GDC move to save £3.2 million

The General Dental Council (GDC) expects to save £3.2 million over five years by leaving its long-standing Wimpole Street headquarters.

The regulator will relocate its London office to Eastbourne Terrace in Paddington, leaving the Wimpole Street address it has occupied since 1956. Contracts have been exchanged and the GDC expects to begin the transition this summer, with the full move completed by September 2026.

Gurvinder Soomal, chief operating officer at the GDC, said: ‘Wimpole Street has been our home for 70 years, but we now need an office with a working environment fit for the way we operate today.

‘The new space is smaller, modern, sustainable, better suited to hybrid working, and will better support collaborative working as we will be co-located in one area rather than split over several floors at Wimpole Street.’

The Dental Professionals Hearings Service will also move to Avonmore Road in West Kensington, where the GDC said it will initially provide three dedicated hearing suites.

The relocation comes in response to an increase in in-person hearings throughout 2026, which the regulator expects to continue into 2027. The GDC has not yet confirmed when the hearings service relocation will be completed.

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