitness to practise hearings
The GDC’s response to the Professional Standards Authority consultation on virtual fitness to practise hearings.
The consultation closed on 11 September 2020.
Response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman consultation on the Complaint Standards Framework
The GDC’s consultation response to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman consultation on the Complaint Standards Framework.
The consultation closed on 18 September 2020.
Response to the Welsh Government consultation on the Welsh Language Standards (Healthcare Regulators) Regulations
The GDC’s response to the Welsh Government consultation on the Welsh Language Standards (Healthcare Regulators) Regulations.
The consultation closed on 2 October 2020.
Response to the Scottish Government consultation on Near Me video consulting service
The GDC’s response to the Scottish Government consultation on Near Me video consulting service.
The consultation closed on 8 August 2020.