Media Centre

Our Media Centre provides media handling support to members and is also the place for journalists to come to request interviews or commentary on key issues affecting dentists and other healthcare professionals.

The press office

Press support for members

If you find yourself in the media spotlight please get in touch and we can provide expert advice and support, including liaising with journalists and providing statements on your behalf.

Media scrutiny of you and your practice could put your personal and professional reputation at risk. Early advice can help mitigate risks and we can help you respond to the media and deal with them on your behalf.

Our Press Office is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you need advice or guidance on handling media enquiries, please contact a member of the Press Office 

Information for journalists

Our Press Office assists with media requests for information or commentary on the dentolegal and medicolegal, ethical and healthcare policy issues of the day.

Our spokespeople are experienced, authoritative and well placed to comment on issues that affect the practice of doctors and other healthcare professionals, and include registered dental and medical practitioners and those who hold legal qualifications.

We also issue press releases, designed to keep you informed of the public statements we make, including comment on emerging issues, policy and analysis of our data.

For urgent out of hours media support (between 5.30pm and 8.30am GMT) please call +44 113 243 6436

Press releases

Dental Protection appoints 17 new dentolegal advisers


05 December 2014
Dental Protection has appointed 17 additional part-time dentolegal advisers in response to the increased demand for our services. This will bring the total of full-time and part-time advisers to 68 as we head into the New Year. The new advisers met together for the first time at the end of November for a two-day training session in central London.

Kevin Lewis, Dental Director, said:

This is an exciting time for Dental Protection as we expand and develop to meet the needs of our members and provide them with high quality support and advice. Many of our part-time dentolegal advisers continue to work in the dental profession and six of the latest intake are also registered specialists. Most importantly, they all understand the different day to day challenges and pressures that face dentists in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales.

They will be joining the existing team of 51 dentolegal advisers who are all experienced dentists with legal expertise, providing expert guidance and support to members. Dental Protection provides support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and we look forward in continuing to provide expert guidance to 64,000 members in the United Kingdom and around the world.
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