Dr John Cameron

Chairman

John has been a Trustee for over a decade and has considerable experience assisting health professionals particularly when in difficulty with the regulators. He spent many years running his own dental practices both in Scotland and England, as well as working as Senior Dental adviser for NHS National Services Scotland. He is Senior Clinical Teaching Fellow, running the law and ethics programme at the University of Aberdeen Dental School.

Dr Simon Lidster

Trustee and Treasurer

Simon qualified from Sheffield University in 1980 and worked in NHS general practice for his whole career. He jointly owned two FD training practices in Sheffield and was heavily involved in teaching endodontics at undergraduate and postgraduate level. He retired in April 2017 to pursue his passions for fly fishing.

Dr Paul Langmaid

Trustee

Paul graduated BDS (Wales) in 1975. Following General Dental Practice in Cornwall he was appointed Chief Dental Officer on Anguilla, British West Indies. In 1993 he joined the Welsh Office and in 1997 was appointed Chief Dental Officer (Wales), retiring in December 2010. He is Chairman of WEHE Advisory Group, appointed CBE by HM the Queen 2010, to BDA Roll of Distinction 2011 and made Honorary Fellow of Cardiff University July 2013.

Dr Janine Brooks

Trustee

Janine graduated from Birmingham Dental School in the early 80′s. She spent her clinical career in Herefordshire and then South Warwickshire working in special needs dentistry. She is currently co-founder of Dental Mentors UK; an Educational Inspector for the GDC; trustee of DHST; trustee of NHS Retirement Fellowship and a Fellow for the SBDN. She runs three coaching and training businesses and she specialises in coaching dentists experiencing difficulties.

Dr Sonia Kumar

Trustee

Sonia Kumar graduated from the University of Aberdeen and St Georges, University of London with degrees in Bachelor of Dental Surgery and BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science. She is a GDP who has worked in both NHS & Private Practices in Glasgow and Harley Street, London. She became a Trustee for the DHST in 2016 and plays a key role in raising awareness for support available for Dentists with mental health, addiction issues on Social Media.

Dr Catherine Rutland

Trustee

Richard Jones

Clinical Lead & National Coordinator

MSc Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, BSc Mental Health Nursing, NMC independent prescriber, Therapist. RMN, MAREBT

Richard joins DHST from his 12 year role as the Clinical Director at Practitioner Health: working exclusively with doctors and dentists who are struggling with their mental health or have issues related to addiction.

Richard has expertise in helping practitioners recover from all kinds of metal health issues and addictions. He is also experienced managing the interface between working as a regulated professional and experiencing mental health and addiction issues.

He has a passion for developing services specifically for health professionals and helping people remain in work or get back to work after a period of absence.

Prior to his NHS role Richard had a role as a lecturer practitioner at King’s College London and worked at the South London and Maudsley Trust in both clinical and research roles.

He is based in London and the south of Scotland.

Jenny Hart

National Coordinator

RMN & NMC independent prescriber
Jenny has recently joined DHST from her role a clinician and team leader at NHS Practitioner Health.

Jenny is a registered psychiatric nurse and has a vast amount of experience from her time working in South London and Maudsley NHS trust before joining NHS Practitioner Health in 2019.

Jenny has experience working in crisis services, addiction services, inpatient and community settings and early intervention services.

She has a keen interest in working with healthcare professionals who are struggling with mental health and/or addiction difficulties and help developed a pathway for healthcare professionals to access prompt care within NHS Practitioner Health.