Gill Jones, Registrar
Having qualified as a dental surgeon in 1975, I enjoyed a varied early career in general practice, community and hospital services, with a focus on epidemiology and special care dentistry, as well as working in the All Wales Post Graduate Deanery. After further training, I became a Consultant in Dental Public Health in 1993 and spent many years as a Director of Dental Public Health in Wales, contributing to many developments and dealing with a wide range of issues with public health colleagues.
Subsequently, with a change of focus towards academia and education, I worked in Cardiff Dental School and then took the opportunity, as Director of Undergraduate Dental Studies in the Peninsula University Peninsula School of School of Medicine and Dentistry, to help colleagues to plan and deliver the new BDS course in the first new UK dental school for 40 years. Having now retired from the NHS, I support the work of the General Dental Council within standards for education and Fitness to Practice. I also provide consultancy in a number of areas.
An essential part of all my responsibilities over the years has been to be a custodian of quality and quality assurance, a key part of which has been working closely with regulatory bodies.
There are many challenges for UKPHR going forward and I am working hard with the UKPHR team to provide fair arbitration in supporting new applications, re-registrations and revalidations, as well as contributing to the enhancement of UKPHR as a very important home for public health colleagues, remaining mindful of the importance of equality and diversity.
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