GDC Searches For Replacement For Controversial Chair

The search has begun to replace the General Dental Council’s controversial Chair, Dr William ‘Bill’ Moyes.

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The search has begun to replace the General Dental Council’s controversial Chair, Dr William ‘Bill’ Moyes.
Read more: GDC Searches For Replacement For Controversial Chair
The MDDUS has broadly welcomed the acknowledgement by the General Dental Council, that challenging and difficult conditions faced by the dental profession during the COVID-19 pandemic should be considered formally, during any investigations into complaints about registrants.
Newly released General Dental Council figures have shown a substantial number of dentists have not renewed their registrations for 2021.
A former BUPA Dental Care practice manager has escaped a prison sentence after admitting carrying out a £60,000 fraud against her employers.
North Wales Live reported that Jennifer Christine Locke was given a suspended two-year gaol sentence after Caernarfon Crown Court heard that the 33-year-old had carried out a ‘sophisticated crime’ between September 2018 and July 2020.
Despite overwhelming support from MP’s, the Minister for Health and Social Care has failed to reassure the profession that the controversial 45% contract target on NHS dental practices will be overturned.
A fact that may send a shiver down the spines of dentists and hygienists alike, is that calculus can remain on human fossils for a million years.
While it may disturb dental professionals, this phenomenon is helping archaeologists at Leiden University in the Netherlands to uncover the drugs habits of ancient people.