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ADG director of policy and clinical affairs moves on
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Catherine Rutland, the Association of Dental Group’s (ADG) director of policy and clinical affairs, is leaving later this month having served the organisation for two years.
Rutland moves on to take up her new role as none-executive director and Member of Council at the Medical Protection Society, of which dental protection is an important part.
Neil Carmichael, executive chair of the ADG, said: “While we are sad to be saying goodbye to Catherine, she leaves the ADG with our very best wishes.
“She has served the ADG superbly over the last two years and the Medical Protection Society will, I am sure, now benefit from her insights and judgement in the same way that our association has.
“We are comforted by the fact that dentistry is a small world and we are all working towards the same goals, which are to serve the profession and patients to the best of our abilities – and I know that Catherine will keep up this good work.”
Rutland has also been appointed as a trustee for the College of General Dentistry, as well as being head of policy at Dentaid.
She said: “It has been a wonderful period of my professional career working with the ADG team, who despite being small, are hugely agile and impactful.
“I have learnt so much from the other members of the team and have been proud to be part of several important and meaningful engagements with stakeholders relevant to dentistry – all working together to care for patients.
“During my time at the ADG I have also had the pleasure of writing a number of hard-hitting dental policy papers.”
2026 is the 15th anniversary year of the ADG and is set to be a year of growth for the Association of Dental Groups (ADG) as membership hits a record 32 dental groups.
As the trade body representing the dental workforce across the ‘mixed economy’ of NHS, private, and community-based services, ADG’s purpose since the association’s creation 15 years ago in 2011 is to advocate for UK dental groups by working with stakeholders and policymakers.
