Author: Maria Morgan

Valerie White, consultant in dental public health and a valued member of BASCD has been appointed as Director of Public Health at NHS Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland.   It is great to see BASCD members being appointed to senior roles in… Read more »

The BASCD Masterclass Series aims to give meaningful, real-world, insight into healthcare leadership with learning from past presidents of the organisation. The series will commence on May 11th 2021, with an evening presentation and Q&A from Professor Richard Watt of University College… Read more »

For those who have paid their membership subscriptions for this year – Thank you very much! For those who are yet to pay you will have been sent a Xero (BASCD’s new secure automated finance system) messaging invoice which notoriously ends up… Read more »

  BASCD is delighted to announce the winner of the 2020 Keith Woods Essay competition, Ruairi O’Kane who is an undergraduate at Belfast Dental School. Ruairi essay on the impact of COVID-19 on dentistry was judged to be very insightful by a… Read more »

Congratulations to Charlotte Jeavons, BASCD’s Oral Health Promotion Lead, on her recent triple achievements.   Firstly, Charlotte has been asked to become the President Elect for the Institute of Health Education and Health Promotion at their AGM in May 2020. Then Charlotte… Read more »

  Lwazi Sibanda an early stage career member of Council reflects on being a dentist redeployed as a district nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic in an article published in the BDJ with a little help from Vanessa Muirhead. From being a little… Read more »

Theme: Working together to promote oral health improvement This poster award is sponsored by BASCD and the Borrow Foundation who are actively engaged in promoting oral health and disease prevention. The title of this year’s award is ‘Working together to promote oral health improvement’.… Read more »

Maria Morgan, senior lecturer in dental public health at Cardiff University’s School of Dentistry and Hon. Specialist in public health at Public Health Wales became President of BASCD at our virtual AGM on Thursday the 24th September, 2020.  View Maria’s acceptance speech… Read more »