Improving Quality

A key component of the Dental Directorate Quality Management Framework is the aim to promote improvements in the quality of postgraduate dental education and training.

When a Dental Directorate Quality Management Visit to a Local Education Provider (LEP) or programmes identifies that the General Dental Council’s (GDC's) standards are not being met, the reports of these visits will make requirements that must be addressed to ensure that, in future, the GDC’s standards will be met. The Directorate will monitor the implementation of action plans submitted by the Director of Dentistry/Clinical Director/Director of Medical Education at the LEP to ensure all of the improvements have been implemented and sustained. Training Programme Directors (TPD) may also have responsibility for the action plan.

During QM visits it is not unusual to identify aspects of training that represent good practice. Our visit reports routinely record such practice and we collate examples for sharing as part of our annual report process.

This page was last updated on: 06.10.2026 at 13.40