The GDC has appointed a new group of members to its independent Appointments Committee who will take office this month. The Appointments Committee's role is to oversee the training and performance of the GDC's independent Fitness to Practise Panel, made up of 76 members, and recruit new members as required.

In the future it will also be responsible for recommending members for the Council's Investigating Committee, which considers allegations of impaired fitness to practise and decides whether a case should be referred to one of the Practice Committees.

The new membership of the Appointments Committee are Sally Irvine (Chair), Nicola Billot (registrant), Jeanne Goulding (lay), John Hunt (registrant), Ray McAndrew (registrant), Marcia Roberts (lay), James Walker (lay).

New Chair Sally Irvine is currently a member of Council and will be resigning before she takes up her appointment. She is currently an independent of the Solicitors Regulatory Authority.