Review of General Dental Council and General Medical Council “fitness to practise” hearings related to maxillofacial surgery

• Published in: British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery Vol. 55; no. 6; pp. 580 - 583
• Main Authors: Taylor, R., Ali, M.H., Howe, T.E., Varley, I.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Scotland Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2017
• Subjects: Advisory Committees; Clinical Competence; double jeopardy; Employee Discipline - statistics & numerical data; fitness to practise; GDC; GMC; Humans; regulation; Surgery; Surgery, Oral; United Kingdom; fitness to practise; double jeopardy; regulation; GMC; GDC

Dually-registered specialists in oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) may be subject to disciplinary hearings by the General Medical Council (GMC) and the General Dental Council (GDC) for the same allegations, a phenomenon referred to as “double jeopardy” within the specialty. Previous efforts by b...