Lecturer profile | Chair of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Local Dental Network Qualified as a dentist in 1983, Eric has worked in clinical practice and also held a number of roles in the National Health Service including Clinical Director, Medical Director and Dental Public Health Lead. He has wide experience of Dental Policy development, initially through the British Dental Association in the 1990’s and since 2002 directly with the Department of Health for England. In 2008/9 he co-authored NHS Dental Services in England, An Independent Review led by Professor Jimmy Steele, looking at the future of NHS Primary Dental Care. Since then he has facilitated the development, agreement and review of the clinical pathways being delivered in the governments NHS dental contract reform programme. In 2013 he was invited to be a board member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and is president of BASCD for 2016/17 He was appointed Deputy Chief Dental Officer at NHS England in November 2015 and was awarded an MBE for services to Dentistry in the 2015 New Year’s Honours. In October 2016 he was appointed Honorary Professor of Oral and Dental Health Policy at the University of Central Lancashire
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