General Dental Council CPD rules consultation statement

The General Dental Council (GDC) has issued a statement following a recent consultation on proposed new rules for continuing professional development (CPD).

The consultation, which ran from December 2013 to the 21st of March 2014, received just over 600 responses from a range of individuals and stakeholders including dental professionals, postgraduate dental deaneries and professional associations.

Based on the responses, the statement concluded the following:

• 60.7% agreed with the proposed high level CPD learning outcomes;

• 79.5% agreed with the proposed requirement to undertake a minimum of 10 hours CPD in each consecutive period of 2 years;

• 73.5% agreed with the proposed CPD documentary evidence required; and

• 84.5% agreed with the proposed approach to CPD for those holding Temporary Registration with the GDC.

A final decision will be made about enhanced CPD later in 2014.