Completely without foundation | British Dental Journal

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Sir, I have read Dr Hussain's letter in the 25 August issue of the _BDJ_ (213: 147) and have great sympathy in his battles to deal with public comments on the NHS Choices website that is attempting to turn NHS dentistry into a health version of Trip Advisor. I have been contacted by many colleagues equally affected by such things as anonymous potentially libellous comments with poor moderation of the site and reluctance to remove comments that are completely without foundation. I am aware of a group of dentists who have a strong legal opinion that may challenge the duty of care of the site that has allowed commercially damaging comments attached to many practices. I'm keen to hear from anyone who may have similar stories to Dr Hussain and would value their assistance if they could contact me at ecrouch9@btinternet.com. 1. E. Crouch, Birmingham AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Birmingham E. Crouch Authors * E. Crouch View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE Crouch, E. Completely without foundation. _Br Dent J_ 213, 376–377 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2012.940 Download citation * Published: 26 October 2012 * Issue Date: 27 October 2012 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2012.940 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative

Sir, I have read Dr Hussain's letter in the 25 August issue of the _BDJ_ (213: 147) and have great sympathy in his battles to deal with public comments on the NHS Choices website that


is attempting to turn NHS dentistry into a health version of Trip Advisor. I have been contacted by many colleagues equally affected by such things as anonymous potentially libellous


comments with poor moderation of the site and reluctance to remove comments that are completely without foundation. I am aware of a group of dentists who have a strong legal opinion that may


challenge the duty of care of the site that has allowed commercially damaging comments attached to many practices. I'm keen to hear from anyone who may have similar stories to Dr


Hussain and would value their assistance if they could contact me at [email protected]. 1. E. Crouch, Birmingham AUTHOR INFORMATION AUTHORS AND AFFILIATIONS * Birmingham E. Crouch


Authors * E. Crouch View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE


Crouch, E. Completely without foundation. _Br Dent J_ 213, 376–377 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2012.940 Download citation * Published: 26 October 2012 * Issue Date: 27 October


2012 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.2012.940 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link


is not currently available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative