Consultation launched on new principles for specialist listing

  Posted by: Dental Design      31st January 2019

The General Dental Council (GDC) has today launched a consultation on the fundamental principles governing its approach to the system of specialist listing. The consultation, which closes on 25 April 2019, seeks views on proposals to change the way the regulator approaches three key areas, all with the aim of improving understanding for professionals and the public in relation to the dental specialties.

The key areas are:

• Revised purposes for specialist listing, setting out what the GDC expects listed specialties to fulfil, and the criteria by which the regulator will determine which disciplines of dentistry should be listed.
• The principles for the process of addition and removal of specialist lists.
• The GDC’s processes for maintaining accreditation on specialist lists.

The proposals were developed in collaboration with a wide range of professional stakeholders who have worked with the regulator on this project since May 2017.

Manjula Das, Head of Education Policy and Quality Assurance, said: “This consultation explores the key areas relating to our role in specialist listing and it represents a vital step in helping us to provide clarity and support the public and the profession in understanding specialties. The information we receive will also help us to future-proof our approach and improve transparency. The proposals in this consultation have been developed in collaboration with the wide range of professional stakeholders who sit on our Specialty Working Group, and I would like to thank them for their hard work in helping us to reach this point.”

The regulator plans to report back on the result of the consultation once it has closed. For more information and to provide your views on the proposals, visit the GDC’s consultations webpage.