Health and social care providers who are also registered as dentists often have to deal with a two-pronged attack from their provider regulator, the CQC, as well as from professional regulators, the General Dental Council (GDC). There is also greater emphasis now on regulators sharing information between bodies. This means that provider regulators and professional regulators are likely to refer matters to each other where appropriate.
When dealing with any form of disciplinary procedure, things can get difficult and complicated. If you do have to deal with both a professional regulator alongside your provider regulator, Ridouts team of specialist lawyers can advise on both aspects as each is likely to impact on the other.
Ridouts can help you by:
- Advising and representing providers faced with GDC proceedings;
- Challenging, in appropriate cases, that there is no case to answer with the result that the case never reaches a substantive hearing;
- Help to identify the evidence which a panel is most likely to find persuasive if individuals do attend a hearing;
- Drafting witness statements and helping to identify which are the most appropriate documents to exhibit;
- Conducting the advocacy at interim order or substantive hearings;
- Help conducting appeals against professional regulators in the High Court, if appropriate.
