developing a society for prison dentists dr liana zoitopoulos honorary secretary bascd
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BASCDBASCD is an independent association of dental public health practitioners and as a specialist society is concerned with dental
public health and related subjects.
Its members include those who will be providing advice to the PCTs on the future
commissioning of dental services, those who supported the implementation of the new
contractual arrangements at PCT and SHA level and those who provide clinical and
public health dental services to the community.
BASCDService Development and Delivery Section:
Aim To provide a focus for discussion and debate relating
to the development and delivery of services in primary oral health care.This includes the clinical and public health functions of primary care services
Chair – Peter Bateman
BASCD
Policy Section:
Aims 1. To define the Association’s policy on strategic
issues in oral health and dental services.2. To provide both proactive and reactive advice
to key decision makers as and when required.
Chair – Paul Batchelor
BASCDInformation Section:
Aims To provide a focus within the Association for advancing
information-linked elements of 3 key objectives set out in the BASCD Constitution:
1. Maintenance of a body with expert knowledge of, and expertise, in dental epidemiology
2. Facilitation of study of the provision of oral health care in the community.
3. Facilitation of relevant aspects of community dental practice.
Chair – Nigel Pitts
BASCDTeachers and Research Section:
Aim: The overall function of the Teachers and Research
Section is to support the objectives of BASCD by acting as the body of expert opinion to whom Council may turn concerning the development of teaching of dental public health at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Chair – Jenny Gallagher
BASCD
Dental Practice Advisers:
Aim: To provide a forum for Dental Practice Advisers, for
the development of their role and the promotion of all aspects of advice on Dental Practice to all those bodies requiring it.
Chair – Martin Fulford
Prison Dentists:
A subsection of Service Development and Delivery Section.
Aim: To provide a forum for prison dentists for the
development of their clinical and public health role as well as for peer support.
BASCD
BASCDAdvantages Forum for meeting other prison dentists
CPD/Study days (Prison focus)
Clinical Supervision
Journal
The Society will put across your point of view for you
Direct discussions with commissioning advisers
Will sort out the obligatory elements of CPD
Career progression
Dr Liana ZoitopoulosHonorary Secretary
BASCD
Department of Community Special Care Dentistry
King’s College London Dental Institute
Kings Campus
Denmark Hill
London SE5 9RS
Tel: 020 3299 3480