2025 Conference Agenda

Friday 25 April at the Stirling Court Hotel

AGENDA

Attract, Retain, Thrive: Building a Sustainable Workforce in NHS Dentistry in Scotland

 

Time Description
08.30-09.00 Registration
09.00-09.10 Welcome and Chair’s Opening Remarks
09.10-09.30 Tom Ferris, Chief Dental Officer, Scottish Government
Presentation: Impact of Determination 1
09.30-09.50 Gillian Leslie, Deputy Chief Dental Officer, and David Notman, Unit Head of Dentistry and Optometry, Scottish Government 
Presentation: Assurance Update
09.50-10.10 Gavin McLellan, Deputy Chief Dental Officer, and Beth Grieve, Unit Head of Dentistry and Optometry, Scottish Government 
Presentation: Workforce Update
10.10-10.30 Lee Savarrio, Postgraduate Dental Dean and Director of Dentistry, NHS Education for Scotland 
Presentation: Shaping the Scottish NHS Dental Workforce for the Future
10.30-11.00 Panel Question and Answer Session
11.00-11.30 Break
11.30-12.00 Gillian Lennox, Chair of the Scottish Dental Practice Committee
David McColl, Past Chair of the Scottish Dental Practice Committee
Presentation: The work of the Scottish Dental Practice Committee 2024-2025
See supporting documents in conference pack:

  • Action by SDPC on 2024 conference motions
  • Scottish Dental Practice Committee Policy Document
12.00-12.30 Panel Question and Answer Session
12.30-12.45 Strictly Confidental
Address from conference Platinum Sponsor
12.45-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.15 Elections and Results
Review job descriptions for each post (see document in conference pack):

  • Chair Elect of the Conference of Scottish LDCs, post held for two years (currently H Hannigan)
  • Up to three members of the Conference Agenda Committee, posts held for one year (currently H Dennison and A Belbin)
  • One representative to the Scottish Dental Practice Committee, post held for one year (currently H Dennison)
  • Two representatives to the Board of Management of the Scottish Dental Fund, posts held for three years (currently E Glass and K Fallon)
  • One representative to the Board of Management of the Scottish Dental Fund, post held for one year (currently vacant, previously J Law)
  • Two Auditors of Conference, posts held for one year (currently R Sweeney and G Stewart)
14.15-14.25 Elizabeth Glass, Conference Treasurer
Presentation and Question and Answer Session:
Conference Accounts and Treasurer’s Report
(see document in conference pack)
14.25-14.45 Roy McBurnie and Derek Harper, The Scottish Dental Fund
Presentation and Question and Answer Session:
Report from The Board of Management with Audited Accounts for 2023/2024 and levy
(see document in conference pack)
14.45-15.40 Motions 2025
See supporting documents in conference pack:

  • Virtual Voting Protocol
  • 2025 Conference Motions
15.40-16.00 Break
16.00-16.40 Motions 2025 continued
16.40-16.45 Any other competent business
16.45-16.50 Chair’s closing remarks
16.50-16.55 Induction of Hazel Hannigan as Chair
16.55-17.00 Incoming Chair's closing remarks
17.00 Conference closes

 

Date of Next Conference: Friday 24 April 2026 at the Stirling Court Hotel