GDC Non Clinical / FTP CPD
Non-Clinical & FTP CPD for Dental Professionals
Structured reflective CPD covering probity, candour, complaints, documentation, professional boundaries, professionalism, and remediation for dental professionals. Designed around the Standards for the Dental Team.
Important information
These courses are regulator-informed and standards-aligned. They are not GDC-approved and do not guarantee any fitness to practise, enhanced CPD compliance, remediation, or regulatory outcome. Certificate of completion is provided on completion.
Who this page is for
Non-clinical and FTP CPD for dentists, dental nurses, dental hygienists, dental therapists, dental technicians, clinical dental technicians, and orthodontic therapists.
Dentists completing reflective CPD
Self-directed professional development to strengthen your enhanced CPD portfolio and reflective practice.
Dental nurses, hygienists, therapists, and technicians
Structured learning aligned with the regulatory standards framework that applies to all GDC registrants.
Dental team members responding to workplace concerns
Courses that support reflection and learning when professional conduct questions arise in dental practice.
Professionals wanting structured learning around probity, complaints, or candour
Focused modules on specific FTP and conduct topics relevant to dental practice.
Professionals rebuilding confidence after a complaint or conduct concern
Reflective courses that may support remediation planning and rebuilding professional trust.
Dental practice owners seeking CPD for their teams
Structured non-clinical and FTP courses suitable for team development and workplace learning plans.
GDC Investigation Guidance
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GDC Ethics & Conduct Concerns
Reflective CPD covering ethical reasoning, honesty, candour, and applying regulatory standards in day-to-day decision-making. Suitable when concerns have been raised about your conduct, integrity, or the ethical judgement underpinning your practice.
Primary Recommended 3
Professionalism and Ethical Decision-Making
Duty of Candour in Healthcare Practice
Equality, Dignity and Respect in Healthcare
Further Relevant 6
Probity, Honesty and Professional Integrity
Confidentiality and Information Governance
Communication, Complaints and De-escalation
Ethics in Healthcare Practice
Clinical Ethics and Decision-Making
Professional Ethics for Healthcare Professionals
GDC course pathway
Courses structured around the Standards for the Dental Team. Structured around the GDC Standards for the Dental Team. Regulator-informed, not regulator-approved.
Primary courses
Insight and Reflective Practice
Develop meaningful insight into professional concerns and build a structured reflective practice that demonstrates genuine learning and change.
Remediation Planning for Healthcare Professionals
Learn how to build a credible remediation plan that addresses the root causes of professional concerns and evidences meaningful improvement.
Probity, Honesty and Professional Integrity
Understand the standards of honesty, integrity, and transparency expected of healthcare professionals and how to apply them in practice.
Fitness to Practise: Process and Preparation
An educational overview of how fitness to practise processes work, what to expect at each stage, and how preparation is typically approached.
Duty of Candour in Healthcare Practice
Learn the professional and statutory duty of candour — when and how to be open with patients and families when something goes wrong.
Communication, Complaints and De-escalation
Strengthen your communication skills, learn structured approaches to handling complaints, and practise de-escalation techniques.
Further relevant courses
Professional Boundaries in Healthcare
Recognise, maintain, and recover appropriate professional boundaries with patients, carers, colleagues, and on social media.
Documentation, Records and Accountability
Understand the standards for clinical documentation, record-keeping obligations, and professional accountability when records are reviewed.
Confidentiality and Information Governance
Learn the principles of patient confidentiality, lawful information sharing, and your responsibilities under data protection and regulatory standards.
Professionalism and Ethical Decision-Making
Apply ethical frameworks to real-world professional dilemmas. Develop structured reasoning for difficult decisions in clinical and workplace settings.
Rebuilding Trust After Professional Concerns
Practical guidance on rebuilding professional trust with employers, colleagues, patients, and regulators after concerns have been raised.
Equality, Dignity and Respect in Healthcare
Explore equality, diversity, and inclusion in healthcare practice. Understand your obligations to treat all people with dignity and respect.
Ethics in Healthcare Practice
Apply ethical principles to everyday clinical and workplace situations and build confidence reasoning through values-driven decisions.
Clinical Ethics and Decision-Making
A structured approach to difficult clinical decisions — autonomy, capacity, consent, and beneficence in real-world practice.
