The British Dental Association has spoken out after the General Dental Council admitted acting unlawfully when conducting an under-guise operation against a clinical dental technician.
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The General Dental Council has admitted to Dental Protection that it acted ‘unlawfully in undertaking an under-guise operation without reasonable justification.’
NHS Business Services Authority has now issued its ‘Guidance to support dental contract management arrangements for the 2020/21 year-end reconciliation,’ amid warnings to those providers who have not paid their associates correctly, that they may face investigations if they make false declarations.
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Details have emerged that when the General Dental Council recently admitted acting unlawfully in undertaking an under-guise operation against a registrant, they obtained the investigation material unlawfully.
Tony Kilcoyne has announced his resignation from the British Dental Association’s Principal Executive Committee.
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Two recent General Dental Council hearings appear to raise questions regarding the ‘robustness’ of the regulator’s checks on the certification submitted by applicants to the dental register.