2015, issue 3

Piecing together a complaints procedure

Sarah Ide smilling
Having a proper complaints procedure can help you solve patient issues and restore calm, as DDU dento-legal advisers Sarah Ide and David Lauder explain.

This page was correct at publication on 19/12/2015. Any guidance is intended as general guidance for members only. If you are a member and need specific advice relating to your own circumstances, please contact one of our advisers.

Dr Sarah Ide

Sarah Ide is one of the dento-legal advisers at the DDU. She qualified in 1992 from Guys and worked there as a house officer before entering general practice as a VT. Sarah worked in independent and private general practice for 25 years and completed an MSc in Aesthetic dentistry at King's. She's been working at the DDU for nine years, initially combining this work with general practice, and now working here full time.

David Lauder
Dento-legal adviser

David qualified from Newcastle Dental School in 2002. His post-graduate training included qualifications from the Eastman Dental Hospital and the Royal College of Surgeons, after which he worked in a number of dental settings in the UK and abroad. He has always pursued an interest in the legal aspects of dentistry and has a Master of Laws degree in the Legal Aspects of Medical Practice.