Sir, Tabiat-Pour and colleagues' recent article provides a very useful overview of Education, regulation, representation and remuneration in dentistry (BDJ 2011; 210: 431–438). However, they've missed several important differences between Wales and England. To highlight a few, the Care Quality Commission's remit stops at Offa's Dyke - as does Monitor's. In Wales the healthcare regulator is Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW), and we have retained Community Health Councils. The system in Wales is increasingly divergent from that in England and the other home countries - we keep a warm 'welcome in the hillside' to readers who'd like to visit us!

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