Shabir Shivji BDS MSc Primary Dental Care MCGDent

NHS General Dental Practitioner 

Training Programme Director for HEE London and Kent, Surrey and Sussex

Clinical Dental Practice Advisor NHSE South East Region

Senior Dental Advisor CVD Prevention Lead OCDO

Honorary senior Lecturer, Centre for Professional Practice. University of Kent

Jason Wong MBE is the Deputy Chief Dental Officer for England. Awarded an MBE for services to dentistry and oral health, Jason has previously chaired Local Dental Networks across parts of the Midlands and the East of England and was also secretary of Lincolnshire Local Dental committee for 16 years. His role at NHS England and NHS Improvement now sees him working in collaboration with local and regional teams to deliver improved outcomes for patients, while also championing the role of dentists and dentistry within the health system. Jason qualified from the University of Birmingham in1995 and is currently a general dental practitioner and a partner in a practice in Lincolnshire.

Clinical Policy Lead Office of the Chief Dental Officer England and lead for Dental Care for People with Diabetes

Malcolm Smith is Postgraduate Dental Dean for HEE North East and has led on the Advancing Dental Care Review (ADC) programme and more recently on the implementation phase of ADC.

Sana Movahedi is currently Clinical Workforce Advisor to Office of the Chief Dental Officer (OCDO) and Regional Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean for Workforce & Dental Foundation across London & Kent Surrey and Sussex. She is a general dental practitioner and NHS dental practice owner. Sana has led on initiatives such as the national redeployment of the dental workforce on behalf of the OCDO. She is an active member of multiple national dental workforce working groups as well as representing dentistry on workforce matters on a variety of national workstreams. Sana has also held a variety of past posts with other organisations including CQC.

Oosh is a Paediatric Dental Consultant and Clinical Policy Lead at the Office of the Chief Dental Officer, leading on the oral health initiative for children and young people with learning difficulties and/or autism in residential special education settings, as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. She is the National Lead for Mini Mouth Care Matters, an initiative aimed at ensuring mouth care is integrated with general health, and is an essential part of daily hygiene routine. She is also a Trustee and board member of the Executive Committee for the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD).
Oosh works closely with Health Education England as a subject matter expert on a number of areas associated with children’s oral health. Her primary focus is on the management of vulnerable patient groups, including those with learning disabilities and/or autism, and those with complex medical needs

Joanne is the Special Education Settings Project Manager, sitting under the Office of Chief Dental Office, and is Mini Mouth Care Matters Project Lead for the NHS Sensory Project as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.

Joanne is a Dental Nurse by background, having worked with Orthodontic services, Special Care and Oral Health Promotion. Career began in General Practice, moving to Community Dental Services, where she was Oral Health Promotion Lead Manager for South Tyneside and Sunderland Foundation Trust.

Joanne is extremely passionate about oral health, ensuring that the whole dental team are fairly represented at a high-level, promoting engagement and upskilling of team members. She is an ambassador for Mini Mouth Care Matters, and firmly believes integration of oral health with general health is key to making positive prevention changes to our paediatric population.  Joanne has now taken on a full-time role as Dental Network Manager with NHSE/I South West Commissioning Team.

I graduated from the University of Dundee in 2008 and joined Community Dental Services, I completed the SAAD course and worked with the Lead Sedation Dentist to prove the concept and need for sedation trained Dental Therapists within the service. In 2016 I volunteered with Dentaid. I was part of the first cohort of Dental Therapists to graduate with a Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatric Dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh. In 2019 I completed the BAME Stepping up Programme with the NHS Leadership Academy. I began my HEE role as a Dental Clinical Leadership Fellow in September 2021.

I am a Dental Therapist currently working between Community Dental services, General Dental Practice and my HEE clinical fellowship role. I qualified in 2016 from the University of Highlands and Islands. In 2015 I volunteered to go to India to provide free dental care to communities in need. In 2017 I completed vocational training with NES, which helped me develop my clinical and academic skills. In 2018 I started working for CDS-CIC Leicestershire. I’m currently completing my inhalation sedation course with CDS. In 2021 I obtained a role as a transformation fellow, which was the first year DCP’s could apply.

After qualifying from Cardiff University as a Dental Hygienist, Frances went on to study for a Masters in Dental Public Health at University College London. She has worked in multiple practices in London and the South East. Frances also has keen interests in health promotion having travelled extensively around South East Asia and India volunteering with international dental charities. She has gained Associate fellowship status to the College of General Dentistry and is chair person for the Dental Hygienists and Therapists working group within the college.

Amarantha joined the Office of the Chief Dental Officer looking to understand the policies governing dentistry, and to learn from the team helping the profession to navigate the uncharted waters of a 21st century pandemic. Amarantha is building upon her previous experience as the first Welsh Clinical Leadership Fellow in Sustainable Healthcare, working on international efforts concerning nitrous oxide mitigation, as well as engaging and embedding sustainability within quality improvement training. Amarantha is an Associate at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare and an author for the upcoming BDA Springer book on Sustainable Dentistry.

My name is Lynn and I am currently working at Health Education England as the Oral Health Transformation Clinical Fellow. I am also working part time as an associate general dental practitioner based in London and a staff grade trust dentist at King's College Hospital.  I graduated with a BDS (Hons) in 2017 from King's College London. After completing my dental foundation training, I have taken up several dental core training positions in England and Wales covering specialities in restorative dentistry, oral surgery and oral and maxillofacial surgery.