Quality rewards
Three dental practices in North Derbyshire
have been rewarded for improvements in
services and facilities for patients by North
Derbyshire Health Authority.
Stubley Lane Dental Centre, Dronfield
was overall winner of the Quality Develop-
ment Award and received £250 in prize
money and a certificate. Dental practices
Gordon F. Partington of Chesterfield and
Adrian Dunning & Associates, Dronfield,
each received a prize of £50 and a certificate
as runners-up.
The Derbyshire scheme continues in the
tradition of the BDJ’s Quality Development
Award, which was a joint initiative between
the British Dental Journal and Denplan.
New appointment for
Wo me n I n De nt i st r y
Jeannie MacMillan has recently joined
Women In Dentistry in a newly created
post as Regional Contacts Co-ordinator.
Jeannie will support Women In Den-
tistry regional organisers who arrange local
meetings and activities. An experienced
practice manager and dental nurse, Jeannie
previously worked in a similar role in the
Red Cross.
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NEWS & NOTES
news
Celine Sturridge (left, front) has been awarded the Best Student of the Year Award at
King’s Dental Institute. The prize recognises the overall results achieved in the Bridge
Course and is sponsored by Panadent.
This year’s prize is the Bio-Art ‘GKT’ 4000 Professional Articulator.
Top Row Left to right: Nic Hodgson, Lecturer in Conservative Dentistry, Robert Abra-
ham, Lecturer in Conservative Dentistry/Bridge Course Administrator, Steve Dunne
and Brett Robinson, Senior Lecturers/Consultants in Conservative Dentistry and David
Peters, Senior Technical Instructor.
Front Row: Celine Sturridge, Pam Faulkner, Laboratory Aide, Jennifer Hughes, Lec-
turer in Conservative Dentistry and Cynthia Casimir, Secretary to the Department of
Conservative Dentistry.
Study links stress in
dentists to unhealthy
behaviour
High stress in the dental profession may be
linked to unhealthy behaviour such as
increased alcohol consumption, lack of
exercise, skipping breakfast and poor sleep,
as well as minor health problems, accord-
ing to a survey.
The study, by Dr Lynn Myers and Dr
Howard Myers of University College Lon-
don, was presented at The British Psycho-
logical Society’s Division of Health
Psychology Annual Conference, held at the
University of Kent at Canterbury.
It has been suggested that dentistry is
one of the most stressful professions. How-
ever, there is a lack of studies which have
investigated factors associated with stress
in dentists.
Results were presented from 228 replies
received from dentists in East and West
Kent as part of the nationwide question-
naire survey. These preliminary findings
represented less than 10 per cent of the
whole survey. Results from the whole
nationwide survey of over 2500 replies will
be presented at the BDA Conference in
May 2001 at Harrogate.
Student takes top honours
Notice is hereby given that the Annual
General Meeting of the University
Dental Teachers and Research Workers
Group will be held at British Dental
Association Headquarters, 64 Wimpole
Street, London W1G 8YS on Friday 3rd
November at 10.00am to transact the
following business:
1 Apologies for absence
2 Minutes of the meeting held on 21
April 1999
3 Matters arising from the minutes
4 Report of the Honorary Treasurer
5 President's annual report
6 Election of office bearers
7 Any other business
Contact: Ms Joanna Woodcock
Group Secretary
64 Wimpole Street, London W1G 8YS
Tel: 020 7563 4140 Fax: 020 7563 4561
Email: j.woodcock@bda-dentistry.org.uk
UDT & RW Group AGM
