Welcome to the Devon Local Dental Committee Website
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Welcome to our website. Your Local Dental Committee is here to support the needs of local Dentists.
The main function of the Committee is to represent and support General Dental Practitioners (GDPs); to ensure that GDPs are truly valued, and their skills appreciated; in order that, whilst serving the public, they are able to uphold appropriate standards of practice.
As the local representative committee for independent Dental practitioners, the LDC has the statutory right to be consulted by the Primary Care Trusts of Devon, Plymouth and Torbay as well as the Strategic Health Authority on issues relating to the dental profession including negotiations around provision of General and Personal Dental Services.
The LDC is an independent body funded by GDPs themselves via a compulsory Statutory Levy. This amount of levy paid by each GDP is set at a flat rate for all. The Levy is to meet the costs of running the activities of the Committee In addition, GDPs are encouraged to contribute to a Voluntary Levy, which is used to finance good causes such as the BDA Benevolent fund and Sick Dentist Scheme.
The LDC is also required to finance colleagues working at a National level through it's Annual Conference and Dental Guild.
Meetings are also held where LDC members meet with the people and agencies involved in the provision of dental care, e.g. with Consultants in Dental Public Health, Dental Practice Advisers, PCT Dental Leads, Shared Services Agencies, Dental Hospital/School, Postgraduate Education Advisers. At such meetings, the agenda focuses on the local and national issues affecting dentistry in Devon.
Members are voted in under the terms of our LDC constitution. Any GDP may stand for election in the constituency in which he or she practises.
Elections in the County are due in the Autumn of 2009.
Contact the committee via the website if you wish a nomination form to be sent to you when they are available.
Draft minutes for the 2010 AGM are posted in the members section.
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