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A General Dental Council fitness to practise investigation requires a response that is specific to the standards GDC has raised, evidenced with certified CPD, and submitted with genuine reflective insight. These courses are built to help dentists and dental professionals build exactly that response.
Each course maps directly to the GDC Standards for the Dental Team - the framework GDC uses in every fitness to practise investigation. Browse every category below to find the courses most directly relevant to your situation.
These two courses are written specifically for dentists and dental professionals facing General Dental Council fitness to practise investigations - addressing the exact professional standards GDC applies when assessing your case.
When GDC concerns centre on ethical failures - consent processes, patient confidentiality, or conduct conflicting with the ethical foundations of the GDC Standards - this course addresses the specific provisions at issue. Mapped to GDC standards as they apply in dental practice and investigations.
CPD UK Certified · 2 CPD ptsBuilt around the GDC Standards for the Dental Team - the framework GDC uses to assess every dental professional they investigate. Examines what professional conduct requires in dental practice and how GDC committees evaluate compliance when concerns have arisen.
CPD UK Certified · 2 CPD ptsDental professionals reach for this category when GDC concerns involve an ethical failing - consent, patient rights, confidentiality, or conduct that conflicts with the ethical foundations of the GDC Standards.
A broader grounding in applied healthcare ethics - useful when a GDC concern touches multiple ethical areas rather than one principle. Covers moral reasoning frameworks, real-world dilemmas, and how regulators assess ethical fitness.
CPD UK Certified · 2 CPD ptsThe most comprehensive medical ethics course in our library. 2.5 CPD hours covering the full spectrum of ethical obligations facing UK dental professionals. Particularly relevant for serious GDC cases involving multiple ethical concerns.
CPD UK Certified · 2.5 CPD ptsWhere the Medical Ethics course covers principles, this covers practice - the daily ethical decisions dental professionals face and how to handle them well. Examines the grey areas where most GDC cases arise.
CPD UK Certified · 2.5 CPD ptsBoundary concerns are among the most common and serious issues in GDC cases. This course examines where professional boundaries lie, how they erode gradually, and what genuine boundary maintenance looks like.
CPD UK Certified · 2 CPD ptsConduct falling below the GDC professional standards - communication failures, documentation lapses, or behaviour incompatible with registration - is the most common reason dental professionals face fitness to practise concerns.
A grounding in professionalism across the healthcare context - useful when a GDC concern straddles conduct, teamwork, and general professional behaviour rather than one specific area.
CPD UK Certified · 2 CPD ptsPoor record-keeping features in a significant proportion of GDC cases. This focused course examines what professional documentation requires - accuracy, completeness, timeliness - and the consequences when it falls short.
CPD UK Certified · 1.5 CPD ptsCommunication failures underlie more GDC concerns than almost any other factor. This course examines what effective professional communication looks like and where it most commonly breaks down.
CPD UK Certified · 1.5 CPD ptsGDC concerns about behaviour toward colleagues fall under the GDC standards on working with colleagues. This course examines what GDC expects and how to demonstrate genuine improvement.
CPD UK Certified · 1.5 CPD ptsGDC probity concerns include dishonest documentation, failure to be open after adverse events, and financial misconduct. Probity failures are among the most serious matters GDC investigates.
Probity is the word GDC uses for honesty, integrity, and trustworthiness - covering everything from accurate form-completion to declarations to employers to financial conduct. If your letter from GDC mentions probity, this is where you start.
CPD UK Certified · 2 CPD ptsWhen GDC concerns involve financial matters - prescribing patterns suggesting commercial influence, undisclosed private interests, or fee irregularities - this course addresses those specific obligations directly.
CPD UK Certified · 2 CPD ptsThe duty of candour - the obligation to be open and honest when things go wrong - is central to GDC probity expectations. Failures in candour after adverse events are taken seriously. This course examines what candour actually requires.
CPD UK Certified · 1.5 CPD ptsConfidentiality breaches generate a significant volume of GDC concerns. This course examines what confidentiality requires in practice, when it can lawfully be broken, and how to avoid the mistakes that lead to investigations.
CPD UK Certified · 1.5 CPD ptsConsent issues - inadequate processes, failure to involve patients in decisions - are among the most common causes of GDC referrals. This course covers what valid consent requires and how chaperone obligations connect to it.
CPD UK Certified · 1.5 CPD ptsFor dental professionals who want to understand the GDC process and build a remediation response that case examiners and committees find credible and specific.
Of all the factors GDC evaluates in a remediation response, genuine insight matters most. This module explains what insight means in the regulatory context - not self-criticism, but demonstrable understanding of what went wrong, why it happened, and why it cannot happen again.
CPD UK Certified · 1.5 CPD ptsReflection is a skill, not a natural instinct. This module teaches structured reflection - not vague statements about feeling remorseful, but analysis of what happened, what it means, and how your practice has changed as a result.
CPD UK Certified · 1.5 CPD ptsRemediation is not just completing courses. It is a documented process of change that GDC can evaluate. This module explains what a robust response looks like - what to include, how to sequence it, and how to present it so examiners can see genuine improvement.
