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GDC launches a fitness to practise pilot

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The General Dental Council (GDC) is launching a pilot that will test a change to the initial stages of its fitness to practise processes to improve proportionality and timeliness. Process changes are being made to the way investigations are carried out in certain cases to help to resolve issues faster while continuing to effectively maintain public safety and confidence in the dental profession.

The GDC wants to ensure matters that do not pose a risk to public safety or confidence are concluded as quickly as possible. The change in the process being piloted will help ensure the regulator is fully informed of all relevant facts as early as possible, ensuring that only issues amounting to a fitness to practise concern are fully investigated.

The pilot will run for six months starting on September 4, 2023. It will be applied initially to single-patient clinical practice cases, where the dental professional involved has no previous fitness to practise concerns but may be expanded during the pilot.

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