In another “soft launch” the GDC have quietly announced a consultation that could affect all registrants. It would add to the particular powers that the GDC has to suspend any registrant, before they have had the opportunity to defend themselves in the full Fitness to Practice (FTP) process.
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As the NHS dental access crisis shows no signs of abating, a Rugby based practice, Atwal & Barot, has, according to the BBC Coventry & Warwickshire News website, uploaded a recorded message to its answerphone advising would patients both private and NHS that it is operating at capacity and suggests that they contact their MP to talk about “the crisis in NHS dentistry”.
Read more: Rugby Dentist Urges Desperate Patients to Contact MP
Two online surveys conducted earlier this year by the American Dental Association – the ADA - one of 557 dentists and a second nationally representative survey of 1,006 consumers - have revealed that more than half of dentists (52%) reported patients arriving for appointments high on marijuana or another drug.
Read more: 52% Of American Dentists Have Seen Patients Who Are High. Are Yours?
The GDC have been under increasing pressure to come clean about the numbers of registrants taking their lives during Fitness to Practice (FTP) investigations. This has now got to the stage where the honesty of the GDC might be questioned by registrants.
Female dentists and dental care professionals (DCPs) should be well supported through the menopause and perimenopause to ensure that the profession retains passionate and skilled clinicians for as long as possible, according to Dental Protection.
Read more: Female Dental Professionals Must Be Supported Through Menopause
As the Oral Health Foundation launches the 2022 Mouth Cancer Action Month, cases in the UK have reached an all-time high.