2024, issue 27

ConfiDental: a listening service for colleagues in need

ByJohn Lewis

Published18 March 2024

If you're going through a tough time, it helps to talk to someone who understands. Sadly, many dental professionals bottle things up until they hit crisis point – but there is another way.

Over a third of calls have come from dentists who qualified in the last five years and are now thinking of leaving the profession.

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I find it incredibly rewarding and it feeds into everything I do; my practice, the LDC and as a CQC advisor.

John Lewis

Having qualified from Sheffield Dental School in 1986, John has been a qualified dentist for 35 years and is principal of a private and referral practice in Penrith, Cumbria. As well as being a trustee and volunteer for ConfiDental, he's also been an FD trainer, mentor, LDC chair and CQC SpA.