GDC consults on early-stage fitness-to-practise guidance — but the numbers behind it are contested
The regulator wants views by 2 November on new guidance for staff who triage complaints at the two earliest stages of fitness to practise.…
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Dental Branding: You Do Not Simply Choose Your Own Name
Most guides to dental branding are written by designers and open with colour palettes. They skip the part that actually constrains a UK dental…
GDC CPD requirements: the deadline that hasn’t passed yet
Two of the three deadlines have already gone. The third has not — and it is the one most likely to catch a practice…
Orthodontic Therapist Salary: What the Published Data Actually Shows
Nobody publishes private-practice pay for an orthodontic therapist. What is publishable is more useful anyway — one NHS band, and a register up 57%.
Dental technician salary: what you have to pay, and why it is getting harder
No one reliably publishes what a commercial lab pays a technician. What actually sets the number is a register that shrinks every year.
The GDC’s professionalism framework: consultation closed, one question unanswered
The regulator wants to replace its 2013 Standards for the Dental Team with four Principles of Professionalism, backed by expectations, statutory guidance and case…
The GDC Fitness-to-Practise Process, Explained
As an owner you may meet a fitness-to-practise case from either side — as the registrant, or as their employer. How it actually works.