As part of our commitment to enabling dental professionals to achieve and maintain the highest standards of patient care and excellence in their practice, the FGDP(UK):
- provides independent advice for government and policymakers
- sets out standards guidance
- provides information to patients and the public.
The FGDP(UK) is currently developing policy statements across a number of areas within oral healthcare.
Below are standards guidelines and consultation responses issued by the FGDP(UK).
Consultation responses & guideline reviews
2011
NICE - Patient Experience in Generic Terms
FGDP(UK) response to consultation, published 14 July 2011
Department of Health - Healthy lives, healthy people: Our strategy for public health in England
FGDP(UK) response to consultation, published 31 March 2011
Department of Health - Liberating the NHS: developing the healthcare workforce
FGDP(UK) response to consultation, published 31 March 2011
Department of Health - Liberating the NHS: An Information Revolution
FGDP(UK) response to consultation, published 14 January 2011
Letter to accompany FGDP(UK) response, published 14 January 2011
General Dental Council - Revalidation for Dentists
FGDP(UK) response to consultation, published 6 January 2011
2010
General Dental Council - Learning Outcomes for Registration
FGDP(UK) response to consultation, published 10 December 2010
Letter to accompany FGDP(UK) response, published 10 December 2010
Government NHS White Paper - Equity and Excellence: Liberating the NHS
FGDP(UK) response to White Paper, published 5 October 2010
General Dental Council - Principles of Ethical Advertising
FGDP(UK) response to consultation, published 1 October 2010
Department of Health - Code of Practice for Healthcare...on the Prevention and Control of Infections
FGDP(UK) response to consultation, published July 2010
2009
GDC Consultations:
General Dental Council - Flexibility in Specialist Training
General Dental Council - Implant Dentistry
Standards guidelines
Training Standards in Implant Dentistry (September 2008) These are being updated (at April 2012) and it is hoped the revised version will be available by June 2012
Guidelines for standards in the development of leadership and management in the dental health sector (April 2008)
Dentists with Special Interests (2006-2008). The FGDP(UK) has worked with the Department of Health, as well as Primary Care Contracting, to develop a series of competency frameworks for Dentists with Special Interests.
