2021, issue 19

COVID-19: questions and concerns

John Makin DDU dento-legal adviser
ByJohn Makin
Published14 May 2021
What issues prompted the most requests for advice and support from DDU members during the pandemic in 2020?

A handful [of complaints] disputed the way practices implemented COVID-secure measures, including some patients who were unhappy that they had been asked to wear a mask.

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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.

COVID-19: questions and concerns