The General Dental Council (GDC) has written to all dental care professional (DCP) registrants reminding them of the importance of keeping track of their continuing profes-sional development (CPD) hours by making their end of year declarations.

Compulsory CPD was introduced for DCPs in 2008 and runs in five-year cycles, depending on when individuals first registered with the GDC. More than 43,000 DCP registrants will end their five-year cycle in 2013. Of these, 19% have currently not declared any hours and 33% have declared hours for their first year only. CPD is a legal requirement of registration with the GDC and failure to meet the 150 hour requirement could result in registrants being removed from the register and unable to practise at the end of their five-year CPD cycle.

Registrants can make their end of year declaration by logging on to www.egdc-uk.org.