Birmingham LDC is funded by GDPs in the city via a compulsory statutory levy charged (currently) to contract providers. Non NHS or PDS providers/ performers can pay a voluntary LDC levy too, enabling representation and support from the LDC.

Expenditure of this levy is restricted to administrative duties of the Committee as well contributing to the funding of national organisations like the British Dental Guild and charities like the Dental Health Support Trust.  The British Dental Guild has been established for nearly 70 years and funds here are used to pay the BDA’s General Dental Practitioner Committee representatives for loss of earnings when representing the profession on the national stage, negotiating on behalf of the profession, with ministers, DHSC, NHSE or the OCDO.

Each LDC member who attends a meeting on behalf of this LDC will be paid an agreed sum in return for furnishing the LDC with a written report. 

Officers of the LDC make up the executive, namely Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer and Secretary, all of these receive a stipend for their roles.