Lecturer Details: Cumbria & Lancashire Dental Team Event

Lecturer nameMrs Tracey Gregory
Lecturer profileBSc (Hons) Diagnostic Radiography (University of Derby, 1994)
MA in Policy, Organisation and Change in Professional Care (Loughborough University, 1999)
Post Graduate Certificate in Education and Professional Development (University of Central England, 2001)
Level 3 Advanced Skills for Dental Practice Managers (Glenys Bridges & Partners Academic, 2024)
Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Diagnostic Radiographer, RA.34053

Business Manager and Co-owner, D Gregory Ltd, Ulverston Dental Practice
Associate Lecturer in Radiography, University of Derby
Teaching Associate in Radiography, University of Cumbria

Current relevant experience:
External speaker for Health Education England working across the North West, delivering face to face tutorial sessions for dental nurses undertaking the BDA on-line dental radiography programme, and also delivering core CPD sessions in dental radiography and radiation protection to dentists and dental care professionals.
Lecturer on the Dental Radiography course for Dental Care Professionals, University of Salford / ICE Post Graduate Dental Institute
Society and College of Radiographers Assessor for dental radiography courses, January 2020 – present

Previous Relevant Experience:
Practical Experience of undertaking intra-oral and extra-oral dental radiographs when working clinically as a diagnostic radiographer
Extensive experience of teaching all aspects of dental radiography (including radiographic technique, radiation physics, radiobiology and radiation protection) to dental nurses, assistant practitioners and undergraduate diagnostic radiography students (since 2000)
Course Director for the Radiography for Dental Nurses course at the University of Central England in Birmingham / Birmingham City University
Module lead for a foundation degree dental radiography module at the University of Derby Development of the foundation degree dental radiography module at the University of Derby
College of Radiographers Assessor for pre-registration and assistant practitioner, multi-professional education and dental radiography – October 2012 – June 2016. I have assessed a range of programmes, including undergraduate diagnostic radiography degree programmes and dental radiography short courses.

Lecturer nameIan Redfearn
Lecturer profileIan has worked at Dentistry for All since 1991, becoming a partner in 2003. He has been a VT trainer on numerous occasions. As the Dental Practice Advisor to NHS East Lancashire, Ian has pioneered several innovative programs to support practitioners in improving standards in primary dental care and complying with Clinical Governance requirements.
Lecturer nameDr Wendy Thompson BSc(Hons), BDS, MJDF
Lecturer profileBSc(Hons) Microbiology and Microbial Technology, University of Warwick 1994
BDS(Hons) University of Liverpool 2012
MJDF 2014
PhD University of Leeds 2019
Member of BNF Dental Advisory Group and NICE Specialist Advisor on Dental Antibiotics

General Practice Dentist - {my}dentist Kirkby Lonsdale - current
NIHR Clinical Lecturer at University of Manchester;


Dr Wendy Thompson is a clinical academic general dentist. She works clinically in South Cumbria and academically at University of Manchester. Her research is about care for people with acute dental pain and infection, including optimising antibiotic prescribing. She is the lead author of the FDI World Dental Federation’s white paper on tackling antibiotic resistance and its accompanying on-line course. Wendy recently won the Antibiotic Guardian Award 2020 for Research.
Wendy is an ambassador of the College of General Dentistry, a member of the British Dental Association’s Health & Science Committee, a member of the British National Formulary’s Dental Advisory Group and a specialist advisor to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence on dental antibiotics.
Lecturer nameGeorge Wright
Lecturer profileNo profile available