Dental Professionals Hearings Service determination — review hearing
GDC panel indefinitely suspends dental nurse Lynn Price in dishonesty and conviction case
The GDC's Professional Conduct Committee has suspended dental nurse Lynn Price indefinitely, finding her fitness to practise still impaired by a drink-driving conviction, dishonesty towards her employer and adverse health, after almost three years without engagement.
MedicWatch editorial · Published 22 June 2026 · Updated 10 July 2026
Indefinite suspension (suspended indefinitely)
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What does “suspended indefinitely” mean?
An indefinite suspension is a pause on the right to practise with no fixed end date. The practitioner cannot work in the regulated profession until the regulator reviews the case and decides the suspension can be lifted. Indefinite suspensions are imposed in the most serious cases, often where a fixed period would not adequately protect the public.
Concerning Lynn Price, dental nurse (General Dental Council 153277).
Decision date: 22 June 2026 · Hearing started 22 June 2026
In plain English
The GDC tribunal decided that dental nurse Lynn Price should be suspended indefinitely. At a review hearing on 22 June 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee found her fitness to practise remained impaired by reason of a drink-driving conviction, misconduct including dishonesty towards her employer, and adverse health. She had been suspended since June 2023 and had not engaged with the GDC. She may request a review two years after the order takes effect on 24 July 2026.
Charges
The initial Professional Conduct Committee (June 2023) found proved that Ms Price was convicted on 2 August 2017 at Merseyside Magistrates Court of driving a motor vehicle with alcohol in excess of the prescribed limit; that between 21 May 2021 and about 14 July 2021 she failed to respond to a GDC letter requiring specified information and failed to cooperate with a GDC investigation; that between 2 August 2017 and about 22 April 2021 she did not inform her then employer of her criminal conviction, which was misleading and dishonest; that she provided false information to her former employer about her continued employment in dentistry, which was misleading and dishonest; and that she was suffering from an adverse health condition.
Findings
At the third review of a suspension order first imposed in June 2023, the Committee found that Ms Price's fitness to practise remains impaired by reason of her conviction, misconduct and adverse health. She had not engaged with the GDC since the order was imposed, had demonstrated no insight, reflection or remediation, and the Committee concluded the risk of repetition remained high. Noting that almost three years had elapsed with no material change, the Committee determined that the only appropriate and proportionate sanction was indefinite suspension. Ms Price may request a review two years after 24 July 2026, the date the order takes effect. Parts of the hearing concerning Ms Price's health were held in private.
Source
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