eGDCWho we work with
The GDC engages with a variety of other organisations, regulators and bodies representing patient care and healthcare professionals.
Sharing information
We have a number of formal agreements in place with various organisations describing how we work together effectively and efficiently to protect, promote, and maintain the health and safety of patients and the public.
We are not limited to sharing information only where such a formal agreement exists. For example, the GDC can share any information relating to a person’s fitness to practise as a dentist or dental care professional, through the powers in the Dentists Act 1984, where it is considered to be in the public interest for the information to be disclosed.
Current agreements
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) is the final stage for complaints about councils, the National Health Service, housing associations, colleges and universities,
prisons, most water providers, the Scottish Government and its agencies and departments and most Scottish authorities.