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Practice Plan regional support manager Sarah Barnard invites you to take a step back and adopt the role of your own Trustpilot or Google reviewer to see whether your practice really is worth five stars. As so many of us now search for products and services online, reviews have become an important indicator of quality.…
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Sarah Barnard urges dentists who thought leaving the NHS contract was fraught with difficulties to think again – times are changing! ‘If you believe it will work out, you’ll see opportunities. If you believe it won’t, you will see obstacles.’ – Wayne Dyer. Attitudes can have a great influence on how people respond to certain…
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Sarah Barnard, regional support manager from Practice Plan, looks at three key things you should consider when selecting a plan provider. Running a dental practice is a team effort, the members of which aren’t necessarily just those on your payroll. I know from my 13 years working in a dental practice and 30 years in…
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Sarah Barnard explains how to make a conversion from NHS to private dentistry and bring your patients and team with you. Making the move from NHS dentistry to private is a big decision for you and your practice. For many of you it will throw up a few questions and apprehensions. However, that is completely…
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Sarah Barnard looks at the current recruitment crisis and how it differs between NHS, mixed practices, and fully private practices. Many people in the dental profession are well aware of the main issue that many practices are facing at the moment: recruitment. Most of us have never seen anything like it, and practices are really…
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Sarah Barnard shares her insights into why your team’s wellbeing is vital for the future and how to encourage it in your practice’s work environment. COVID-19 has highlighted many things for us all in 2020. The importance of wellbeing in a work setting would appear very highly on that list. The dental profession has had…
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Principal dentist, Anu Jawahar, talks to Sarah Barnard about the support she has had to manage the situation since coronavirus broke out. There has been a seismic shift in the provision of dental services since the outbreak of COVID-19. Undoubtedly there have been times when it has felt overwhelming for most of us. This ‘new…
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Sarah Barnard, regional support manager from Practice Plan, looks at three key things you should consider when selecting a plan provider With almost 30 years’ experience in dentistry, including 13 in practice, I know first and second-hand, the sheer volume of work that goes into running a dental practice. Any support in managing that workload…
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Sarah Barnard shares her top tips for attracting new patients to your practice. Very often when I visit dental practices I get asked how to go about attracting new patients without spending too much money. There are many low-cost ways in which you can do this and the best options for you will depend on…
