Eastern Counties

The Eastern Counties Branch is made up of five Sections - Bedford Section, Cambridge Section, Lincolnshire Section, Norfolk and Norwich Section, and Suffolk and Ipswich Section.

The Eastern Counties Branch supports the local community of dentists by holding regular educational and social events. Members, non-member dentists and DCPs from other areas are welcome to meetings. Members are contacted by email regarding meetings, if you are not receiving meeting details, please contact the Local Services Team. You are also welcome to join the Eastern Counties Branch Facebook group.

Upcoming events

Suffolk and Ipswich Section, University of Suffolk and LDC: Open day with CPD and networking

Wednesday 11 Jun 2025

University of Suffolk Dental CIC, Floor 2, James Hehir Building, University Avenue, IPSWICH, IP3 0FS

17:00 to 21:00

Branch President

Chloe Richardson

Chloe works as a general dental practitioner in a mixed practice in Ely Cambridgeshire where she is also a joint Educational Supervisor for Foundation Dentists. Since 2017 she has been involved with local Branches and Sections firstly in Bedfordshire and now Cambridge, and really enjoys the opportunities to build and strengthen networks for dental professionals.

Branch Chair

Paul Rolfe

Branch Treasurer

Hannah Woolnough

Hannah welcomes anyone considering attending a local meeting.

Branch Secretary

Nick Stolls

Nick worked as a dentist for 40 years, both NHS and privately, recently retiring from clinical dentistry. He served as a member of Norfolk LDC and was elected to GDPC for 15 years, seven years on Exec. He has been a career long BDA member.

Sections

Bedford

Chair: Antonio Peluso

Secretary: Hema Mistry

Treasurer: Edward Byrne

Cambridge

Chair: Marylene Cotta

Secretary: Chloe Richardson

Treasurer: Benjamin Rowlands

Lincolnshire Section

Chair: Neil Appleby

Secretary: Vicky Andrews

Treasurer: Guin Smith

Norfolk and Norwich

Chair: Jason Stokes

Secretary: Sue Plummer

Treasurer: Nick Stolls

Suffolk and Ipswich

Chair/Treasurer: Hannah Woolnough

Secretary: Vacant

Available roles

The Eastern Counties Branch are currently looking to add members as General Committee members for the Branch Council and for the various Sections, if you are interested in getting involved contact us.