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CERTIFICATE OF MERIT In October the Pierre Fauchard Academy awarded a certificate of merit to RUSS LADWA, general dental practitioner and BDA PEC member, for distinguished contribution to

the profession of dentistry. HONORARY DOCTORATE PROFESSOR STEPHEN PORTER, Director of the UCL Eastman Dental Institute, has received an Honora ry Doctorate in Medicine by the University of

Gothenburg, Sweden, in recognition of his significant achievements allied to international oral medicine. BEST START-UP SS DENTAL SERVICES, dental engineers, based in Plymouth, have won an

award for best start-up company in the South West at the South West Biomedical iNet's second Innovation Award Ceremony in Bristol. INAUGURAL CHAIR DR JIM LAFFERTY, a dentist in

Sheffield, has been elected as the inaugural Chair of the BDA's new English Council. The English Council exists to advise the BDA Principal Executive Committee (PEC) on all matters

relating to policy in England, and to liaise with BDA's branches and sections. ACCREDITATION AWARD DORSET HEALTHCARE is the first individual dental service in the UK to receive

University Practice Development Accreditation (UPDA). The award was presented to the dental team at the official opening of a new special care dental clinic in Bournemouth in October. BSDHT

PRESIDENT Dental hygienist JULIE ROSSE is the new President of the British Society of Dental Hygiene and Therapy (BSDHT); successor to Sally Simpson. Ms Rosse had held the post of President

Elect since 2010. BDA SCOTLAND DIRECTOR PAT KILPATRICK has been appointed as the new Director of the BDA for Scotland. She will take up her post next month and brings to the post extensive

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