Lecturer Details: Lancashire and Cumbria Special Care Dentistry Regional Study day

Lecturer nameBernard Alston
Lecturer profileDental Surgeon
Partner in large GDP practice for 25 years
Clinical Director in Community Dental Service for 8 years
Oral Health Strategy Lead and PEC member for Blackpool PCT from 2005 to 2011
Clinical Director FCMS Dental Service from 2004
Vice Chair Lancashire and South Cumbria Local Dental Network from 2014
Chair Routine Dental Network from 2014
Secretary Lancashire and South Cumbria LDC Executive
Lecturer nameMr Lawrence Azavedo
Lecturer profileConsultant and Lead in Paediatric Anaesthesia at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Lecturer nameNick Barkworth
Lecturer profileContracts Manager/Fragile Services Manager
Lecturer nameEmma Critchley
Lecturer profileNo profile available
Lecturer nameMaureen Halford
Lecturer profileMaureen Halford is a qualified nurse and held a variety of posts in the NHS and the private sector, including Project Manager and Dementia Care Advisor for a national care organisation.

Maureen has taught in Further and Higher Education and in the Prison Service, working in partnership with Local Authorities, the private and voluntary sector, the NHS and CQC. Maureen was also Programme Development Manager and a Lead Trainer for the Alzheimer’s Society is now an independent trainer.
Lecturer nameCecilia Jaques
Lecturer profileNo profile available
Lecturer nameMr Finbar O'Mahony BDS
Lecturer profileFinbar qualified from Cork University Dental School and Hospital in 2010. Following graduation, he undertook vocational training on the West Coast of Scotland. He spent foundation training in Glasgow, split between Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Paediatric Dentistry and Special Care Dentistry.

Finbar spent 6 months as a Senior House Officer in Special Care Dentistry and Oral Surgery in Dundee Dental Hospital before Moving to the North West to take up his specialist training post. Finbar qualified as a Specialist in Special Care Dentistry in 2016 and worked for Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust before joining Lancashire Teaching Hospitals as a consultant in March 2017