Dental Professionals Hearings Service determination — substantive hearing
GDC panel suspends dentist Jeremy Isaac for 12 months over prescription fraud conviction
The GDC's Professional Conduct Committee has suspended dentist Jeremy David Isaac for 12 months after his conviction for fraud by false representation, committed by prescribing Diazepam for his own use in the names of patients and colleagues between 2015 and 2022.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 20 May 2026 · Updated 9 July 2026
Suspension (suspended from practice) — 1 year
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Concerning Jeremy David Isaac, dentist (General Dental Council 57508).
Decision date: 20 May 2026 · Hearing started 18 May 2026 and ended 20 May 2026
In plain English
The GDC tribunal decided that dentist Jeremy David Isaac's fitness to practise was impaired by his conviction for fraud by false representation, and suspended his registration for 12 months with a review. Mr Isaac had pleaded guilty at Swansea Magistrates' Court to prescribing Diazepam for his own use in the names of patients and colleagues between 2015 and 2022. The Committee found impairment on public interest grounds only and did not impose an immediate order.
Charges
That being a registered dentist, on 16 August 2023 he pleaded guilty and was convicted at Swansea Magistrates' Court of one offence of fraud by false representation, contrary to sections 1 and 2 of the Fraud Act 2006, committed between 1 January 2015 and 30 April 2022, and that by reason of the conviction his fitness to practise is impaired. The charge was admitted and found proved.
Findings
The Committee found Mr Isaac's fitness to practise currently impaired by reason of his conviction, solely on public interest grounds; it found no impairment on public protection grounds, noting a low risk of repetition, genuine remorse and no evidence of actual patient harm. The conviction arose from self-prescribing Diazepam using the names of patients and colleagues as part of a fraud against the NHS, for which he received an 8-month custodial sentence suspended for 12 months, a £10,000 fine and costs. The Committee suspended his registration for 12 months with a review, revoked the interim conditions, and determined an immediate order was not necessary.
Mitigating and aggravating factors
Mitigating factors
Previous good character; evidence of good conduct following the incident, including compliance with GDC interim conditions, negative drug tests, compliance with all investigations, no further issues in the past 4 years, and early and full admissions throughout the investigations and court proceedings; evidence of remorse, insight and/or apology, having spoken with the patients and colleagues affected; remedial action taken; no evidence of actual harm to patients; several life events during the period which led to the behaviour.
Aggravating factors
Misconduct sustained or repeated over a significant period of time (7/8 years); related to 10 patients and 579 tablets; abuse of trust/abuse of professional position.
Source
All facts on this page are drawn from the publicly published Dental Professionals Hearings Service determination linked below. MedicWatch does not editorialise the regulator’s findings.
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