What is the Associates Group?
The Associates Group is a working group of the General Dental Practice Committee (GDPC) and aims to give a voice to the wide range of associates doing varied roles across the UK, at all stages of their careers.
The group is comprised of dental associates working in different fields of practice, elected from the GDPC and BDA Young Dentists Committee, as well as a number of associates co-opted from outside the BDA’s committees, and includes both younger and mid-career dentists.
What issues does the Associates Group work on?
The Associates Group works on range of issues affecting dental associates, including:
Associates Group members
- Rajdeep Banga
- Sarah Canavan (Chair)
- Amelia Coulby
- Toby Hancock
- Edel Hughes
- Ravinder Jhutie
- Alice Lewis
- Anil Maini
- Amish Patel
- Vacant seat
Want to get involved?
Seats on BDA Committees can become available during term periods, and if so, by-elections are held. If you are interested in finding out how to take part in and becoming a representative, please get in touch with our elections team elections@bda.org.
Keeping up-to-date
To keep up-to-date with the BDA's work on a wide range of topics, please ensure we have your correct email address (you can update via the My BDA section) and click the relevant boxes to receive our e-newsletters, or call our membership team to update your details, tel 020 7563 4550.
BDA blogs include opinions from GDPC members, YDC members, and associate dentists, read our latest blogs for GDPs.
You can follow the @BDA on Twitter for our news updates.
Contact us
If you would like further information regarding the GDPC Associates Group, or would like to give any comments or suggestions, please email Tom King tom.king@bda.org.