CPD UK Certified · 1.5 CPD ptsA comprehensive overview of the fitness to practise framework - what triggers investigations, how cases are assessed, and what outcomes are possible. Useful for dental professionals who are new to the process and need to understand what they are dealing with.
CPD UK Certified · 2 CPD ptsOne of the central questions in any GDC case is whether the same thing will happen again. This course builds the tools to answer that convincingly - identifying root causes, implementing personal safeguards, and documenting changes that reduce the risk of recurrence.
CPD UK Certified · 2 CPD ptsBoundary concerns in dental practice - from inappropriate patient relationships to social media conduct - are treated seriously because they affect patient safety and public trust in the profession.
Professional boundaries exist to protect patients - and dental professionals. When they are crossed, even gradually without deliberate intent, careers can end. This course examines where the lines are drawn and how to maintain them when the pressure to compromise is real.
CPD UK Certified · 2 CPD ptsSocial media has created new categories of professional boundary violation. Inappropriate online conduct - from patient contact to public commentary on cases - generates GDC referrals as readily as conduct in the clinic.
CPD UK Certified · 2 CPD ptsA GDC investigation damages trust. This course focuses on what genuine trust-rebuilding looks like - not performative gestures but sustained changes in behaviour that colleagues, employers, and patients can observe and verify.
CPD UK Certified · 2 CPD ptsConcerns about discriminatory treatment, failure to maintain patient dignity, or biased professional conduct are taken seriously by GDC under professional standards and equalities law. This course examines what those obligations require.
CPD UK Certified · 2 CPD ptsWhere concerns relate to clinical competence - errors in judgement, outdated practice, or knowledge gaps - this course addresses the competence domain of the GDC Standards and how to demonstrate competence has been restored.
CPD UK Certified · 2 CPD ptsA credible remediation response is not a list of certificates. It is a structured body of evidence that tells a coherent story of genuine change.
Read your GDC notification and identify which Standard for the Dental Team the concern relates to. This determines which courses are most evidentially relevant.
Select two or three courses most directly relevant and begin immediately. Early completion carries more evidential weight.
Work through each course. Your CPD UK certificate is issued automatically on completion and is ready for immediate submission.
Combine certificates with a reflective statement, evidence of practice changes, and employer or supervisor reports where relevant. Submit with your GDC response.
There are many CPD courses available. Most are designed for routine professional development. These courses are different - they are written specifically for dentists and dental professionals navigating General Dental Council fitness to practise investigations.
Every course aligns to a specific GDC Standard. Your learning directly addresses what GDC has questioned.
Available the moment you purchase. Complete any time, on any device.
Independent certification. PDF certificates for direct submission.
Content addresses standards as GDC applies them - what committees look for and what genuine compliance requires.
Individual pricing at £45, £65, or £75. No ongoing charges.
FTP Courses exists because UK healthcare professionals facing regulatory investigations deserve more than generic CPD. They deserve targeted, evidence-based learning that directly addresses the standards their regulator is assessing - and they deserve it to be available immediately, when they need it most.
We built this platform specifically for nurses, doctors, dentists, pharmacists, and allied health professionals who have received a letter from their regulator and need to respond well. Every course is written for that specific purpose - not adapted from routine CPD, but built from the ground up for the regulatory context.
Our content is developed with awareness of how UK regulatory bodies assess insight, remediation, and professional fitness. We understand what case examiners look for, how panels evaluate evidence, and what genuinely good remediation looks like. That understanding shapes every word of every course.
FTP Courses was established with a single goal: provide UK-registered healthcare professionals with CPD that actually helps when they face regulatory concerns.
All courses were independently certified by CPD UK, establishing the accreditation standard that makes our certificates accepted as formal remediation evidence.
Coverage extended across all major UK healthcare regulatory bodies - GMC, NMC, GDC, GPhC, HCPC, GOC, GCC, GOsC, and Social Work England.
Over one thousand UK healthcare professionals have used FTP Courses as part of their regulatory remediation response. Our courses are regularly recommended by solicitors and defence organisations.
A dedicated platform making it faster and easier for professionals to identify the right courses, purchase securely, and access their learning immediately - with certificates issued on completion.
Verified experiences from UK-registered dentists who used FTP Courses as part of their GDC remediation response. Names and details shared with permission.
A GDC concern about consent processes could have ended my career. The consent and ethics modules were directly relevant to the specific standards GDC had questioned. I completed three courses in two weeks, wrote my reflective statement using the frameworks provided, and submitted everything through my defence organisation. The case was resolved without a hearing.
The GDC Standards for the Dental Team course helped me understand not just what I had done but why it was considered a professional failing rather than a clinical error. That distinction was crucial to my response. My solicitor said it was the most important insight in my entire submission.
As a dental core trainee, the investigation process was completely unfamiliar to me. FTP Courses gave me the structure I needed. The Fitness to Practise module explained the process clearly, and the Ethics module gave me the content for a strong reflective statement.
Dental professionals who navigate GDC investigations most effectively engage early, build targeted evidence specific to the Standards at issue, and present a clear record of change. Instant access on purchase.
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