Dental reform needs 'close collaboration', says GDC

The consultation, Shifting the balance: a better, fairer system of dental regulation, was launched in January this year to encourage debate and invite views on the GDC’s proposals for reforming dental regulation, without the need for legislative change.

A total of 86 responses were received from individual practitioners, professional associations and partners. The regulator gained broad support for the proposals it set out with some key respondents expressing their interest in shaping how the reforms are taken forward.

Alongside this work, the GDC developed a wider understanding from stakeholder round tables in each of the nations, discussions at conferences, face-to-face meetings and debate with dental professionals and partners via trade press and social media, all of which providing valuable insight for moving forward with the vision, as set out in Shifting the balance.