Tender: General Dental Council – Health and Medical Assessments, Toxicology Testing and Expert Witness Services for Fitness to Practise (UK-wide)

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The General Dental Council (GDC) is seeking a supplier for impartial, expert and robust health and medical assessments, toxicology testing and expert witness services to support its Fitness to Practise (FtP) regulatory functions. The supplier must deliver end-to-end services UK-wide including clinical assessments (medical, psychiatric and psychological), access to medical examiners and expert witnesses such as psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, general practitioners and occupational health practitioners, Civil Procedure Rules–compliant expert reports, in-person hair and blood toxicology sample collection (to ensure continuity of evidence and identification at point of collection), analysis and interpretation of results, timely reporting, secure handling of personal and sensitive data, and attendance at Practice Committee/FtP hearings where required to support regulatory decision-making.