Press releases

DDU successfully supports member facing 'blue on blue' complaint

6 March 2023

A dental professional who faced a very stressful complaint, made to NHS England by a colleague, has shared how the Dental Defence Union (DDU) supported her during the subsequent investigation.

DDU disappointed that GDC at back of the queue for regulatory reform

20 February 2023

GDC not one of healthcare regulators prioritised for reform.

Dental professionals turn to coping mechanisms to deal with intense workplace pressures, DDU survey finds

30 January 2023

More than eight in 10 dental professionals say that workplace pressures have increased in the past two to three years.

Delays in GDC cases have a human cost, DDU explains to body overseeing performance

9 August 2022

We urge the GDC to re-double efforts to improve its fitness to practise processes.