Welcome to the SAAD National Course!
Whether you are attending the SAAD course as a refresher, or if you are new to sedation and about to embark on your supervised clinical experience, the focus of our courses is to ensure that all members of the clinical team are able to deliver safe and effective conscious sedation for their patients who require it.
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There will be photographs and videos taken during the course weekend that may be used in the SAAD Digest & Newsletters, on the SAAD website or on social media. If you would prefer not to appear please ensure that you sit on the outer edge of the lecture theatre and make yourself known to the photographer, or to Toni Richman (Registration).
Venue
Venue:
Graduate Centre
Mile End Road
London
E1 4NS
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Please click here for further information about the venue including travel information.
Parking is only available for blue badge holders.
It is recommended that delegates enter campus via Bancroft Road and walk towards the Graduate Square. Entrance to the Graduate Centre is opposite the square.
Mile end and Stepney Green Tube are both a 5-10 minute walk from campus.
Street parking is available for delegates unable to park onsite, please see https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/transport_and_streets/Parking/parking_zones_and_charges/Parking_zones.aspx for more information.
Registration
Registration will take place in the foyer where refreshments will be available.
We are using remote sign-in instead of a paper register, the link to sign in is below and the password will be available in the foyer. Members of the SAAD Faculty will be there to welcome you and to assist with signing in if necessary.
The link is www.saad.org.uk/signin
You will need to sign in using the password provided to ensure that you receive your attendance certificate.
Programme
To view the programme for both days please click on the image below.
SAAD reserves the right to make changes to this programme.
We request that you do not make video or audio recordings of the course.
SAAD Life Support Course
Are you new to sedation? Not registered on the SAAD Course for New Starters?
Under current IACSD guidance, any practitioner who was not practising sedation independently prior to April 2015, is designated a 'New Starter' and will need to undergo a period of supervised clinical practice before being able to practise sedation independently.
The SAAD National course provides the required underpinning knowledge and also an introduction to the clinical skills for sedation, but it is then necessary to undertake supervised clinical experience before embarking on independent practice.
If you are a new starter, and not completing your supervised sedation experience as part of a University or Postgraduate Deanery run training scheme, or with a STAC approved supervisor, then you should consider upgrading to the SAAD Assessed scheme. Register before 15 April 2026.
The SAAD Assessed Sedationist (SAS) scheme
Mentimeter - for use in the quiz
We will be using ‘Mentimeter’ (www.mentimeter.com) during the course weekend, and so please ensure that your smart phone is fully charged!
Course Handbook
Meet the SAAD Faculty!
Please take the opportunity to approach any member of the SAAD Faculty with any of your sedation related questions!
The SAAD Teaching Faculty has oral surgeons, paediatric dentists, special care dentists, clinical psychologists, GDPs, dental nurses, peripatetic sedationists and resuscitation officers - all experienced teachers.
Dr Carole Boyle
SAAD Course Director and Past President
Carole is a Consultant and Clinical Lead for Special Care Dentistry at Guy’s, and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London. Her particular interests are using sedation for people who require special care, teaching sedation both to undergraduates and postgraduates and providing dental care under general anaesthesia. She is a member of Dental Council at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Mrs Emma Lee
SAAD Assessed Sedation Nurse (SASN) scheme Co-ordinator
Emma has been a member of the SAAD teaching faculty since 1998 and taught for many years in the department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry at Guy’s Hospital. She is currently the Head of Learning & Development for Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust.
Dr Leah Adams
Sedation Lead, CDS Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Leah is a Senior Dental Officer and Sedation Lead within the Community Dental Service in Gloucestershire. Prior to this she was a GDP and sedation lead in a private sedation practice and gained her MSc in Conscious Sedation from Cardiff University. Leah has a special interest in treating anxious children and adults and providing conscious sedation, as well as teaching sedation and mentoring dentists, therapists and nurses.
Dr Prabhleen Anand
Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry, RNENT & Eastman Dental Hospital, UCLH NHS Trust
Prabhleen has been a Consultant and Honorary Clinical Lecturer for over 15 years in Paediatric Dentistry at The Eastman Dental Hospital. She is currently Deputy Chair for the Paediatric Dental Managed clinical network in London. She also works in private practice. Her areas of special interest are sedation, pain control, oral surgery, hypodontia, trauma and general anaesthesia. She is the lead on general anaesthesia and IV sedation in the department.
Dr Manni Deol
SAAD Clinical Advisor and Trustee, GDP
Manni has been a general dental practitioner for 20+ years working in NHS and private practice, based in the West Midlands. Her special interests include Sedation and Teaching. She provides intravenous sedation at her practice and has worked in the Department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry at Guys Hospital in the past. Manni's other roles include Foundation training (13 years experience) and being an elected member of the LDC Coventry.
