2023, issue 26

Campaigning for a fair deal for dental professionals

ByJohn Makin

Published17 October 2023

New curbs on excessive legal costs and a GDC pilot to lessen the burden of fitness to practise investigations are important wins - but the DDU's work on behalf of the profession doesn't stop there.

The DDU has been at the forefront in articulating concerns about the fairness of the clinical negligence system and disproportionality in legal costs.

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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.