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 Akhtar Zeb Jan, dentist (General Dental Council 62106).
Decision date: 7 April 2026 · Hearing started 7 April 2026
In plain English
The GDC tribunal decided at a review hearing that Mr Jan's fitness to practise as a dentist remains impaired by misconduct. He had previously been placed under conditions of practice following CQC inspection failures at his dental practice. The tribunal found he had not engaged with the GDC, had not complied with his conditions, and had provided no evidence of remediation or insight. The tribunal revoked the conditions order and imposed a 12-month suspension with a review, with immediate effect.
Charges
Review hearing of a conditions of practice order originally imposed in May 2023 following findings of misconduct. The original misconduct related to failures as practice principal to adhere to laws, regulations, standards and policies in respect of clinical waste disposal, emergency medical equipment, decontamination procedures, and health and safety requirements, identified by the CQC at inspections in 2019.
Findings
The Committee found that Mr Jan's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of misconduct. He had failed to engage positively with the GDC, had not complied with his conditions, and had produced no evidence of insight or remediation. Given his continued non-engagement and refusal to accept the original findings, the Committee determined that conditions were no longer workable and revoked them, replacing the order with a 12-month suspension with a review. An immediate suspension order was also imposed.
Source
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