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Simon Kidd, discusses the dentolegal issues involved in retaining and accessing patient records during your dental career – and after retirement. Patient records should only be accessed on a need-to-know basis, with a legitimate and lawful reason for doing so and not for any personal reasons. Indeed, there have been instances where healthcare providers have…
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Simon Kidd, dentolegal adviser at the Dental Defence Union (DDU), explains the duty of candour and what to do when something goes wrong. Apologising to a patient when something has gone wrong can be difficult, but it’s an ethical duty for dental professionals. The duty of candour means that clinicians must inform patients and their…
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The DDU’s Simon Kidd looks at how to keep your cool when faced with challenging patients. Difficult interactions with patients are nothing new. But over the last two years they have become a dispiritingly familiar experience for Scottish dental professionals. Sadly, the pandemic has created the ideal conditions for conflict. Stress, grief and financial hardship…
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Simon Kidd, dentolegal adviser at the DDU, explains what their role involves, what a typical day looks like and how they support DDU members. Can you tell us a little about yourself? I completed my BDS at the University of Glasgow in 2007 and attained the MJDF in 2010. I latterly studied for an LLM…
