GDC To Continue Surveillance and Under Guise Investigations

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Published: Sunday, 18 August 2024 18:06
Written by Peter Ingle
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GDC To Continue Surveillance and Under Guise Investigations

The General Dental Council [GDC] has a history of using covert surveillance including under-guise investigators, when building Fitness to Practise (FTP) cases. In 2021 it admitted ‘unlawfully undertaking an under-guise operation without reasonable justification‘, and paid an undisclosed sum of damages to a clinical dental technician supported by Dental Protection. The GDC had instructed an under-guise operation creating a fictitious scenario with two private investigators posing as relatives of “Evelyn”, an elderly relative who needed dentures but was too ill to attend in person.

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Dentist, Jazzman, Peer and Campaigner, the Life of Lord Colwyn

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Published: Wednesday, 14 August 2024 08:29
Written by Peter Ingle
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Dentist, Jazzman, Peer and Campaigner, the Life of Lord Colwyn

Tony Hamilton-Smith, better known as The Lord Colwyn CBE, has died at the age of 82. Parallel careers as a dentist and jazz musician were later joined by an increasingly active role in the House of Lords. In his later years as one of the remaining hereditary peers, he was a spokesman and supporter for his two passions.

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Dental Protection Publishes 'Shopping List' For The Government

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Published: Monday, 12 August 2024 07:15
Written by Guy Tuggle
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Dental Protection Publishes ’Shopping List’ For The Government

As the government begins to grapple with the complex issue of NHS contract reform, one of the leading dental indemnity providers, Dental Protection, has issued a ‘shopping list‘ of improvements which it  maintains need to be addressed if dentistry is to emerge into the kind of service the dental workforce and patients seek.

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Further Expensive GDC Research States the Obvious

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Published: Wednesday, 07 August 2024 09:36
Written by Peter Ingle
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Further Expensive GDC Research States the Obvious

The GDC‘s output of gratuitous research shows no sign of slowing down with their latest publication. It was introduced on their website in these terms: “GDC publishes new research on the public‘s experiences of dentistry.” It raises more questions than it answers.

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