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 Robert Walter Brown, dentist (General Dental Council 55986).
Decision date: 10 April 2026 · Hearing started 10 April 2026
In plain English
The GDC tribunal decided that Mr Brown's suspension from the dentist register would be extended for a further 12 months, with a review before the order expires. The Committee was reviewing a suspension first imposed in March 2025 for failing to cooperate with a GDC investigation into a patient complaint. It found no evidence of insight or remediation and concluded Mr Brown's fitness to practise remained impaired.
Charges
This was the first review of a substantive suspension order imposed by the Professional Conduct Committee in March 2025. The original case found proved that, between 5 October 2022 and 26 June 2023, Mr Brown failed to fully cooperate with a GDC investigation by not providing requested patient records and indemnity evidence. The investigation was triggered by a patient complaint about treatment provided at a practice where Mr Brown was the Principal.
Findings
The Committee found that there had been no material change of circumstances since the initial hearing. Mr Brown had not engaged meaningfully with the GDC, had provided no evidence of insight, reflection or remediation, and had not responded to multiple reminders. The Committee concluded that the risk of repetition remained high and that his fitness to practise remained impaired by reason of misconduct, on both public protection and wider public interest grounds.
Source
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