Welcome to the Norfolk LDC website.

Chairman: Mr. Brian Robertson    LDC Secretary: Mr. Nick Stolls

We aim to promote the interests, aspirations and welfare of Dentists in Norfolk region while ensuring that high standards of patient care and provision is achieved. Bringing you information, advice and support to dental professionals.

As the local representative committee for independent Dental practitioners, the LDC has the statutory right to be consulted by NHS England and its Area Teams on issues relating to the dental profession.

The LDC is an independent body paid for by GDPs themselves via a compulsory Statutory Levy based on a specified amount per month. In addition, GDPs are asked to contribute to a Voluntary Levy, which is used to finance such bodies as the British Dental Guild and the dentists Health Support Trust.

LDC Meetings

Meetings are held every three months. We are happy to discuss any issues raised by dentists in the area and to take those issues to NHS England and its Area Team on a group or individual basis.

Register with your LDC

If you are paying an LDC levy, please subscribe to ensure you receive our communications and invitations to events provided by your LDC. It is important that you subscribe. You can unsubscribe at any time if you no longer wish to receive correspondence from us.

What is the LDC and what does it do?

LDCs were set up in 1948, becoming Statutory bodies under the 1977 NHS Act. As such PCTs have to consult with the LDC on matters of local dental interest. We represent any dentist in the county of Norfolk who holds an NHS list number with the PCT. Also we represent PDS practitioners, assistants and deputies provided they have expressed a wish to be represented by the LDC and private practitioners. 

The members of the LDC are elected to represent the interests of those dentists listed above both pastorally but also should problems arise in their professional lives they are available for advice and help. 


The LDC is involved with providing input into several dental committees in Norfolk including
· Professional Executive Committees (PECs) of PCTs
· Oral Health Advisory group
· Clinical Governance within the PCTs
· Patient representative groups


LDC members also assist in
· Dental discipline committee (Poor performance) ensuring the dentist involved is supported
· Providing members for DPB appeals
· Advising PCTs over complaints against dentists ensuring the dentists interests are represented positively
· Feed back of grass roots views nationally

 

Following the NHS reforms in 2006, local commissioning and developments in the provision of NHS dental services. LDCs will also make nominations to or may be consulted about membership of certain committees of the Primary Care Organisation.

In Scotland while health boards do consult LDCs, the role of the LDC does not have a statutory basis. 
There are over 130 LDCs in the UK.

Regional groups/ Federations of LDC's

In England LDC Secretaries and Chairs meet on a regional basis to discuss issues affecting the profession. These Regional Groupings have formal constitutions and adhere to Strategic Health Authority (SHA) boundaries.

LDCs involved in these groupings find them a very useful way of developing communication across the locality, while maintaining an individual LDCs autonomy. The BDA would encourage any LDC not currently part of a grouping to consider joining or forming one in their area.

Norfolk LDC is at present funded by a Statutory Levy, paid by subscribing practitioners on a monthly basis. The Levy is used to pay committee expenses such as meeting rooms, hire of equipment, reimbursement of loss of income for representatives on LDC duty, travelling expenses for representatives and other administrative expenses.

THE LDC COMMITTEE

Executive Committee Members

Chairman: Mr. Brian Robertson

Vice Chairman: Mr. Peter Roos

Secretary: Mr. Nick Stolls

Ass. Secretary: Dr. Adam Smith

Treasurer: Mr. Bruce Irving

GDPC Rep: Mr. Nick Stolls

IT: Mr. Denver Fester


Committee Members

Mrs. Mandana Atashkadesh

Mr. Robin Copson

Mr. Martin Creedon


Dr. Susan Graham

Mr. Antony Hare


Mr. Neil Summer-Lupson

Mr. David McBride


Mr. John Plummer

Miss. Kate Rustage

Mr. Neil Sumer-Lupson

Mrs. Catrina Place

Mrs. Gill Palmer

Mrs Suzanne Plummer


Mr. John Wren

Mr. Adam Levene

Mr. Andrew Bell

Non Elected as Ex Officio


Mr. David Tewson (Consultant, N&N Hospital)

Ms. Sharon Prince (Consultant, N&N Hospital)

Ms. Linda Hillman (Dental Public Health Consultant, Norfolk PCT)

Mrs. Aideen McQuistin  (Director, Norwich PCT Dental Services)

Mr. Andy Furniss  (Dental Practice Adviser-Norfolk, GDC)

Mr. Richard Lawson  (Dental Practice Adviser-Norfolk, PASS, GDC)

Mr. Jason Stokes (GDP, BDA PEC)


Privacy Notice

As your Local Dental Committee of Norfolk we are committed to maintaining the trust and confidence of those colleagues we communicate with. In this Privacy Notice, we provide detailed information on when and why we collect your personal information, how we use it, the limited conditions under which we have disclosed it to others and how we keep it secure.

We collect only two elements of your data: your name and email address. 
This has been obtained by us following contacts with recipients requesting that they are added to our mail lists or from practice email addresses which are openly available. 

We use that information to keep you posted with material relevant to you and your practice as a dentist and to contact you if we need to obtain or provide additional information. 

We will not rent or trade email lists with other organisations and businesses. 

You can unsubscribe to general mailings at any time of the day or night by emailing our data controller Nick Stolls at  stolls.fam@btinternet.com

Keeping your information safe

We store your personal information securely on password protected documents on a password protected computer system. Your information can only be accessed by the Norfolk LDC Data Controller  Nick Stolls.

You are entitled to view, amend, or delete the personal information that we hold. Email your request  or any other message or concern to our data controller Nick Stolls at  stolls.fam@btinternet.com 

Links to Other Web Sites 

This privacy notice does not cover the links within our communications linking to other websites. Those sites are not governed by this Privacy Policy, and if you have questions about how a site uses your information, you’ll need to check that site’s privacy statement. 

This privacy policy will be reviewed annually every April.