Indeminity insurance of Dentists following a Fitness to Practise concern
Thank you for your request for information dated 05 February 2022, in which you asked how many dentists who had concerns raised against them by patients in the last 10 years
This page contains responses to requests for complaints and fitness to practise process information released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 disclosed in full or in part since 1 January 2018 which are of public interest and/or include information not otherwise available on the GDC's website. We have not included information that would breach the principles of the Data Protection Act (2018).
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Thank you for your request for information dated 05 February 2022, in which you asked how many dentists who had concerns raised against them by patients in the last 10 years
I write further to your email of 27 January 2022 clarifying your information request relating to consent.
Following a freedom of information request for datasets relating to the average length of time concerns were dealt with in the fitness to practise process, the GDC provided the following information.
Following a freedom of information request for datasets relating to the number of complaints made against Orthodontic Therapists, the GDC provided the following information
Following a freedom of information request for the total number of Professional Conduct Committee hearings over the last five years and the reasons, the GDC provided the following information
Following a freedom of information request for the number of hearings commenced and then adjourned between January 2019 and April 2021, the GDC provided the following response
Following a request for datasets on the number of male and female dentists and number of fitness to practise concerns raised from 2010-2020, the GDC provided the following response
Following a freedom of information request for detail on concerns raised about dentists registered in Scotland the GDC provided the following response
Following a request for information of the number of fitness to practise cases that were heard and concluded in 2019 and the number dismissed, the GDC provided the following information.