2022, issue 23

Moving from NHS to private practice

Rupert Hoppenbrouwers
ByRupert Hoppenbrouwers
Published27 September 2022
Moving from NHS to private practice is a complex procedure. Here's our brief introduction to some of the dento-legal considerations.

To comply with GDC requirements, you will also need to tell patients who don't wish to transfer to private care where they can find out about available NHS services.

This page was correct at publication on 27/09/2022. 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.

Rupert Hoppenbrouwers
Senior dento-legal adviser

Rupert Hoppenbrouwers (BDS LDSRCS) was head of the DDU until his retirement at the end of 2015. He is a former general dental practitioner and was director of the School of Dental Hygiene at University College Hospital, London, from 1980 to 1986. He has lectured and written widely on risk management and dento-legal matters, has previously chaired the UK Dental Law and Ethics Forum, and has a particular interest in complex ethical and legal issues affecting dental members

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