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BDA survey highlights need for GDC improvement on basic issues

27th April 2017

The British Dental Association (BDA) has published the findings of a survey showing the work the General Dental Council (GDC) needs to do to regain the trust of dental professionals.

Responding to the regulator's Shifting the Balance document, which set out the GDC's future strategy for overhauling its operations, the BDA has issued the results of a poll of 2,300 dentists, showing that most would prefer the organisation sort out its fundamentals before moving on to loftier strategic goals.

Of those polled, 71 percent said they wanted to see the GDC improve its system for assessing fitness to practise as a top priority, while ideas for expanding the regulator's remit and activities ranked poorly.

Only 19 percent put the GDC's signature concept of 'upstreaming' – focusing on reducing the likelihood of harm arising in the first place – as a top priority.

The survey also showed that although two-thirds of respondents support a dedicated dental regulator, a similar proportion would back amalgamation if greater efficiencies could be achieved.

BDA chair Mick Armstrong said: "Dentists are realists when it comes to plans for merger, and clearly many doubt the GDC is capable of putting its own house in order."

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