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Have you thought what it would feel like if a complaint against you was made to the GDC? DDU professional indemnity offers you more than just financial assistance if things go wrong.
Talking things through with one of our expert dento-legal advisers, all dentists themselves, can help clarify things and reassure you. It doesn't need to be a crisis before you call us.
Boost your career and knowledge with online CPD included in your membership. From essential dento-legal topics like confidentiality and consent to clinical subjects such as TMD, orofacial pain, and oral cancer –all designed to support your professional development. Terms and conditions.
The DDU is led and staffed by dentists with over 600 years' dento-legal/clinical experience.
In 2024 our dento-legal advice team maintained excellent service levels answering over 99% of calls within 20 seconds.
In 2024, over 85% of GDC cases handled by in-house lawyers were resolved without a formal hearing.
Exclusive member rate on accountancy, tax and business advisory services with specialist medical accountancy firm, Armstrong Watson LLP.
Request a quote to find out how much your subscription will be. Within a few working days, we’ll email you an application pack, including your quote.
Simply fill out our student application form.
Your subscription may be based on the amount and type of work that you do. For some members subscriptions are based on sessions.
If you are unsure if your subscription is session based, or you have a question about calculating sessions, call our membership team on 0800 085 0614.
To calculate your average number of sessions worked per week, use the following calculation:
Your subscription is based on your average number of weekly sessions across your membership year.
Indemnity for clinical negligence claims pleaded vicariously is included as a standard benefit of DDU membership for dental practice principals and our dental corporate members.
No. From the 1 June 2021, this benefit has been added automatically to membership for our principal and corporate members. This means that indemnity for clinical negligence claims pleaded vicariously against a practice principal or corporate are now included as a standard benefit of DDU membership.
This applies to claims that arise from treatment after 1 June 2021 and to new claims in which the treatment was provided before that date if the individual or corporate was a DDU member at the time.
Yes. It is a legal requirement for all dental professionals to have adequate and appropriate indemnity in place for their work. You should obtain and retain a valid certificate of individual indemnity from dental professionals working at your practice.
Where clinical services are provided by a company, it is increasingly likely that a claim relating to the alleged negligence of an associate or employed dentist will be made against the company.
If an incorporated entity, such as a limited company, provides clinical services and employs staff, it's important that the entity can respond in its own right to protect the interests of the director(s). Our dental corporate indemnity solution can provide you with the support you need.
Get started right away with dento-legal CPD through your DDU membership.
Red Whale Dental clinical CPD: Approximately two weeks after your dentist membership begins or renews, we will email you a unique code to access the clinical CPD content from Red Whale – plus step-by-step instructions on how to redeem it. Simply log in at redwhale.co.uk/dental to start learning. Don’t have an account? It’s quick to create one during sign-up.
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