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IN-PERSON EVENT, hosted by the Oxford Section

What to expect

This event will provide an overview of the main sustainability issues and the impact of healthcare, and to inspire actions for change, empowering dental professionals to lead sustainability in the sector.

Timings

18:30 Registration and networking

18:45 Lecture - Laura Allison

21:00 Ends

Learning objectives

  • Obtain an understanding of sustainability, environmental issues and climate change
  • Understand the link between the health of people and the planet and the environmental impact of dentistry
  • Gain an awareness of actions that can be taken in dental settings to bring about sustainable change across the sector
  • Feel inspired to create an action plan to implement sustainable actions in practice.

Development outcomes

B and D

Meet the speaker

Laura Allison 250X250 Laura Allison Sustainability Specialist, Bupa Dental Care

Laura is Sustainability Specialist for Bupa Dental Care and a General Dental Practitioner, combining her two passions of healthcare and environmental and social sustainability. As well as working in the dental sector, her sustainability experience has spanned clinical practice, healthcare and the higher education sector.

Laura has an MSc in Environmental Bioscience from the University of Warwick. Her particular interests include the links between human health and the health of the planet and mechanisms for clinical waste reduction.

More information

We are looking for enthusiastic members to join the Oxford Section committee. A role on the committee is a great way to get involved in the BDA at a local level and to help provide and shape local educational and networking events. It’s also great to have on your CV!

A brief description of the different roles in a committee is available here

The Section has the support of the centrally-based Local Services team who are on hand to help and advise on any aspect of running the Section and planning events.

If interested, or for more information, please contact us at [email protected]

If you feel at all unwell, we encourage you to take a lateral flow test the evening before you are due to arrive - should your test result be positive, we ask you not to attend.

If your test is negative, but you do have symptoms of COVID-19 (a new, persistent cough; a high temperature; or loss/changes to your sense of taste or smell) we kindly request you consider not attending the event to mitigate any risk to other attendees.

Holiday Inn Oxford

Peartree Roundabout, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 8JD

Parking: Parking charged at £6.00 per 24 hours

Venue location

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Very informative, pleasant atmosphere, excellent delivery

Tutor knowledgeable, interactive and approachable. Really relevant content

The lecture content was great and the lecturer provided a lot of useful theory and cases to supplement this