Patient confidentiality

Sir, as practitioners we are continually reminded of the need for patient confidentiality. Might I point out to colleagues who sit in judgement over others of the profession, the need for practitioner confidentiality.

Earlier this year on a train sitting opposite a tall gentleman, I found it wasn't too difficult to read the documents he was reading, albeit upside down, with details of a litigation claim, the dentist and patients and the solicitors involved. Joe Public may not know what LL4, RCT and BWs mean but others of us do.