Dr Neil Donaldson
Consultant Oral Surgeon
Neil is a Consultant in Oral Surgery based at Birmingham Dental Hospital. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Conscious Sedation and uses these skills regularly in the provision of oral surgery with the help of intravenous sedation. He has a particular interest in the orthodontic/oral surgery interface and therefore is well experienced in the care of anxious children and adolescents.
Dr Jennifer Hare
Consultant Health Psychologist. KCL Dental Institute
Jen leads the Dental Psychology Service at Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation NHS Trust; providing input for individuals with dental phobia, oro-facial pain and orthognathic surgical assessments.
Mrs Mary Hicks
Resuscitation Council Instructor, Adult and Paediatric Advanced Life Support.
Mary is an experienced registered nurse with an ED background and has been a Resuscitation Officer for over 20 years working within the NHS. Mary is a Resuscitation Council instructor in both adult and paediatric Advanced Life Support Courses. She has a keen interest in education and has a PgDip in Education.
Dr Christopher Holden
SAAD Past President and Safe Sedation Practice Scheme Lead
Chris has been a GDP in primary care for 40 years. He has been an author of most national guidance documents on dental sedation in the last 15 years. Chris provides expert evidence in the UK, Europe and worldwide and is immediate past president of The International Federation of Dental Anaesthesiology Societies.
Dr Paul Howlett
Trustee of SAAD, GDP
Paul works as a GDP in a private multi-disciplinary dental practice in Teesside. His specific areas of interest are managing anxious patients and more complex restorative care including dental implants. Previously, Paul spent 5 years working as part of a dedicated team providing advanced conscious sedation techniques for paediatric patients and continues to use single drug intravenous and inhalation sedation as part of his daily clinical practice. Paul has been a SAAD trustee since 2012.
Dr Bryan Kerr
Consultant in Department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry, Guy’s Hospital, King’s College London Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences.
Bryan completed an MSc in Sedation and Special Care Dentistry at King's College London (KCL) and is now a Consultant at Guy's Hospital, London. He provides training in conscious sedation to undergraduate and postgraduate dentists at KCL. Bryan is the immediate past chair of DSTG.
Dr Yi Kwan Loo
SAAD President and Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry at King's College Hospital, London
Yi is a Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry at King's College Hospital, London providing specialist care under sedation for children and young people with dental anomalies, dental trauma and medical complexity. She completed the Diploma in Conscious Sedation at Newcastle University and has a background as a GDP providing advanced adult and paediatric sedation, as part of an experienced multidisciplinary team.
Mr Anthony McKay
Senior Resuscitation Officer at GSTT
Anthony has a wealth of experience attending emergencies and teaches undergraduate dental students. He is an ALS, APLS, NLS and Generic Resuscitation Instructor with a keen interest in non-technical skills. He has a Masters in Quality and Safety in Healthcare evaluating resuscitation teams.
Dr Najla Nizarali
Consultant in Sedation and Special Care Dentistry, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS FT KCL
Dr Dave Pearson
Consultant Oral Surgeon
Dave is Dental Divisional Medical Director for Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT and a Consultant Oral Surgeon based at Birmingham Dental Hospital. He lectures in oral surgery / sedation and works closely with the University of Birmingham. He has a special interest in the dental management of oncology patients pre/post radiotherapy utilising IS and IV sedation.
Dr Damien Reilly
Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Damien is a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry. In addition to this appointment at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare, he has a particular interest in the provision of sedation for obese patients.
Mrs Toni Richman
Course Administrator
Toni has for many years assisted and demonstrated on the techniques of Conscious Dental Sedation. She has presented at numerous post graduate courses within the UK and Ireland. She is a Practice Manager in Billingshurst, West Sussex.
Dr Laleh Sharifian
Peripatetic Sedationist
Laleh has been a GDP for over 20 years and has provided IV Sedation in primary care during this time. She is now a full time peripatetic sedation dentist; offering IV Sedation in the South-East of UK for dental practices. Laleh is also a clinical supervisor on the SAAD Assessed Sedationist (SAS) scheme and runs ILS courses and sedation lectures and CPD for the sedation team.
Dr Zahra Shehabi
Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at Barts Health and SAAD Trustee
Zahra is a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at the Royal London Dental Hospital. She completed MSc's in Sedation and Special Care Dentistry in 2011 (Kings College, London) and Healthcare Management in 2016 (City University, London). Zahra is heavily involved in undergraduate and postgraduate sedation teaching. Her clinical interests include intravenous sedation (basic and advanced techniques) for patients with challenging behaviour and those undergoing implant surgery. More recently, she has been involved in various healthcare sustainability projects through her work with Green@BartsHealth
Your attendance certificate
Attendance certificate
After the course you will receive an email with a link to the online evaluation feedback form. Once you have submitted your feedback your attendance certificate will download.
Please ensure that you complete the evaluation and download your certificate within 7 days of attending the course.
Contact contact@saad.org.uk with any questions.
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