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Melissa Oura
Melissa Oura graduated in Dentistry from the University of Wales College of Medicine in 1996 and joined the Royal Naval ...
Fitness to practise panel
Fitness to practise panel members
Membership of the statutory committees that make decisions on dental professionals' fitness to practise is drawn from an independent pool of dental professionals and lay people called the fitness to practise panel.
Fitness to practise panellists can sit as members of Interim Orders, Professional Conduct, Professional Performance, Health or Registration Appeals Committees for hearings held by the Dental Professionals Hearings Service.
The role fitness to practise panellists play during a hearing
This video explains the part our independently appointed fitness to practise panel members play in hearings, and how this challenging role makes a difference to the public and patients by providing proportionate and fair regulation of dental professionals.
The fitness to practise panel is made up of dentists, dental care professionals (DCPs), and lay people.
Michael Speakman
Michael Speakman graduated the from University of Sheffield in 1993. He completed Vocational Training during 1994 before becoming an associate ...
Miranda Carruthers-Watt
Miranda Carruthers-Watt is a Solicitor, with over 30 years’ experience. She has been a senior manager within the public sector ...
Natalie Lloyd
Natalie qualified in 2009 under the Manchester and Tameside NHS Dental Nurse Cadet Programme and has worked in Specialist Community ...
Navidah Chaudhary
Navidah Chaudhary is a specialist periodontist and a Locum Consultant in Periodontology at Guy's Hospital, London. She graduated from the ...
Nora Nanayakkara
Nora has maintained a portfolio career of non-executive roles, consultancy and professional regulation services since 2009, when she was appointed ...
Olivia Kimber
Olivia is a dental nurse who has experience of NHS and private dentistry. She has worked as a nurse and ...
Omar Bhutta
Omar Bhutta graduated from King's College London in the year 2000. Following completion of vocational training he moved to London ...
Orlinda Mpofu
Orlinda Mpofu qualified as a dental nurse in 2002 through Whitecross Dental Care training program. Whilst involved in the delivery ...