Dental Professionals Hearings Service determination — review hearing
GDC Health Committee extends conditions on dentist Bhavish Patel for six months
The GDC's Health Committee has extended the conditions on dentist Bhavish Patel's registration for a further six months, finding his fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of adverse health. The order, first imposed in May 2023, will be reviewed again before it expires.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 10 June 2026 · Updated 8 July 2026
Conditions on practice (practising with restrictions) — 6 months
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Concerning Bhavish Patel, dentist (General Dental Council 74574).
Decision date: 10 June 2026 · Hearing started 10 June 2026
In plain English
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Bhavish Patel's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of adverse health and extended the conditions on his registration for six months at a review hearing on 10 June 2026. The Health Committee found he had broadly complied with the conditions, first imposed in May 2023, and that conditions remain the appropriate and proportionate order. A further review will take place before the order ends.
Charges
The original Health Committee hearing in August 2022 found proved allegations, all admitted, relating to Mr Patel's adverse health and to his failure to cooperate with the GDC's investigation: from 26 April 2021 to 27 May 2021 he did not provide details of his working arrangements, sufficient evidence of indemnity, a medical reference form, or a completed Health Assessment form. The failure to cooperate was found to amount to misconduct. Substantial parts of the determination relating to his health are private and not in the public record.
Findings
At the review hearing on 10 June 2026, the Health Committee determined that Mr Patel's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of adverse health, for the protection of the public and in the wider public interest — a position both parties accepted. It found he had broadly complied with his conditions and had been in work for a prolonged period, and concluded that conditions of practice remain workable, measurable, appropriate and proportionate. It extended the conditions of practice order for 6 months, with a review before the end of the order. The hearing was held in private under Rule 53 because it concerned health; private material is omitted from the public determination.
Source
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