DPL has been publicly very critical of the Assessment and Investigating Committee stages of FTP cases since the current rules were introduced in 2006. In our experience both the Assessment stage and IC have been inconsistent in both quality and operation and therefore unfair to both the registrants and the informants. The decision to dispense with a dentally qualified screener has handicapped the early stages of the process and we welcome the introduction of a clinical review before assessment.

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