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FCA Registration for dental practices
FCA registration is a legal requirement for dental practices offering payment plans to patients. Here's what to consider if buying a practice.
Podcast: Complaints handling and an introduction to negligence claims
Following his recent webinar healthcare litigation associate, Nigel Wood, gives an introduction to clinical negligence claims dentists may face, and gives an overview of best practices when it comes to handling patient complaints.
Implications of GDC v. Williams judgment for dentists mixing private and NHS treatment
Dentists and dental lawyers have been watching the case of GDC v. Williams with interest, due to the implications for the long-held view that it is not permitted to mix NHS and private treatment by charging patients a private top-up fee in addition to the NHS charge for NHS treatment. The
General Dental Council Interim Orders Committee (IOC) Consultation
Hempsons have advised a major dentists’ indemnity organisation on the General Dental Council (GDC) consultation about the IOC.
New Hempsons Southampton office
Announcing the opening of our fifth UK office.
Annual Renewal for Dentists and DCPs – Are you on top of your Annual CPD statement?
Annual renewal of registration is required by 31 July each year for Dental Care Professionals and 31 December each year for Dentists. Hempsons solicitor Amie Roadnight highlights the key points.
If in doubt – declare!
In the case of Dad v GDC, [2021] EWHC 1376 (QB), the Honourable Mrs Justice Collins Rice considered the issue of declarations to the GDC in an application for restoration to the register.
Entry on to a GDC Specialist List
Any dentist with full GDC registration can apply to join one or more of the GDC’s 13 Specialist Lists, which would enable them to use the title “Specialist” in their chosen discipline.