Dental Professionals Hearings Service determination — review hearing
GDC Health Committee extends dentist Frank Negwer's suspension over continued non-engagement
The GDC's Health Committee has extended the suspension of dentist Frank Negwer's registration by nine months, finding his fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of health and misconduct after he failed to engage with the regulator since an earlier hearing in October 2025.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 20 May 2026 · Updated 9 July 2026
Suspension (suspended from practice) — 9 months
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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 Frank Dieter Bernhard Karl Negwer, dentist (General Dental Council 81639).
Decision date: 20 May 2026 · Hearing started 20 May 2026
In plain English
The GDC's Health Committee decided that dentist Frank Negwer's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of his health and misconduct, after he did not engage with the regulator following an earlier hearing. At a review on 20 May 2026 the Committee extended the suspension of his registration by nine months, with a further review before the order expires. The original suspension was imposed in November 2025. Much of the hearing was held in private because it concerned his health.
Charges
At the substantive hearing in October 2025, the Health Committee found proved that Mr Negwer was suffering from adverse health conditions (details private) and that he had failed to cooperate with the GDC's investigation into his fitness to practise from 31 January 2024 until at least 11 May 2024, which the Committee determined was serious and amounted to misconduct.
Findings
At the review hearing, the Committee found that Mr Negwer's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of his adverse health and misconduct. There was no evidence that he had engaged with the GDC since the substantive hearing, no evidence about the current status of his health, and no evidence of remediation or insight. The Committee concluded that terminating the suspension would not protect the public and that conditions would not be workable owing to his continuing non-engagement. It directed that the suspension be extended for nine months, with a review hearing before the expiry of the order. The hearing was held in private because the case concerned Mr Negwer's health; private material is omitted from the public determination.
Source
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