In response to a consultation by the Department of Health, it says it is not convinced that combining dental regulation with that of other professions could save money.
It cannot see it retaining the required understanding of the dental professions and that, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the interests of patients and the profession will best be served by the continued existence of a regulator dedicated solely to dentistry.
The Faculty says that decisions on the regulation of health professions should instead be guided by the risk of patient harm, and that as such there can be no optimum number of healthcare regulators.
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