The GDC - a law unto itself?

Abstract

The following two pieces are published here to help highlight the parlous state of affairs between the British Dental Association ([BDA] the dental profession) and its regulator, the General Dental Council (GDC). The first piece by Mick Armstrong details the background to one of the letters he sent to Mr William Moyes, Chair of the GDC and provides a link to rest of the lengthy correspondence. The second piece by BDA Chief Executive Peter Ward questions how autonomous the GDC can actually be under the law and asks whether such a body is in fact acting without the law.