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In this podcast, Michelle Hardy shares some questions that practice owners and staff should ask before an NHS to private conversion. There are certain crucial points a practice needs to have considered before deciding to go ahead with an NHS conversion. In this podcast, Practice Plan sales support manager Michelle Hardy outlines the sorts of…
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In this podcast, Michelle Hardy from Practice Plan busts some common myths surrounding barriers to converting from NHS to private practice. As someone who has around 20 years’ experience of helping dentists convert from NHS to private practice, Practice Plan sales support manager, Michelle Hardy, has been there, done that, and the t-shirt is…
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If you’re moving from the NHS to private practice, how to charge for children’s oral healthcare can be a sensitive subject. Practice Plan sales support manager, Michelle Hardy, outlines some of the options available to practices making the move. There are a number of ways of addressing how to charge for children. How you go…
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What to do with the children? It’s a dilemma that many practices transitioning from NHS to private practice face. In this podcast, Practice Plan Sales support manager, Michelle Hardy, outlines three options to handle the sometimes sensitive issue of how to charge for children in private practice. The most frequently chosen option is an age banded…
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Michelle Hardy, Practice Plan sales support manager, caught up with dentist Simon Thackeray, to look back at why he made the move to private 16 years ago, what the benefits have been, and why he has now decided to hand back the final part of his contract. It has been 16 years since you decided…
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Michelle Hardy explains how Practice Plan can help your dental practice following your move to become a private practice. For many practices contemplating and acting on a move to private practice, moving through the conversion and reaching the final destination safely is the number one priority. Little time, at this point, is spent understanding what wider…
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Michelle Hardy speaks to principal dentist, Mark Hill, about rebranding his practice and how his patients reacted. Relocating a business is often a good time to introduce changes that may not have been possible in your previous premises. For Mark Hill, relocating his Cardiff practice offered the opportunity to transform his branding. I spoke to…
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Michelle Hardy explores the reality behind the Laingbuisson report indicating that dental practices with membership plans have fared relatively well despite the economic challenges of the last few years. The Laingbuisson review of the dental market confirmed that the last few years have been financially challenging, which came as no surprise, as well as providing…
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Michelle Hardy discusses independence from the NHS and how best to involve your practice team to make the change a success. Converting from NHS practice to private can be scary for everyone in the team. But for many practices, once the decision is made, there is no going back and no options that include failure.…
