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Find a wealth of expert guidance and practical advice to help you practise with confidence. Everything from safeguarding to consent, writing reports to investigations, plus our guide to professional indemnity for dentists.
A DDU member's case offers some important lessons on what helps - and hinders - a successful defence of a clinical negligence claim.
You can't prevent a photographer from taking pictures from the public highway...
Consent can be given by one person with parental responsibility, although in some circumstances it's appropriate to have both parents' agreement...
If you have a concern about patient safety being compromised, going public should be your very last resort...
If you have to make a statement, the most appropriate time to do so is when the case has concluded...
You can treat a child under 16 without their parents' consent if you consider them to be Gillick-competent...
Does a divorced father still have parental responsibility for their child?
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When a patient brought a claim alleging continued pain after extraction, a DDU member turned to us for advice and support.