Waqas Sikander
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Conditions from:
04 Aug 2025
until:
29 Oct 2025
Conditions:
1. He must notify the GDC within 7 days of any post he accepts for which GDC registration is required and the Commissioning Body on whose Dental Performers List he is included.
2. If employed, he must provide contact details of his employer to the GDC within 7 days of this determination and allow the GDC to exchange information with his employer or any contracting body for which he provides dental services.
3. He must inform the GDC within 7 days of any formal disciplinary proceedings taken against him, from the date of this determination.
4. He must inform the GDC within 7 days of any complaint made against him, from the date of this determination.
5. He must inform the GDC if he applies for dental employment outside the UK, within 7 days of such an application being made.
6. He must not work as a locum or undertake any out-of-hours work or on-call duties and must not work as a sole practitioner.
7. At any time he is employed, or providing dental services, which require him to be registered with the GDC, he must place himself and remain under the *supervision of a workplace supervisor nominated by him, and agreed by the GDC. The supervisor shall be a GDC registered dentist working at the same practice, but not necessarily the same location, as him and shall supervise him in respect of the following:
• his clinical practice.
8. He must not return to work until the workplace supervisor has been approved by the GDC.
9. At least every two months he shall arrange for an auditor to conduct an audit of his patients’ records, including in respect of treatment planning, pre-operative assessments, radiographic practice, obtaining valid consent and record keeping. The Auditor must be a GDC registered dentist and must be approved by the GDC. The registrant must share the completed audits with his supervisor.
10. He must allow his workplace supervisor to provide reports to the GDC monthly and immediately upon concerns being raised. The reports shall cover the following (including but not limited to):
• confirmation that the Supervisor has invited staff members and members of the dental team working at the same site as the Registrant to notify the Supervisor of any concerns relating to inappropriate behaviour on the Registrant’s part;
• confirmation that there have been no concerns raised by staff members or members of the dental team, and about any reported or observed inappropriate comments or behaviour; and
• confirmation (bi-monthly) that audits of patients’ records have been conducted in respect of treatment planning, pre-operative assessments, radiographic practice, obtaining valid consent and record keeping, evidence of these audits and any comments.
11. He must inform within 7 days the following parties that his registration is subject to the conditions, listed at 1 to 10 above, and provide evidence to the GDC that this has been done:
a. Any organisation or person employing or contracting with him to undertake dental work;
b. Any prospective employer (at the time of application);
c. The Commissioning Body or Health Board in whose Dental Performers List he is included or seeking inclusion (at the time of application);
d. Every member of the dental team and all employees at the practice(s) where he works. They must also be informed that they should contact the GDC immediately if they are concerned about his fitness to practise and/or his compliance with the conditions.
12. He must permit the GDC to disclose the conditions, listed at 1 to 12 above, to any person requesting information about his registration status.
* In the context of this interim order “supervision” means that the registrant’s day to day work must be supervised by a person who is registered with the GDC in their category of the register or above. The supervisor need not work at the same location as the registrant, but must make himself/herself available to provide advice or assistance should they be required. The registrant’s work must be reviewed at least once fortnightly by the supervisor via one to one meetings and case-based discussion. These fortnightly meetings must be focused on all areas of concern identified by the conditions.
Registration History:
At a review hearing on 30 July 2025 the Interim Orders Committee varied and continued Mr Sikander's conditions, originally imposed on 30 September 2022 for 15 months. On 05 December 2023 the High Court extended the order for 12 months. On 4 December 2024 the High Court extended the order again for 10 months. This interim order is due to expire on 29 October 2025 and the GDC will be applying to the High Court for an extension of it. In the event that such an application is granted, the order will be reviewed in accordance with the GDC's statutory requirements.
The conditions on registration are listed on Mr Sikander'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=249351&Surname=&qs=1