As dental practices opened up after lockdown not all practices were able to offer care an some were only offering limited NHS care but greater access to private appointments. This article, published in the BDJ in Practice looks briefly at some of the...
At the start of the pandemic there was a severe shortage of personal protective equipment and dentists , like other healthcare workers, had to continue looking after patients despite the potential danger to themselves and their teams. Should our first response to these ethical challenges be to look after ourselves...
This is an overview of the law of consent as it currently relates to England with particular refernce to general dental practice Loading... Taking too long? Reload document | Open...
This Opinion piece was published in the BDJ in January 2020 in response to the GDC statistic that nearly 10% of all cases that are referred to it come from another registrant . Whilst there is a legitimate need to raise concerns or whistleblow when patient safety is an issue and no action has been taken locally, it is...
This article , published in the British Dental Journal in November 2018looks at the provision of professional indemnity in the UK, what the different products are and the importance of making appropriate choices that suit your practicing circumstances in what is quite a confusing...
The consistent mantra from anyone associated with indemnity organisations advising on managing complaints will be, “You need to write more notes”. A response to that is the widespread use of electronic notes and with it templates and copy and paste ready made notes. These are clearly time saving devices when much of...
Martin Woodrow from the BDA has written this article in BDJ in Practice about the progress (or lack ) of NHS dental contract reform in England. Along with other pilot practices ,I was interviewed as part of the article and shared my views of some of the frustrations and concerns going...
This peer reviewed article , published in the BDJ, reflects on the educational development of the dental law and ethics course at the University Bedfordshire.With the help of Claire Morris, I inspired and designed the curriculum for the PG Cert which uniquely was the only one in the UK that provides this specifically...
This article was part of a themed issues in the British Dental Journal inspired and edited by Professor Avi Banerjee from Kings College. Loading... Taking too long? Reload...
This article , written with two experienced solicitors from BLM and published in the peer reviewed BDJ, looks at the consent landscape following the landmark Montgomery case in 2016 and considers how courts are viewing these matters...