Confidentiality

On-demand DDU webinar on confidentiality for dental professionals: stay safe on social media, handle patient and police requests, and meet GDC & UK GDPR duties.

30 September 2025

Length: 1:02

Confidentiality is at the heart of patient trust, but it can sometimes raise difficult questions in practice.

In this on-demand webinar, our DDU experts, Simon Kidd and Anne Budenburg, discuss the most common confidentiality concerns for dental care professionals. From staying safe on social media to managing requests from patients, the police and other organisations, you’ll gain practical guidance to help you navigate these issues with confidence.

We also explore how to meet your professional, legal and contractual responsibilities – both as an individual and as part of your practice team.

Aims and objectives

To review the legal, ethical and contractual duty of confidentiality
To review the key principles of Data protection
To understand the duty of confidentiality in respect of children and other vulnerable groups.
To understand how to appropriately manage requests for disclosure.

Learning outcomes

Maintenance of skills, behaviours and attitudes which maintain patient confidence in you and the dental profession and put patients’ interests first.

This is anticipated to help meet GDC development outcome D.

To get your one hour verifiable CPD, please complete this short test.

This page was correct at publication on 30/09/2025. 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.