2019, issue 15

Friendly fire

ByJohn Makin

Published07 November 2019

The DDU sees a number of claims involving criticism of one registrant by another, but there are things we can do to try and deflect this 'friendly fire', says John Makin.

Colleagues should explain their clinical findings to patients in clear terms, and answer any questions honestly, but subjective and inflammatory comments about others' work or treatment should be avoided.

John Makin

Head of the DDU

John Makin BDS PgDL PgCDE FHEA is head of the DDU. He qualified in Manchester in 1983 and has worked as a general dental practitioner in Lancashire and Devon before joining the DDU as a dento-legal adviser. He was involved with foundation training for many years as both a trainer and VT adviser/training programme director with the Manchester and Exeter DFT schemes.