• The GDC has launched more accessible versions of its patient information. The 'Smile EasyRead' patient information leaflet features larger font, pictures to support and help explain the text, shorter sentences and natural language.

  • The GDC's consultation on its proposed new standards for dental professionals in the UK closes at the end of this month. The GDC is keen to hear from as many people as possible: www.gdc-uk.org/GDCcalendar/Consultations/Pages/Review-of-Standards-Consultation.aspx.

  • The GDC is urging employers to help remind DCPs about the approaching CPD deadline in July 2013. Over 40,000 DCPs will reach the end of their first five-year CPD cycle on 31 July 2013 and must have completed 150 hours of CPD – 50 of them verifiable.

  • The GDC is highlighting a warning from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) about the Tianjie Dental Falcon scanner which has been shown to lack sufficient shielding in the X-ray tube.