GDC launches Moving Upstream publication

As part of the GDC’s commitment to ‘moving upstream’, as set out in Shifting the balance, the regulator said it would share and promote learning across the profession.

With the publication and event, the GDC says it has taken a significant step forward in fulfilling that promise. The regulator aims to make this an annual occurrence with the purpose of generating important ongoing learning and dialogue.

The report provides an update on progress made against some of the key commitments the regulator made in Shifting the balance and highlights its priorities for the coming year. These include promoting professionalism, taking a new approach to CPD, strengthened working with stakeholders including students and new registrants, supporting local complaints resolution and refocusing the approach to fitness to practise. It also addresses several of the challenges facing the wider profession, including the UK’s exit from the EU and ending the 'climate of fear'.