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Published: Thursday, 21 March 2024 09:33
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Written by Peter Ingle
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With each week more similarities emerge between the shocking behaviour of the Post Office towards its sub postmasters, and the shocking behaviour of the GDC towards its registrants. A Coroner who has investigated the death of a dentist, has now produced a report that in any organisation with a shred of decency, should have resulted in the immediate investigation and suspension of personnel.
Read more: Coroner Demands GDC Action After Registrant Suicide
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Published: Wednesday, 20 March 2024 14:38
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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The great and the good of the dental profession returned to Westminster yesterday (19th March) with some stark feedback for the Health and Social Care Committee: the government’s Dental Recovery Plan (DRP) simply doesn’t cut it.
GDPUK’s Guy Tuggle watches the proceedings as dentistry returns to Parliament
Read more: Dental Reform: Profession Delivers Damning Verdict On "Polyfilla Plan"
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Published: Thursday, 14 March 2024 08:02
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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Dental FX, one of Glasgow’s premier dental practices, has announced with enormous sadness the death of its founder and a renowned implantologist Dr Stephen Jacobs.
Read more: Implant Pioneer Dr Stephen Jacobs Dies
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Published: Wednesday, 13 March 2024 15:02
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Written by Peter Ingle
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It seems that when it really wants to, the GDC can deliver large quantities of data within a reasonable time limit. At the 2023 LDC conference, GDC Chair, Lord Harris, floated the idea that questions could be added to the retention fee renewal process for dentists at the end of the year, to try and provide basic data about what the workforce was actually doing.
Read more: GDC Publishes Workforce Data
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Published: Wednesday, 13 March 2024 10:17
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Written by Peter Ingle
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It is not unusual for the papers to carry stories about the poor state of the UK’s defences. Misfiring missiles, broken down rusty aircraft carriers, and the Ajax armoured vehicles now expected to arrive a decade late, over budget, and which in trials made their occupants deaf, are just some examples.
Read more: Services Dental Crisis - Neglect Mirrors GDC Decline
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Published: Tuesday, 12 March 2024 09:24
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Written by Guy Tuggle
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A petition to ’Save NHS Dentistry and Make It Fit For The 21st Century’ has attracted over 199,000 of its target 200,000 signatures (at the time of publishing on 12th March).
Read more: Successful Petition to Save NHS Dentistry
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Published: Monday, 11 March 2024 09:24
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Written by Peter Ingle
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As the GDC set about restricting live Fitness to Practise (FTP) hearings in the name of economy, there is another part of their budget that appears safe from cost cutting. The GDC are presently seeking tenders for a contract valued at £7 million to provide them with a particular strand of legal services.
Read more: GDC £7m Payday for Legal Firms
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