Safeguarding – where are we now?
This webinar will provide an update on where we are now with safeguarding.
Pat Langley will discuss how to spot the signs and symptoms that dental professionals may see or notice, when and how to refer and how to make records relating to safeguarding concerns. She will also discuss different safeguarding scenarios, exploring what to do and how to respond.
Learning outcomes
- Safeguarding responsibilities
- How to recognise the signs and symptoms that dental professionals may see or notice
- How the dental team should respond to suspected or actual cases of abuse
- When and how to refer
- How to make records relating to a safeguarding concern
- What to do in different potential safeguarding scenarios.
Speaker: Pat Langley
Since qualifying from Manchester University, Pat’s career has included more thqn 30 years in general practice, oral surgery teaching positions at Guy's and Manchester, deputy chief dental officer at Denplan, group clinical director at Oasis Dental Care, course director at the FGDP(UK), and chief dental officer at Dentex.
In 2010, Pat founded Apolline to provide compliance and regulatory support to dental practices and groups. She is passionate about compliance and has lectured widely on all compliance-based subjects. In 2023, Apolline partnered with FMC to form an integral part of the Dentistry Practice Services division.
This Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activity fully complies with the CPD requirements of the General Dental Council. FMC certifies this activity for one hour of enhanced CPD in the subject of Safeguarding – where are we now?
This CPD meets the criteria for the GDC’s development outcome A.
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