New guidance on reporting matters to the GDC comes into effect on 1 February. This brings together all reporting obligations — spanning health, criminal, and regulatory matters — into one place, “helping professionals to more easily understand and meet the expectations that protect patient safety and public confidence in the profession” the GDC said.
Writing on its website, the Dental regulator said:
“An important part of being a professional is recognising when patient safety or public confidence might be compromised by your conduct, performance, or any health issues you are experiencing. You should be able to recognise when a matter arises that requires you to assess your own fitness to practise or the fitness to practise of those you work with.
“This guidance covers matters you must report to the General Dental Council (GDC), including if you have concerns about your own fitness to practise, the fitness to practise of others, or if you are subject to regulatory investigations or criminal proceedings anywhere in the world. It also sets out your obligations to co-operate with formal or informal inquiries undertaken by the GDC or a public body.
“If you are in doubt about whether to report a matter to the GDC you should contact us. It is important to report matters which may bring into question concerns about your fitness to practise. If you do not report such matters without delay, it could lead to an allegation of impaired fitness to practise being made.”
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