Zeeshan Azam
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Conditions from:
10 Oct 2025
until:
09 Jan 2027
Conditions:
1. You must provide the GDC, within seven days, the contact details and arrangements for any appointment you accept or are currently undertaking which requires GDC registration, and allow the GDC to exchange information with your employer or any contracting body for which you provide dental services. You must also provide the GDC, within seven days, the contact details for the commissioning body in whose Dental Performers List you are included, or seeking inclusion (at the time of application).
2. From the date that these conditions take effect, you must inform the GDC within seven days of being notified of:
i. any formal disciplinary action taken against you
ii. any NHS investigation
iii. any regulatory or enforcement action taken against you or a practice for which you are the registered provider
iv. any patient complaint received about your clinical practice or conduct at work.
3. You must inform the GDC, within seven days of these conditions taking effect, if you are registered with any overseas regulator (or equivalent authority) or within seven days of making an application for registration with any overseas regulator or equivalent authority.
4. At any time you are employed to provide dental services which require you to be registered with the GDC, you must remain under the supervision* of a workplace supervisor nominated by you and approved by the GDC. The workplace supervisor must be a GDC registered dentist. You must not start/restart work until your proposed workplace supervisor has been approved by the GDC.
5. You must provide reports from your workplace supervisor to the GDC every four months and at least 14 days prior to any review hearing.
6. You must not carry out tooth extractions unless directly supervised** by a workplace supervisor nominated by you and approved by the GDC. The workplace supervisor must be a GDC registered dentist. You must not carry out tooth extractions until your proposed workplace supervisor has been approved by the GDC.
7. You must maintain a log detailing every case where you have undertaken a tooth extraction.
8. You must provide a copy of this log verified by your workplace supervisor to the GDC every four months and at least 14 days prior to any review or alternatively, provide a written statement confirming that there have been no such cases during that period also verified by your workplace supervisor.
9. You must inform, within seven days, the following parties that your registration is subject to the conditions listed at [1] to [8]:
• Any organisation or person employing you or who has an arrangement with you to undertake dental work.
• Any professional regulatory body you are registered with, or apply to be registered with (at the time of application).
• 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 in whose Dental Performers List you are included, or seeking inclusion (at the time of application.
• The NHS England regional director of public health.
You must forward written evidence of your compliance with this condition to the GDC within seven days of notifying the relevant parties of your conditions.
* Supervised: the workplace supervisor must supervise the registrant’s day-to-day work in a way prescribed in the relevant condition or undertaking. The workplace supervisor does not need to work at the same practice as the registrant, but they must be available to provide advice or assistance if the registrant needs it. Where the workplace supervisor is unavailable through illness or planned absence, the registrant must not work, unless an approved alternative workplace supervisor is in place. The workplace supervisor must review the registrant’s work at least once a fortnight in one-to-one meetings and case-based discussions. These meetings must focus on all areas of concern identified by the conditions or undertakings. These meetings should usually be in person. If this is not possible, at least one of every two fortnightly meetings must be in person.
**Directly Supervised: the workplace supervisor must observe the registrant’s day-to-day work, or the particular element(s) of the registrant’s work, as prescribed in the relevant condition or undertaking. The workplace supervisor must always be on site and available to directly observe the specified element(s) when the registrant is working. Where the workplace supervisor is unavailable through illness or planned absence, the registrant must not carry out the specified element(s) of their work unless an approved alternative workplace supervisor is in place. Conditions or undertakings will specify which element(s) of a registrant’s practice to observe.
Registration History:
At a review hearing on 18 March 2026 the Interim Orders Committee continued the conditions on Mr Azam's registration for the remainder of the 15 months order. The interim order was originally imposed from 10 October 2025. Please note that Mr Azam's registration is currently subject to sanctions under two separate cases. This will be reviewed in 6 months. The conditions on registration are listed on Mr Azam's register entry. To visit the register entry, please copy this link and open it in your browser: https://olr.gdc-uk.org/SearchRegister/SearchResult?RegistrationNumber=229829&Surname=&qs=1
At a review hearing on 26 February 2026, the Professional Conduct Committee allowed the conditions on Mr Zeeshan's registration to lapse at the end of the 12 month order.
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AZAM, Zeeshan (229829) - Determination Document
AZAM, Zeeshan (229829) - Determination Document