IN-PERSON EVENT, hosted by Essex Branch and Essex LDC
Please note, this event is FREE for BDA members, LDC members and DCPs. If you are a LDC member, online bookings are not available, so please email [email protected] or call the events line on 020 7563 4590 (Mon-Thurs 09:00-17:00) to book.
A full day event covering core CPD topics and personal development topics.
Timings
08:30 Registration and refreshments
09:00 Lectures start
17:00 Ends
Learning objectives
Identify signs of burnout, apply emotional regulation and physical performance hacks and integrate leadership behaviours that enhance wellbeing and team performance
Identify common ethical challenges in dentistry, explain the impact of breaching GDC standards and outline strategies to prevent ethical errors
Learn how to deliver the strategy by improving safety culture, completing patient safety training, using the new incident recording system and understanding responses under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework.
Development outcomes
A, B and D
Meet the speakers
Joe AllenHead of Patient Safety, Suffolk and North East Essex ICB
Rana Al-Falaki Executive and leadership coach, author, speaker and Specialist Periodontist
Gareth Davies
Rowena HarlandQuality Lead, Suffolk and North East Essex ICB
Bryan HarveySenior Dento-Legal Adviser at the DDU and Chair of Essex LDC
Catherine Rowland
Jason StokesGDP
Joe Allen
Joe Allen is an NHS Patient Safety Specialist. They provide senior leadership on patient safety in NHS providers and integrated care boards (ICBs), but also in some independent providers and arm’s length bodies. They are expected to have direct access to their executive team to facilitate the escalation of patient safety issues or concerns.
Rana Al-Falaki
Rana Al-Falaki is founder of NAIL-IT In Dentistry, a multi-award-winning executive and leadership coach, best-selling author, international speaker, and Specialist Periodontist with over 3 decades in dentistry. As creator of the award-winning NAIL-IT Leadership System, she pioneers a unique, science-backed approach to combining leadership with wellbeing — enabling high performance without burnout.
Her work has been recognised through the CEO Today Executive Coaching Award, SME Business Elite Award, and an Outstanding Contribution to the Training Industry (Professional Speakers Academy). She co-founded BREATHE Dental Wellness in partnership with the Chief Dental Officer, and was named one of Dentistry’s Top 50 in 2025.
Gareth Davies
Rowena Harland
Rowena works as a Quality Lead at Suffolk and North East Essex ICB. She has a clinical background in nursing and have worked in health care education.
Bryan Harvey
Bryan is a Senior Dento-Legal Adviser at the DDU. He has been qualified for 54 years. Before 1 January 2016 he was Deputy Head of the DDU and has been a dento-legal adviser for 25 years. Prior to this he was in general practice for 25 years, was a vocational trainer and an associate specialist in oral surgery. Currently he is chairman of Essex LDC, on the LDN and MCNs for Oral Surgery and Restorative. He keeps wet gloved working alternate Saturday mornings in practice. Bryan regularly lectures on dento-legal and ethical issues.
Catherine Rowland
Jason Stokes
Jason Stokes is a GDP and NHS Performer as well as Associate Postgraduate Dean for Early Years in East of England. He is the Dental Educator Lead for Suffolk & North East Essex (SNEE) ICB. He is the elected representative on the BDA Principal Executive Committee (PEC) for the East of England in addition to being the Secretary of Norfolk LDC. He has also previously worked on the Fitness to Practice Panel of the GDC.
09:00 Optimal performance: the new gold standard of success
Aim To help dental professionals understand the link between leadership and wellbeing that prevents burnout and learn practical strategies to enhance performance and resilience.
Learning objectives
Identify signs of burnout
Apply emotional regulation and physical performance hacks
Integrate leadership behaviours that enhance wellbeing and team performance.
Rana Al-Falaki, Specialist Periodontist, Certified Professional Coach, Optimal Performance Strategist, Energy Leadership Master Practitioner, Bestselling Author
10:00 Orthodontic referrals for the GDP and IOTN Gareth Davies
11:00 Refreshments break
11:30 Dental ethics
Aim This session will explore and expand on the GDC Ethical Guidance (Standards). It will use real world scenarios to show where dental team members have "come unstuck" by misunderstanding or misapplying the ethical standards that underpin our profession.
Learning objectives
Characterize some of the common ethical pitfalls for Dentists and their Teams
Define the consequences of breaching the GDC ethical standards
Demonstrate how to effectively avoid ethical missteps
Jason Stokes, GDP
12:30 Patient safety culture in practice
Aim To provide an overview of the NHS Patient Safety Strategy in Primary Care. Launched in September 2024, the strategy describes the national and local commitments to improve patient safety in primary care, supporting all areas in this sector to fully implement the NHS Patient Safety Strategy.
Learning objectives
Identify the key deliverables of the strategy including how to improve safety culture
Understand how to complete the national patient safety syllabus training
Understand how to register for and use the new incident recording (LFPSE)
Recognise incident responses within the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF).
Joe Allen and Rowena Harland
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Complaints handling and clinical note keeping Bryan Harvey