Professional Ethics for Healthcare Professionals
Reflect on the ethical responsibilities that apply across healthcare roles — accountability, transparency, and ethical leadership.
Professionalism in Healthcare Practice
Explore the standards of behaviour expected of every healthcare professional, with practical examples from clinical and team settings.
Effective Communication in Healthcare
Strengthen your patient and colleague communication with frameworks for clarity, empathy, and shared decision-making.
Teamwork and Collaboration in Healthcare
Develop the skills to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams — handover, delegation, escalation, and collaborative problem-solving.
Preventing Complaints in Practice
Recognise the early signals of dissatisfaction and apply de-escalation, expectation-setting, and documentation to reduce formal complaints.
Financial Integrity in Professional Practice
Understand the financial conduct expected of healthcare professionals — declarations, conflicts of interest, and transparent billing.
Probity for Healthcare Professionals
A focused refresher on probity expectations across professional life — honesty in clinical records, references, and workplace disclosures.
Ethical Boundaries with Patients and Colleagues
Recognise and respond to boundary challenges in patient-facing and team relationships, including dual roles and gifts.
Social Media and Online Professionalism
How regulatory expectations apply to your online presence — patient confidentiality, peer commentary, and personal-professional separation.
Patient Privacy, Consent and Chaperoning
Clarify the practical responsibilities around privacy, informed consent, and the appropriate use of chaperones in clinical examinations.
Clinical Competence and Patient Safety
Strengthen safe practice through structured review of competence, supervision, and patient-safety reporting culture.
Learning from Mistakes: Preventing Recurrence
A structured approach to learning from clinical or professional errors — root cause review, action planning, and demonstrating change.
Building a Reflective Portfolio
Build a credible portfolio of reflective entries that evidence learning, change, and continuous professional development.
Common professional concerns and relevant courses
Select a concern area to see which courses may support your reflective CPD.
Ethical reasoning, moral judgement, and applying ethical frameworks in clinical and professional decision-making.
- Professionalism and Ethical Decision-Making £89
- Duty of Candour in Healthcare Practice £89
- Confidentiality and Information Governance £89
Professional conduct, behaviour, and meeting the expectations set out in regulatory standards.
- Probity, Honesty and Professional Integrity £89
- Professional Boundaries in Healthcare £89
- Equality, Dignity and Respect in Healthcare £89
Honesty, integrity, transparency, and trustworthiness in professional practice.
- Probity, Honesty and Professional Integrity £89
- Documentation, Records and Accountability £89
Understanding fitness to practise processes, preparation for hearings, and demonstrating insight after concerns are raised.
- Fitness to Practise: Process and Preparation £89
- Insight and Reflective Practice £89
- Remediation Planning for Healthcare Professionals £89
Structured reflection, remediation planning, and demonstrating meaningful change in practice.
- Insight and Reflective Practice £89
- Remediation Planning for Healthcare Professionals £89
- Rebuilding Trust After Professional Concerns £89
Maintaining appropriate professional boundaries with patients, colleagues, and others.
- Professional Boundaries in Healthcare £89
- Equality, Dignity and Respect in Healthcare £89
Responding to complaints, de-escalation, and learning from feedback and concerns.
- Communication, Complaints and De-escalation £89
- Duty of Candour in Healthcare Practice £89
The professional duty of candour — being open and honest when things go wrong.
- Duty of Candour in Healthcare Practice £89
- Communication, Complaints and De-escalation £89
How this learning is positioned
- Reflective CPD — courses are designed for self-directed reflective learning, not formal assessment.
- Certificate of completion — a certificate is provided on completion of each course.
- Self-directed professional development — you choose which courses fit your learning needs and CPD objectives.
- Personal learning records — completion may be useful as evidence in your personal learning record or reflective portfolio.
- Not legal advice — course content is educational. It does not constitute legal advice, indemnity advice, or replace formal legal representation.
- Not regulator approval — courses are regulator-informed and standards-aligned. They are not approved or endorsed by the GDC or any regulatory body.
- Not a substitute for enhanced CPD requirements — these courses do not replace GDC enhanced CPD requirements, indemnity obligations, employer-directed remediation, or formal regulatory directions.
- No guaranteed outcome — completing these courses does not guarantee any fitness to practise, enhanced CPD compliance, remediation, or regulatory outcome.
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