Lecturer Details: Current Debates in Dentistry

Lecturer nameMr Stuart Allan GDP
Lecturer profileProfessional Advisor (Dentistry) NHS England
GDP (36 years)
LDC Secretary
PASS Convener
Lecturer nameMrs Barbara Brown
Lecturer profileBarbara is an Independent Education Consultant. She is a former medical ward sister who developed expertise in educational development of healthcare professionals. She has over twenty five years’ experience of teaching in Higher Education. Her last post was as Principal Lecturer (Learning and Teaching) in the School of Postgraduate Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN)
Lecturer nameMr Piotr Leszkiewicz MWMSoC
Lecturer profilePiotr is an Independent Consultant and Owner of The First Principle. Having worked in the Health and Safety Industry for over 9 Years Piotr has gained a wide range of skills and an excellent knowledge of regulations, legislations and relevant guidelines. Piotr has an extensive experience across various industries. Piotr is City and Guilds Qualified Authorising Engineer (AE) Water and Legionella Risk Assessor working for dental practices across England and Wales.
Lecturer nameLisa Pilkington
Lecturer profileSafeguarding and Consultancy Manager- The Athena Programme
Lisa is a retired Police Detective with over 9 years experience in investigating and supervising child and adult abuse in Lancashire. An ever-present member of local children and adult safeguarding boards Lisa was instrumental in developing multi agency protocols and training for Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults across Lancashire Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool.

Lisa was responsible for writing the first Lancashire Police Policy on the Investigation of Vulnerable Adult Abuse which was subsequently identified as good practice nationally by the Association of Chief Police Officers.

On her retirement she was awarded the Force’s first Commendation for work in Safeguarding.

Lisa has delivered Safeguarding training to both the HEE post graduate dentists and dentists foundation dentists over the past 11 years. She uses her in depth knowledge of Dental professional standards and those of the Care Quality Commission to provide bespoke safeguarding training to dental professionals.
Lecturer nameMrs Tracy Thompson Dental Hygiene Dip. Dental Therapy PGCert HE
Lecturer profileDip. Dental Hygiene Dip. Dental Therapy (1993) FAETC; PGCert. HE
Tracy qualified as a Dental Therapist and Dental Hygienist in 1993 and has maintained a clinical role since this time, working in general practice, hospital, and community settings. She also has 15 years’ experience as a Tutor Dental Therapist at the University of Liverpool Dental School.
Tracy currently works in GDS, HMP dental services and is Training Programme Manager for the Dental Therapist Foundation Programme at NHSE. She also runs refresher skills programmes for Dental Therapists and is passionate about the development of DCPs.

Lecturer nameMrs Kiaran Weil BDS, MPhil
Lecturer profileRetired GDP, ES, TPD for Foundation Training; Tier 2 MOSS Performer; Appraiser for HEENW

Moved to the United States, where I worked in my husband’s motorcycle business.
I became a Course Director for Behavioural Sciences at USC Dental School in Los Angeles.
Returned to England in 1993 working in General Dental Practice, while maintaining my interest in Oral Surgery and Behavioural Sciences. I have worked as a Clinical Assistant in Warrington General Hospital, and taught undergraduates at Manchester Dental Hospital. I provided a Tier 2 MOS Service and taught MOS to DCT1s
Actively involved in teaching Personality, Communication, Assertiveness & Resilience skills to FDs/GDPs/DCPs.
Currently Chair of the Clinical Advisory Group for Bridge2Aid a dental charity working in LMICs (low and middle income countries)