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Dental Tribune United Kindom Edition

27DCPsJuly 18-24, 2011United Kingdom Edition B ADN is the professional association for dental nurses. It’s the only one in the UK and has been in existence for 70 years; it was founded in 1940 by dental nurse Bunty Lee and dentist Philip Grundy in Leyland in Lancashire. BADN is run by its Council, which is composed of dental nurses who give up their free time to do this and who do not get paid for doing it. The Coun- cil consists of a Chairman (who is elected by Council mem- bers), a President, a Finance Officer, several Regional Coor- dinators who represent dental nurses in specific geographical areas of the UK, and Seconded Members, who represent spe- cialist areas of dental nursing. The President, Finance Officer and Regional Coordinators are elected – any full member who fits the criteria may nomi- nate themselves for these posts whenever nominations are in- vited. If there is more than one nomination, BADN holds an election where members are asked to vote. Seconded Mem- bers are appointed by Council and any full member work- ing in that area may nominate themselves and applications are considered by Council. BADN offers information, advice and support to all dental nurses – both Registered Den- tal Nurses and student dental nurses – working in all areas of dentistry. Members receive a membership badge, a CD Rom of useful information, four is- sues each year of the “Brit- ish Dental Nurses’ Journal” – which includes up to eight hours of verifiable CPD, access to the members only area of the BADN website www.badn. org.uk, free legal advice from our legal helpline, and access to “BADN Benefits” – a range of discounts and special of- fers on everything from home and car insurance to health clubs, shopping, holidays and healthcare. It is estimated that a BADN member can, with ju- dicious use of the benefits of- fered, save up to £500 a year. In addition to the eight hours verifiable CPD provided in the Journal, BADN offers an additional eight hours verifi- able CPD at the National Den- tal Nursing Conference. Al- though Conference is open to non-members as well, BADN members receive a £70 dis- count on conference registra- tion fees. The 2011 Conference will cover topics such as De- contamination, Radiography, Forensic Dentistry, Law & Eth- ics, Special Care, Tobacco Con- trol and Work/Life Balance. A BADN member booking for the whole Conference (including the Presidential Dinner) before the end of August would pay £120. This includes the eight hours of verifiable CPD presen- tations from top class speakers, CPD certificate, Conference Handbook, Civic Reception, Presidential Dinner, lunch and refreshments on both Friday and Saturday …… not a bad in- vestment to get the bulk of your annual CPD requirement! In addition, BADN mem- bers can ring not only our le- gal helpline for legal advice on employment and other issues, but also our staff for advice on other matters. If we don’t know the answer – we usually know someone who does! We also have a tax refund service which will investigate whether you have been paying too much tax and, if so, claim it back for you – to date £103,000 has been claimed back from HMRC for BADN members. (Incidentally, all dental nurses can claim tax relief on the laundering of their uniforms and their GDC regis- tration fee – but only because BADN negotiated with HMRC to get it! The BADN member- ship fee is also tax allowable.) We are also about to launch our Tax Credits service which will allow members to find out ex- actly what tax credits they are entitled to and do the necessary paperwork to claim them if re- quired. One of the best known ben- efits of BADN membership is the indemnity cover provided as part of the membership package for full members. This cover is specifically designed for dental nurses and not just an add-on to a dentist’s cover. It covers the member themselves so it not only does it get carried on if they change jobs, but it in- cludes cover for potential dam- ages awarded to a patient and also legal costs for appearing before the GDC (which many other kinds of cover don’t). BADN Council researched the various kinds of cover available and invited different providers to submit propos- als, choosing current provid- ers WRB as providing the most appropriate and cost effective cover to offer members as part of the membership package – thereby relieving members of the need to trawl through all the bumf on this subject them- selves! In short, those dental nurses who regard themselves as pro- fessionals and who take their profession and professionalism seriously, join their profession- al association….. and reap the benefits! DT BADN – what exactly is it? Pam Swain reveals what is behind the acronym ‘One of the best known benefits of BADN membership is the indemnity cover provid- ed as part of the membership package for full members’ BADN council at the 2010 annual conference dinner