Ending a professional relationship with a patient: Jane Merivale
Dr Jane Merivale, Senior Dentolegal Adviser at Dental Protection, explains why discussion around ending a relationship should always be couched in terms of the best interests of the patient.
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Dental Volunteering in the "New Jungle"
Time to read article: 3 mins
Mohamed Jaffer graduated in 2013 from Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.
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Removal of registrants' full address from the online register
Time to read article: 1 mins
Dental Protection welcomes this opportunity to respond and give its support to the General Dental Councils (GDC) proposals to remove registrants' addresses from the online register.
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Management of dental pain
Time to read article: 1 mins
Allocate sufficient time to form a diagnosis & record both the diagnosis and the treatment indicated in the patient’s record.
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Dental Protection explains new GDC statutory indemnity requirements for all registrants
Time to read article: 2 mins
In November 2015, the GDC changed the rules on registration to ensure that all Dentists and Dental Care Professionals (DCPs) have a statutory requirement to maintain adequate and them appropriate indemnity when practising dentistry in the UK.
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Articles and features
11/05/2016
Guidance for DCPs on Direct Access to patients
Guidance for DCPs on Direct Access to patients
Time to read article: 2 mins
When the General Dental Council (GDC) decided to allow certain DCPs direct access to patients as of 1 May 2013, many questions arose. Dental Protection sets out its stall in this article.
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When work threatens to destroy your life
Time to read article: 4 mins
I’m the sort of person that cares too much and becomes emotionally committed to my patients. While kind and caring patients appreciate this, when a patient sets out to destroy you it takes over your own life instead...
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Does requesting advice affect my annual membership subscription rate?
We do not, and never have, used the number of telephone calls from a member seeking advice as part of our risk assessment of a member.
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Buying a practice versus starting from scratch
Time to read article: 2 mins
When I started out, beginning from scratch was almost always better. There was a shortage of dentists in many rural areas, and you could open and be instantly busy. Those days are gone.
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