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The General Dental Council consists of a number of committees and boards that have been created to support the Council.
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The Council
The Council is made up of 12 members - six appointed registrants and six appointed lay members.
More about the CouncilCommittees
A number of functions are carried out by Statutory Committees. These Committees are established by the Dentists Act 1984.
More about committeesThe Executive Team
The Council is supported by the Executive Management Team.
More about the executive teamFtP Panel
Membership of the GDC's Statutory Committees which make decisions on dental professionals' fitness to practise is drawn from an independent pool of dental professionals and lay people called the Fitness to Practise Panel.
More about the FtP panelFitness to practise decisions - scrutiny and quality assurance
The GDC has a robust dual system of scrutiny and quality assurance for decisions leading to case outcome in fitness to practise cases.
More about FtP decisionsCase examiners
Case examiners are appointed GDC staff members with a statutory duty to make decisions. Case examiners take over the case after casework have looked into the concern and referred the matter for more in depth consideration.
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