GDC looks to avoid ‘enforcement culture’ in Fitness to Practice proceedings

Speaking at the Canmore Trust Wellbeing Conference on November 8, 2024, Theresa Thorp presented a session on how the council seeks to address UK dental professionals' issues, focusing on the Fitness to Practise (FtP) procedure.

The conference brought together dental professionals, doctors, nurses and vets from across the UK to offer mutual support and learning about how to encourage wellbeing and prevent suicide.

Theresa began her session by providing an overview of the “GDC’s understanding of the pressures affecting dentistry, including the mental health of dental professionals”. She said that the council has been working on ways to “reduce the negative impact of regulation” but recognised that it still had “much more to do.”