Representation
The Wiltshire Local Dental Committee (LDC) is a statutory body who’s committee is made up of elected dentists from the local area, working to represent and support the profession locally and nationally.
Wiltshire LDC represents all dentists providing primary dental services under GDS in the geographical region of Wiltshire and Swindon.
All other dentists performing primary dental services (if they so wish) under:
- PCTDS
- PDS agreements or
- GDS contracts
- Other dentists
The 1999 Health Act allowed LDCs to represent PDS and Assistant dentists, if they so wished. This was further modified by the 2003 Act to encompass providers and performers under the new contract. In Wiltshire, the GDPs also gave the LDC a mandate to represent all dentists, whether NHS or Private.
Wiltshire LDC Representatives
Philippa Riseley-Prichard
Chairman
Philippa Riseley- Prichard qualified at Guys Hospital Dental School and is a Practice Owner of a 6 surgery practice in Devizes.
Throughout her career she has worked predominantly in the NHS in general practice, as a part time clinical lecturer at Bristol Dental Hospital and as an Educational Supervisor and then Training Programme Director for Dental Foundation Training.
Matt Clover
Vice Chairman
Matthew Clover is a specialist orthodontist. He is the principal orthodontist at Salisbury Orthodontics.
He is vice-chair of Wiltshire LDC and has been a member of BDA GDPC since 2009.
He is the Director of Clinical Practice at the British Orthodontic Society, an expert advisor for BDA Indemnity and a specialist advisor for the CQC.
George Montgomery
Secretary
I have been a committee member since 2018 and secretary since 2022.
I have practiced as a GDP in the Wiltshire region since leaving foundation training in 2013. I
am keen to further the needs of Dental Practices within Wiltshire especially now as the ICBs (integrated care boards) are starting to take on the responsibility for commissioning.
Nish Patel
Hon. Treasurer
Nish Patel is a dentist with a specialist interest in Endodontics and is also working in general practice in Swindon.
He has been a member of Wiltshire LDC since 2015 and is currently the honorary treasurer.
Through his time in the committee he has worked with the local oral health steering group, which aims to educate and assist members of the public from the young in schools to the elderly in care homes.
Swindon
Nish Patel (Hon. Treasurer)
Keith George
Pratik Patel
Andrew Halmer
Kennet & North Wilts
Philippa Riseley-Prichard (Chairman)
Judith Denning
Laurinda Watt
Keith Garber
Alastair Hetherington
South Wiltshire
Richard Coates
Matt Clover (Vice Chair)
Mark Inman
Mehdi Alizadeh
West Wiltshire
Jonathan Fleming
CDS/PDS
Robin Mills
Sarah Thomas
Wiltshire LDC Elections
Elections usually take place in March of each year. Please contact us for the nomination form.
The number of LDC representatives for each constituency is proportional to the number of dental practitioners in that constituency.
Each representative is in active practice in his or her constituency and is elected by dentists practicing in that constituency.
Each representative serves on the LDC for three years, after which they must retire, although they can stand for re-election.
Elections are staggered so that at least one representative for each constituency retires every year.
| Constituency | Number of LDC Representatives |
| Swindon | 5 |
| Kennet & North Wilts | 3 |
| South Wilts | 3 |
| West Wilts | 3 |
| PCTDS | 3 |