What is the GDC for? This is not just a BDS exam question, but one many registrants will ask themselves. Whatever the official answer, ‘protecting the public’ must be at the heart of their mission, indeed it was at one time inscribed on the wall over reception at 37 Wimpole Street.
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Newly qualified dentists would be offered a ’Golden Hello’ of £20,000 to work in areas deemed to be ’dental deserts’ if Labour wins the next election.
Another day, another headline. And once again, it’s the failings of NHS dentistry provision that’s sounding alarm bells.
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It is the Pantomime season. Across the country, theatres full of adults and the children who have given them the cover to attend, will be cheering on the heroes and booing the villains.
The GDC itself has a regulator, the Professional Standards Authority (PSA) who in their own words “protect the public by overseeing the regulation and registration of healthcare professionals".
The Government has now responded to the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee inquiry into NHS dentistry, held in the summer. According to the UK Parliament website the Government has accepted the “majority of MP’s recommendations on NHS dentistry”.