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Zoe Close explains why Practice Plan is a smart choice for dental groups with 30 years’ experience of tailor-made plan provision. With a field team boasting a total of more than 300 years’ dental experience, we have a lot to offer our customers. We understand the challenges groups and corporates face and appreciate that a…
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Zoe Close speaks to Cat Edney about how self-actualisation can help practices to manage flexible working requests and retain employees. As the post-pandemic desire to work more flexibly shows little sign of losing its appeal, how do practice owners balance the needs of their business and the desires of their employees? Practice Plan head of…
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Zoe Close speaks to Sarah Buxton and Ritesh Aggarwal about changes in the workplace and how to protect the team’s mental health during times of change. Flexible working Zoe Close: Sarah, I’m going to start with you because something I’m discussing a lot at the moment with practice owners is flexible working. For business owners,…
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With 35 years of dental experience, Zoe Close examines how the rise in numbers of women in dentistry is likely to affect the profession as a whole. It’s a truism to say the dental landscape has been transformed over the past 20 years. Post-pandemic, the number of dentists leaving the NHS for private dentistry has…
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Zoe Close leads a discussion on the topic of leadership – how can dental leaders help their teams to stay engaged? At a time where recruiting staff can be a trial, it’s more important than ever to retain the good employees you already have. This is why it’s essential to make sure your team is…
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Practice Plan head of sales, Zoe Close, talks with practice owner Chris Groombridge to get his thoughts on mixing NHS and private provision. Despite the changes to the threshold last year, many NHS practices are still facing the prospect of punitive levels of clawback. So, is introducing at least some element of private dentistry the…
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Zoe Close reflects on how the time taken to close the gap between NHS and plan income when introducing a plan is now much shorter than in years gone by. There have been many changes over the 30 or so years I have been working in the dental industry. The contract changes in the early…
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Zoe Close spoke to key industry figures about the future of NHS dentistry – should dentists find a way to work in the NHS or accept that they’re fighting a losing battle? At this year’s Dentistry Show at the NEC, Practice Plan devoted its programming of the Dental Business Theatre to answering dentistry’s biggest questions.…
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The current volatility and uncertainty in the economy is giving rise to a great deal of concern amongst the dental profession. To help alleviate some of those concerns, Practice Plan head of sales, Zoe Close, spoke to Alan Suggett to see what advice he had for dental professionals. When I speak to practice owners, a…
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Practice Plan head of sales, Zoe Close, explains the two-pronged approach they have adopted and highlights some of the changes customers will notice over the next few weeks and months. Following a record year in 2022 for patients on plan, and as more practices decide to introduce membership plans and join the Practice Plan family,…
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Zoe Close talks to Marcos White about how changing his practice’s business model during the first lockdown improved patient experience and boosted the bottom line. When Covid-19 first struck and practices were forced to close their doors, one of the positives for many of those with a membership plan was the loyalty of their patients.…
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Zoe Close looks at how four changes in the dental landscape show why now is the right time to consider going private. We know from our own research that a large number of NHS dentists have considered making the move to private dentistry. However, there have been a number of barriers that, in the past,…
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Zoe Close looks at the latest government announcement on the increased NHS activity targets, and the impact it will have after it arrived just hours before the new contracts were due to start. Until the evening of 30 September, NHS dentists were in a position where they had absolutely zero control over what their immediate…
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Zoe Close discusses how a plan provider can help you make changes in your business and give you the long-lasting support to see them through. 256 years of experience Making changes in your business, especially significant ones such as moving from NHS to private, is a big decision. It is useful in these instances to have some expert advice…
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Zoe Close introduces Practice Plan’s NHS to Private Dentistry One-to-One clinics, what’s involved as well as how you can register. Like many dentists you may be completely rushed off your feet over the last few months. So much so that you’ve been unable to find the time to explore those thoughts you’ve been having about…
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Practice Plan’s head of sales, Zoe Close, caught up with Catriona Archer of Burton Family Dental to look back at their 2006 move to private dentistry, talk about its benefits and discuss why they would never go back to the NHS. It’s 15 years since you went private. What was your main reason for making…
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Zoe Close discusses how a plan provider can help you make changes in your business and give you the long-lasting support to see them through. It’s becoming a little hackneyed to say that the past year has led many people to reflect on their priorities and how they might want to change their lives. But,…
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Zoe Close looks at what things are in your favour if you are currently contemplating going private. If the past year has done one thing, it has made us all stop and re-evaluate what’s most important to us. Time with family, professional fulfilment and the importance of wellbeing and happiness being the top of most…
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Zoe Close sheds light on what you need to consider when it comes to private dentistry. The idea of setting a new goal or resolution for 2021 may have taken on extra significance for many of us after what we’ve been through in 2020. Living and working through the pandemic has led many to take…
