#152- You Can’t Handle the Tooth! Gary Monaghan

If you’ve ever feared a call from the GDC or falling foul of today’s increasingly litigious working environment, this episode is for you.   Payman sits down for a chat with medical and dental indemnity expert Gary Monaghan about the challenges of covering the profession.   Gary talks about his early experience in plastic surgery and the parallels with dentistry. He reveals how his indemnity service PDI assesses risk, discusses defensive dentistry and describes what happens when the GDC calls.   Enjoy!   02.45 - Backstory 06.40 - The surgical landscape 09.01 - The mutual model 12.34 - Dental Vs surgical indemnity 25.19 - Risk profiles and management 35.20 - A shoulder to cry on 41.55 - Call records 44.28 - Assessing risk and underwriting 48.18 - Iron-manning mutuals 53.30 - On fear 55.40 - The economic climate 57.31 - The future of PDI 59.48 - Educating clients 01.02.15 - Refusing cover and defensive dentistry 01.07.44 - Fantasy dinner party 01.10.41 - Last days and legacy About Gary Monaghan Gary Monaghan has been at the helm of several insured indemnity providers in the medical field. He is the co-founder of Professional Dental Indemnity ( PDI), specialising in cover for dental professionals. Gary has provided cover for thousands of clinicians over a career spanning more than two decades and is widely considered an innovator in the field.