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Dental nurseGeneral Dental Council 298490

Sophie Alice Colwill

Currently suspended

Sophie Alice Colwill, dental nurse (General Dental Council 298490). Most recent decision: Suspended from practice (the regulator’s term: suspension) on 8 April 2026 by the Dental Professionals Hearings Service.

Last verified against the General Dental Council register on 1 May 2026.

Current status

Most recent outcome: Suspended from practice (the regulator’s term: suspension) for 1 year, decided 8 April 2026 by the Dental Professionals Hearings Service.

What does “suspended from practice” mean?

A suspension is a fixed-term pause on the right to practise. The practitioner cannot work in the regulated profession during the suspension. At the end of the period the suspension may be extended, replaced with another sanction, or lifted on review.

View the source determination on Dental Professionals Hearings Service

Decisions and hearings

  1. Dental Professionals Hearings Servicesubstantive hearing

    Suspended from practice· 1 year

    The GDC tribunal decided that Miss Colwill's fitness to practise as a dental nurse is impaired by her stalking conviction and by misconduct. The Professional Conduct Committee found that she had been convicted at Exeter Magistrates' Court in May 2024 of stalking causing serious alarm and distress, and that she had then failed to tell the GDC about the conviction immediately, waiting nearly three months. The Committee found that delay was misleading and dishonest. It suspended her registration for 12 months with a review, and ordered immediate suspension to cover the appeal period.

Practitioner details

Year qualified
2021

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