Dental Professionals Hearings Service determination — review hearing
GDC panel revokes dentist Prabjit Banwait's suspension imposed over dishonesty finding
A GDC Professional Conduct Committee has ended dentist Prabjit Singh Banwait's six-month suspension with immediate effect, finding his fitness to practise no longer impaired after he showed full insight into his failure to disclose a police caution when applying for registration in 2010.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 12 June 2026 · Updated 8 July 2026
No impairment found
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The regulator considered the case and found that the practitioner's fitness to practise was not currently impaired. No restrictions are imposed.
Concerning Prabjit Singh Banwait, dentist (General Dental Council 192102).
Decision date: 12 June 2026 · Hearing started 12 June 2026
In plain English
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Prabjit Singh Banwait's fitness to practise is no longer impaired and revoked his suspension with immediate effect at a review hearing on 12 June 2026. He had been suspended for six months in December 2025 after admitting he dishonestly failed to disclose a police caution when applying for registration. The committee found he had shown full insight and repetition was unlikely.
Charges
At the initial Professional Conduct Committee hearing in December 2025 it was found proved, based on his admission, that Mr Banwait failed to disclose a police caution received on 10 April 2007 when applying for GDC registration in May 2010, ticking 'no' to the question of whether he had received a caution. The conduct was found to be misleading and dishonest, and amounted to misconduct.
Findings
At the review hearing, the Committee was satisfied that Mr Banwait had fully addressed the concerns identified at the substantive hearing, acknowledging the gravity of his misconduct and its impact on the GDC, the dental profession and the wider public interest. It noted the misconduct was an isolated matter 16 years ago with no repetition, and was satisfied repetition was unlikely. It concluded his fitness to practise is no longer impaired and terminated the suspension order with immediate effect under Section 27C(1)(a) of the Dentists Act 1984.
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