Dental Protection has urged dental care professionals (DCPs) to check their CPD hours and ensure they have appropriate indemnity for their scope of work before the registration renewal deadline.
The General Dental Council (GDC) renewal period is open, and DCPs have until 31 July to confirm that they meet all the requirements for renewal.
Yvonne Shaw, Underwriting Policy Lead at Dental Protection said: “Every year, Dental Protection speaks to members whose registration and ability to work has been impacted by missing the renewal requirements. One of the main issues we have seen is registration being removed for failing to record sufficient CPD and particularly meet the requirement to have undertaken at least 10 hours of CPD within the previous 2 years.
“As the renewal window closes within a couple of weeks, it is important for colleagues to check their indemnity and CPD hours now, so they have time to undertake any additional CPD and address any shortfall. Dental Protection’s Online Learning Hub hosts a wide range of resources to help manage risk and support professional development. All courses available at the Online Learning Hub can be accessed at no extra cost for Dental Protection members, and can be used to count towards the CPD requirement.
“Confirming adequate indemnity arrangements is also an important step of the renewal process. As we develop new skills and take on different roles, it is important to ensure that indemnity arrangements remain appropriate for our work. It is therefore important to check indemnity reflects the full scope of practice and work we do. For example, if you have started providing care through direct access, you should check your indemnity includes this work. As a final check, remember to ensure that the payment has gone through before the deadline of 31 July.”
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About Dental Protection
Dental Protection is a registered trademark and a trading name of The Medical Protection Society Limited (“MPS”). MPS is the world’s leading protection organisation for doctors, dentists and healthcare professionals. We protect and support the professional interests of more than 300,000 members around the world. Membership provides access to expert advice and support and can also provide, depending on the type of membership required, the right to request indemnity for any complaints or claims arising from professional practice.
Our in-house experts assist with the wide range of legal and ethical problems that arise from professional practice. This can include clinical negligence claims, complaints, medical and dental council inquiries, legal and ethical dilemmas, disciplinary procedures, inquests and fatal accident inquiries.
Our philosophy is to support safe practice in medicine and dentistry by helping to avert problems in the first place. We do this by promoting risk management through our workshops, E-learning, clinical risk assessments, publications, conferences, lectures and presentations.
MPS is not an insurance company. All the benefits of membership of MPS are discretionary as set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association.