Recep Atakan Songür
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Conditions from:
26 Feb 2025
until:
25 Aug 2026
Conditions:
1. You must notify the GDC within 7 days of any dental practices of which you are the owner or part owner, for any post you accept for which GDC registration is required, and the Commissioning Body on whose Dental Performers List you are included.
2. If employed, you must provide contact details of your employer to the GDC within 7 days of this determination and allow the GDC to exchange information with your employer or any contracting body for which you provide dental services.
3. You must inform the GDC within 7 days of any formal disciplinary proceedings taken against you, from the date of this determination.
4. You must inform the GDC within 7 days of any complaint made against you, from the date of this determination.
5. You must inform the GDC if you apply for dental employment outside the UK, within 7 days of such an application being made.
6. You must inform the GDC, within 7 days of these conditions taking effect, if you are registered with any overseas regulator (or equivalent authority) or within 7 days of making an application for registration with any overseas regulator or equivalent authority.
7. At any time you are employed to provide dental services which require you to be registered with the GDC, you must agree to the appointment of a Workplace Reporter* nominated by you and approved by the GDC.
8. You must not start/restart work until your proposed workplace reporter has been approved by the GDC
9. You must provide reports from your workplace reporter to the GDC every three months and at least 14 days prior to any review hearing
10. You must permit the GDC and the Workplace Reporter to exchange information.
11. You must inform within 7 days the following parties that your registration is subject to the conditions, listed at 1 to 10 above, and provide written evidence to the GDC that this has been done:
a) Any organisation or person employing or contracting with you to undertake dental work;
b) Any locum agency or out-of-hours service you are registered with;
c) Any prospective employer (at the time of application);
d) Any Commissioning Body in whose Dental Performers List you are included or seeking inclusion (at the time of application).
12. You must permit the GDC to disclose the conditions, listed at 1 to 11 above, to any person requesting information about your registration status.
*Workplace reporter
A workplace reporter will provide reports to the GDC on the registrant’s compliance with conditions or undertakings and will notify the GDC of any concerns or complaints. Practice committees can also require workplace reporters to report on progress towards remediation in an area or areas of concern.
The GDC must approve the workplace reporter before a registrant can return to work. The registrant or their representative will need to provide the workplace reporter’s full name and contact details, current CV and a signed copy of the ‘Workplace reporter agreement form’. The workplace reporter and the workplace supervisor (see below for definition) can be the same person.
The workplace reporter must agree to provide reports to the GDC at the intervals specified in the registrant’s conditions or undertakings.
They can use a GDC template to meet this requirement. All reports must include:
• Dates of meetings between the workplace reporter and the registrant.
• Confirmation that the registrant is complying with their conditions or undertakings.
• Details of any patient complaints received and the outcome of these complaints.
• Details of any concerns raised in the workplace about the registrant’s fitness to practise.
• Details of any formal disciplinary action Details of the registrant’s progress on remedial activities.
• Any other information relevant to the registrant’s compliance with their conditions or undertakings
If the workplace reporter does not work at the same place as the registrant, they must be able to attend the practice and access any documentation relevant to the registrant’s conditions or undertakings. Sometimes, the practice committee, IOC or case examiner may specify that the workplace reporter must always be on premises with the registrant.
Registration History:
At a review hearing on 5 August 2025 the Interim Orders Committee continued the conditions on Mr Songur's registration for the remainder of the 18 month order. The order was originally imposed on 26 February 2025.
This will be reviewed in 6 months.