Donald joins MDDUS Board

24 September 2010

Magazine columnist and dentist Robert Donald attended his first annual general meeting as an MDDUS board member in September.

Robert is a full-time general dental practitioner based in Nairn and has been an elected member of the BDA's Scottish Dental Practice committee since 1994. He served as chairman of the Committee for a time and currently sits on its executive. He is also an elected member of the UK General Dental Practice Committee and has served as Secretary of Highland LDC since 1990. He is a former director of Highland Dental Plan and a former chairman of Independent Care Plans (UK).

Robert is currently a consultant editor and columnist for Dentistry Scotland and was a regular contributor to the Scottish Dentist magazine for several years.

Mr Donald said: “I am delighted to be involved with the MDDUS as a nonexecutive director as it expands its operations south of the border. Having been a member since qualification, I greatly appreciate the service that the union provides.

“Throughout my dental career I have been actively involved at local, national and UK level in striving to improve the terms and conditions of my GDP colleagues.

“My new role as non executive director will enable me to continue to support my colleagues at a strategic level in the company at a time when the dental profession is coming under increasing pressure from outside agencies.”