Vitalija Irena Pakeniene
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Conditions from:
08 Oct 2025
until:
04 May 2027
Conditions:
1. You must work with a Postgraduate Dental Dean/Director (or a nominated deputy), to formulate a Personal Development Plan, specifically designed to address the deficiencies in the following areas of your practice:
• Record keeping, in respect of informed consent, radiographic recording and reporting, and the correct use of templates;
• Clinical incident reporting involving patients, in respect of the accurate detailing of them in the clinical notes and the Accident Book;
• Referrals, in respect of the information that should be provided in the clinical notes when referring a patient for further dental treatment;
2. You must forward a copy of your Personal Development Plan to the GDC within three months of the date on which these conditions become effective.
3. You must meet with the Postgraduate Dental Dean/Director (or a nominated deputy), on a regular basis to discuss your progress towards achieving the aims set out in your Personal Development Plan. The frequency of your meetings is to be set by the Postgraduate Dental Dean/Director (or a nominated deputy).
4. You must allow the GDC to exchange information about the standard of your professional performance and your progress towards achieving the aims set out in your Personal Development Plan with the Postgraduate Dental Dean/Director (or a nominated deputy), and any other person involved in your retraining and supervision.
5. You must notify the GDC promptly of any professional appointment you accept and provide the contact details of your employer or any organisation for which you are contracted to provide dental services.
6. You must allow the GDC to exchange information with your employer or any organisation for which you are contracted to provide dental services, and any Postgraduate Dental Dean/Director or reporter referred to in these conditions.
7. At any time you are providing dental services, which require you to be registered with the GDC, you must agree to the appointment of a reporter nominated by you and approved by the GDC. The reporter shall be a GDC registrant.
8. You must allow the reporter to provide reports to the GDC at intervals of not more than three months and the GDC will make these reports available to any Postgraduate Dental Dean/Director referred to in these conditions.
9. You must inform the GDC of any formal disciplinary proceedings taken against you, from the date of this determination.
10. You must inform the GDC if you apply for dental employment outside the UK.
11. a. You shall carry out an audit of the following:
• Informed consent provided to patients in respect of tooth extractions – involving any consent form for extraction and the patients’ records;
• Your accurate use of templates in clinical records using a sample size of 20 patients every three months.
b. You must provide a copy of this audit to the GDC every three months or, alternatively, confirm that there have been no such cases.
12. You must maintain a log of all radiographs taken and your recording and reporting of them in accordance with the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations.
13. You must provide a copy of this log to the GDC every three months or, alternatively, confirm that there have been no such cases.
14. You must provide to the GDC a written reflective piece to demonstrate your development of insight into your misconduct and your remediation journey. This must be provided to the GDC no later than 28 days before the next PCC review hearing.
15. You must inform within one week the following parties that your registration is subject to the conditions, listed at (1) to (14), above:
• Any organisation or person employing or contracting with you to undertake dental work;
• Any locum agency or out-of-hours service you are registered with or apply to be registered with (at the time of application);
• Any prospective employer (at the time of application);
• The Commissioning Body on whose Dental Performers List you are included or seeking inclusion, or Local Health Board if in Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland (at the time of application).
16. You must permit the GDC to disclose the above conditions, (1) to (15), to any person requesting information about his registration status.
Registration History:
On 3 October 2025, the Professional Conduct Committee imposed conditions on Ms Pakeniene's registration for a period of 18 months. This will be reviewed before the end of the order.
The Committee also ordered that their registration be made conditional immediately.
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PAKENIENE, Vitalija Irena (175264) - Determination Document
PAKENIENE, Vitalija Irena (175264) - Determination Document