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New GDC chair and council member announced

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​The General Dental Council has announced the appointment of Baron Harris of Haringey (Lord Toby Harris) who will join the GDC as chair of council, and Angie Heilmann MBE, who joins as a registrant council member.

Both will take up their new posts on October 1, 2021, when the current chair Dr William Moyes and council member Catherine Brady leave office at the end of September.

Angie Heilmann MBE (previously McBain) is a registered dental nurse who has had a long clinical and academic career, firstly in Scotland before moving to England in 1986. Angie qualified as a dental nurse in 1989 and went on to achieve NEBDN qualifications in dental sedation nursing (with distinction) and worked in clinical practice until 2007 before focusing solely on dental nurse tutoring.

Angie has held a number of educational and tutoring positions since then, most recently as the dental workforce development regional advisor for Health Education England (East) until 2020 and is currently the director of dental nurse education at Cambridge Dental Nurse Academy, the dental nurse arm of Antwerp Dental Academy. Previously, she was part of the team that introduced foundation degrees in dental nursing at the University of Bedfordshire.

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