Lecturer Details: Launch of guidance and referral form for patients requiring Special Care Dentistry for the whole GDS dental team (Session A)

Lecturer nameAngela Akers
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Lecturer nameJanet Hinchcliffe
Lecturer profileHygienist at Pennine Care and Bridgewater NHS Foundation Trust
Lecturer nameMartin McCloskey
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Lecturer nameAmanda McLaughlin NEBDN Qualified Dental Nurse NEBDN Post Qualificat
Lecturer profileAmanda has 26 years’ experience as a Dental Nurse Specialist. She is also qualified in Dental Sedation Nursing and holds a qualification in Oral Health Education.

Her wealth of knowledge stems from the 14 years she spent working within Community Dental Services as a Lead Dental Nurse, overseeing student teaching programme and assisting in the dental care of adults and children with disabilities and additional needs. She also spent 8 years working within a busy Maxillofacial Unit at the Pennine Acute Hospitals, Amanda was a member of the Head and Neck multi-disciplinary team and gave advice to patients undergoing head and neck surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy on a nurse led clinic. She also worked closely with The Macmillan Oral Health Practitioner based in the unit.

More recently Amanda presented at the National Dental Nursing Conference raising awareness of Oral care in medically compromised patients.
She has also recently lead an elderly oral health improvement programme for the Rochdale Public Health Department, educating many staff throughout 42 Care/Nursing Homes, multiple hospital wards and variety of specialised teams.

She is also the Elderly Persons Ambassador for Society of British Dental Nurses(SBDN).
Lecturer nameMr Richard Valle-Jones
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Lecturer nameMarie Wilson
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Lecturer namePetrina Wood
Lecturer profileConsultant in Special Care Dentistry MFT
Qualified in Sheffield 1996 and following VT and multiple SHO jobs in all disciplines joing Avon PCDS as a Dental officer. Became a Senior dental officer and was appointed Clinical Director Primary Care Dentistry for Bristol, Bath, North Somerset and South Gloucester. I undertook this role for 9 years until I relocated to Manchester as the first consultant in Special Care Dentistry for GM October 2015.