The British Dental Association (BDA) has reacted to the GDC’s refusal to budge on the threatened legal challenge to its handling of the consultation into increases to the annual retention fee (ARF).
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The General Dental Council (GDC) has rejected a claim by the British Dental Association (BDA) that the current consultation on the level of the Annual Retention Fee (ARF) is unlawful. In a response to this letter today the GDC explains in detail that the consultation is based on a clear policy and that the consultation document includes sufficient information for dentists and dental care professionals to make informed responses.
The BDA has published results of its survey which shows that nearly 8 in 10 members don’t believe GDC can regulate effectively. Nearly 6,000 members, or 42 per cent of those invited to take part, responded within a very short time frame. Mick Armstrong said: “There is a real crisis of confidence between dentists and their regulator, and it must now be resolved.”
The BDA has also issued a video on this survey:
Read more: New evidence reveals crisis of confidence in GDC says BDA
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NHS England intends to make the NHS Friends and Family Test (FFT) a contractual requirement for dentists with an NHS contract to implement from April 1, 2015. They say: ‘Our approach has been to make the FFT flexible and create as little burden on practices and patients as possible’. There will be no additional funding to implement the system.
Read more: NHS Friends and Family Test to be mandatory for dentists
The General Dental Council (GDC) has requested a last minute extension to respond to a legal challenge set by the British Dental Association.
The BDA had spelt out its intention to pursue judicial review over the GDC’s botched handling of the consultation on the Annual Retention Fee (ARF) increase.[1] Lawyers working for the Association had set 4:00 PM today as a deadline to either shut down the consultation – or provide documentary evidence of the policy and the evidence on which the proposed 64% fee hike was based.
With just 2 hours left until that deadline the GDC formally requested an extension until next Tuesday afternoon.
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