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Petition · past parliament

Make the GDC a Government funded organisation not funded by dental professionals

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

GDC regulates Dental Professionals in the UK, maintaining standards for the benefit of patients. It serves and protects the public and should be a government funded body. It does not serve the benefits of the dental professions that it forces mandatory registration to.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Make General Dental Council (GDC) a tax-payer funded organisation.

Timeline

2 Feb 2018 Petition opened for signatures
8 Feb 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 8 Feb 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.