Constitution
Constitution of the Hospital Dentistry Committee
1. Name
Northern Ireland Hospital Dentistry Committee
2. Aims
- Promote and supervise postgraduate training in the Dental Specialties and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
- To implement the recommendations of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons and the Specialty Advisory Committees on General Professional Training and Higher Specialist Training.
- To advise the NIMDTA and liaise with the Royal Colleges of Surgeons and other relevant bodies on all matters related to training.
- To review the progress of higher specialist trainees at regular intervals (usually at each meeting of the Committee). It would normally be part of the agenda that updated reports are submitted by the Training Programme Directors for each Specialist Registrar.
- To review the requirement for posts for training at regular intervals.
3. Composition of the Committee
Constituency Consultants Representing:-
Conservative (1)
- Prosthodontics (1)
- Periodontics (1)
- Orthodontics (EHSSB) (1)
- Orthodontics (outside EHSSB) (1)
- Oral Surgery (EHSSB) (1)
- Oral Surgery (outside EHSSB) (1)
- Paediatric & Preventive
- School of Medicine and Dentistry, QUB (1)
- Pre-Clinical Teachers (1)
- DHSSPS(NI)
- Director of Dental Services (1) - (nominee to represent all Directors of Dental Services)
- Chairperson of Junior Hospital Staff (1)
- Chairman HSSC(D)(1)
- Up to 2 co-opted (One should always be Chairman of HSSC(D) if not already a member)
Membership of the Hospital Dentistry Committee Reconstituted- 30th November 2005 for the following 4 years.
| Representation | Name |
|---|---|
|
1. Consultants Representing- a. Conservative (1) |
Dr DL Hussey (Adviser Nov 2003) (Ms C Mitchell) |
| 2. Faculty of Medicine, QUB (1) | Dr D J Burden |
| 3. Pre-clinical Teachers (1) | Dr C B O'’Reilly (invited to attend for any relevant business at his request or the committees) |
| 4. DHSSPS (NI) (1) | Mrs P D wilson |
| 5. Director of Dental Services (1) (Nominee to represent all Directors of Dental Services) |
Mr M D Maxwell |
| 6. Chairman of Junior Hospital Staff (1) | Mr S Killough (24/11/2004) |
| 7. Chairman of the Regional Committee for Hospital Dental Services, BDA (1) | Mr C G Cowan (continuing by agreement with current chair) |
| 8. Up to 2 co-opted | Mr N Armstrong, GPT Adviser (invited to attend for any relevant business at his request or the committees) |
| 9. Ex-officio | Dr D L Hussey (Postgraduate Dental Dean, NIMDTA) Dr T McMurray (Postgraduate Dean , NIMDTA) |
| 10. Training Programme Directors | Mr P Ramsay-Bags (OMFS) Dr C Irwin (Restorative) Mr T A Gregg (Paediatric Dentistry) Mr I Connolly (Orthadontics) Ms H Clarke (Dental Public Health- no SpR at the momet) |
| 11. Director Of Dental Studies | Dr D J Burden (Nov 2003) |
Ex-officio
Training Programmes Directors
Clinical Director of Dental School
4. Term of Office
4 years
Any Training Programme Director who is not a member of the Committee should be co-opted.
If not already on the Committee in another role the Clinical Director of the Dental Hospital and the Head of the Dental School should be invited to attend. They would have full membership.
The Chairperson and Adviser should serve terms of 4 years with normally not more than 2 consecutive terms at any one time. The terms of office of these 2 offices should normally not change at the same time but allow for some overlap and continuity.
Attendance
Members of the HDC are expected to attend the majority of meetings which are normally held biannually.
Alternates should be named at the time of nomination of the Committee. They should have full voting rights at the meetings they attend.
Ad-Hoc Committees
The HDC may establish Ad-Hoc Committees to deal with specific issues to allow for preparation of recommendations to HDC for implementation. Normally a trainee with a specific interest in the area to be discussed would be invited to attend to sit on that panel whether or not they are a member of HDC.
This constitution was adopted for use from November 2000 and thus defines the sequential four-year terms.