Dental Professionals Hearings Service determination — review hearing
Suspended from practice — 1 year
The regulator’s term: suspension
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.
Concerning Jessica Hannah Gooch, dental nurse (General Dental Council 229873).
Decision date: 10 April 2026 · Hearing started 10 April 2026
In plain English
The GDC tribunal decided that Ms Gooch should be suspended from the dental nurse register for a further 12 months, with a review before the order expires. This was the first review of a suspension imposed in April 2025 for failing to co-operate with a GDC investigation. The Committee found Ms Gooch had not engaged with the GDC and provided no evidence of insight or remediation, so her fitness to practise remained impaired.
Charges
This was the first statutory review of a suspension order imposed by a Professional Conduct Committee in April 2025. The original case found that Miss Gooch had failed to co-operate with a GDC investigation, including refusing to participate in an assessment of an alleged health condition and failing to respond to communication from the GDC. Aspects of the case relating to her health were heard in private.
Findings
The Committee found that there had been no material change of circumstances since the April 2025 hearing. Miss Gooch had not engaged with the GDC, provided no evidence of insight into or remediation of her misconduct, and had stated she was not 'bothered' by the proceedings as she was no longer working as a dental nurse. The Committee concluded that her fitness to practise remained impaired on public protection grounds and on the wider public interest.
Source
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