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Oversharing - why the GDC needs to revise how it publishes its judgements

British Dental Journal volume 236, page 617 (2024)Cite this article

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  • Currently, the GDC holds most of the Interim Orders Committee hearings in public and then publishes the allegations and sanction in full on their hearings website.

  • The publication of allegations, as yet undetermined by a substantive process, is unfair and has the potential to damage the reputation and mental well-being of the registrants concerned.

  • The GDC should reconsider their publication policy from Interim Orders Committee hearings.

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  2. UK Judiciary. Sir Cliff Richard v BBC and the Chief Constable of South Yorkshire police [2018] EWHC 1837. 2018.

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  1. General Dental Practitioner, Woodford Dental Care, UK; Head of BDA Indemnity, London, UK

    Len D’Cruz

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D’Cruz, L. Oversharing - why the GDC needs to revise how it publishes its judgements. Br Dent J 236, 617 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-024-7337-4

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