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Mar 15, 2024, 13:58 PM
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Bridget Middleton
The first of the Dental Leadership Network (DLN) events of 2024 took place on Thursday 14 March at Friends House, Euston, London.
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Mar 13, 2024, 12:59 PM
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Bridget Middleton
The General Dental Council (GDC) has today published data about the working patterns of dentists. As part of their annual renewal, 25,159 (57%) dentists responded to the work patterns survey, of which 24,152 (55%) were working in the UK dental sector.
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Mar 6, 2024, 12:00 PM
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Bridget Middleton
Council has agreed new rules for registration of internationally-qualified dentists and dental care professionals from 9 March
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Mar 4, 2024, 08:00 AM
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Bridget Middleton
Clare Paget has been appointed as Interim Executive Director, Legal and Governance, from 4 March 2024
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Feb 16, 2024, 15:18 PM
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Bridget Middleton
The government’s announcement that it intends to legislate to create a new category of provisional registration for dentists qualified is very welcome.
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Feb 7, 2024, 15:42 PM
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Bridget Middleton
We welcome the government’s commitment to improving the routes through which internationally qualified dental professionals can register to practise in the UK as part of their dental recovery plan.
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Jan 26, 2024, 11:30 AM
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Bridget Middleton
After eight years with the GDC, Lisa Marie Williams – Executive Director, Legal and Governance - is stepping down at the end of March
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Jan 15, 2024, 11:31 AM
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Caroline Conway
The number of dentists on the UK Register, following the recent annual renewal period, has increased when compared to recent years.
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Jan 3, 2024, 13:28 PM
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Bridget Middleton
Statement updated 12 January 2024. We know that the fitness to practise process is difficult and stressful, and we’re making improvements where we can, in the absence of regulatory reform.
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Dec 21, 2023, 14:26 PM
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Caroline Conway
The GDC has today published the outcome report [insert hyperlink] for its consultation on updating the Guidance on Indemnity and Insurance, along with the revised guidance that will come into effect from 12 February 2024.
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Dec 20, 2023, 15:15 PM
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Lisa Bainbridge
We are announcing today that changes to the rules for the registration of internationally qualified dental professionals will come into effect on 9 March 2024.
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Dec 19, 2023, 15:38 PM
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Caroline Conway
The Department of Health and Social Care presented the proposals as a template for future reform for all healthcare professional regulators, including the GDC. We have engaged to ensure that the developing framework will provide us with the flexible regulatory framework we need, and encouraged our stakeholders to do the same.
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Dec 15, 2023, 11:50 AM
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Anika Daclan
The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) has today published its report on our performance for the period 2022/23, which concluded we met 16 of the 18 Standards of Good Regulation.
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Dec 14, 2023, 15:05 PM
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Bridget Middleton
We have today published updated guidance for the Interim Orders Committee, part of the independent Dental Professionals Hearings Service. Our public consultation proposed updates to the guidance and supporting documents.
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Dec 6, 2023, 10:40 AM
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Bridget Middleton
Discrimination has no place in dentistry. Statements or actions that are discriminatory against an individual or group based on characteristics such as religion or ethnicity are a breach of professional standards and are unacceptable.
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Nov 23, 2023, 15:58 PM
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Lisa Bainbridge
We are inviting views on proposals that will mean all practice committee and registration appeal committee hearings will be held remotely by default, while providing for requests for hearings to be held in-person to be considered and decided fairly.
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Nov 14, 2023, 15:13 PM
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Caroline Conway
Now an established forum after four events, the Dental Leadership Network brought together leaders from across dentistry to discuss the dental system, as seen from the perspective of patients and the public.
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Nov 14, 2023, 15:04 PM
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Caroline Conway
The GDC Chair Lord Harris addressed the dental leadership network at its latest event on Tuesday 14 November. The theme of the event was The System from the perspective of patients and the public.
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Nov 9, 2023, 15:03 PM
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Caroline Conway
The GDC has today published The Safe Practitioner: A framework of behaviours and outcomes for dental professional education, which will replace Preparing for Practice as the curriculum document for all programmes of undergraduate dental education in the UK from September 2025.
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Nov 6, 2023, 11:55 AM
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Anika Daclan
As part of our efforts to deepen the understanding the dental workforce we will be asking dental professionals to share a few details of their working patterns as part of their annual renewal.
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