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Chris Barrow talks about how the Fivegoforth challenge is going

Three days in, Chris Barrow lets us know how the Fivegoforth challenge, a 1,000-mile bike ride from Land’s End to…

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Is a two-year check up the answer?

If the NHS wants to create a financially viable way of keeping dental spaces in appointment books it will need…

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Hares and tortoises

Hares or tortoises, who is going to help grow your dental practice, Alun Rees questions. The late Colin Hall Dexter,…

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Identity crisis

The current arrangement of dentists only ever being part of wider healthcare when it suits no longer suits, Kevin Lewis…

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Have you got a Ticket to Win from the FiveGoForth challenge?

https://www.facebook.com/ashley.latter.3/videos/10156331728345781/?__xts__[0]=68.ARBYbIegn2XqRyni8JZ8fPszWUIqiTjaaS28PuFw5e-zBceIKGnR6BkT6zyjefu_EOgf1g1Lm_qOi22O-uWMP46WMyWFME9lAQMU58LzD96Ocjgn1yZf9d9NGQ7WblwHLDIsHQE&__tn__=C-R-R Ashley Latter sends us a quick message from the Lake District reminding us about the Five Go Forth event…

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The amalgam quandary

Could the phasing out of amalgam force some dentists into ‘unethically’ claiming more UDAs, Neel Kothari questions. For years NHS…

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High staff turnover? Time to take a look in the mirror

If your team is underperforming, perhaps it is not them that is at fault, Alun Rees argues. Successful practices keep…

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BDA and its Benevolent Fund

What on earth is happening at the BDA, Michael Watson questions. Last week, as a member, I received an email…

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Dear Barry – talking techniques: creating a habit

Dear Barry, how can I motivate my patients to clean interdentally? The answer lies in patients developing the habit. Habits…

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The power of continuity of care

The importance of continuity of care to patients should not be underestimated, Nigel Jones argues. Seeing only one family doctor…

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Fake news and reviews

Word of mouth is still one of the most trustworthy forms of marketing and should not be forgotten about, Alun…

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How’s the Fivegoforth training going for Les Jones?

Les talks about the difficulties he’s experienced whilst training for Fivegoforth. For more information visit Fivegoforth.co.uk.

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New dentists in Lincolnshire

The Government should be reconsidering the flawed economic model of the current dental contract, Michael Watson argues. When I worked at…

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Chris Barrow explains how training is going for the Fivegoforth challenge

Chris Barrow talks to us whilst training for Fivegoforth and explains how it’s all going. For more information visit www.fivegoforth.co.uk,…

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It will end in tiers

NHS England’s plans to introduce tier two dentists will devalue GDPs’ status, Kevin Lewis argues. There are several ways to…

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Sale or auction?

Are practice agents really taking into account what’s best for their clients or just trying to get the highest practice…

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Hill training for Fivegoforth – Sheila Scott’s latest vlog

https://www.facebook.com/fivegoforth2018/videos/212782036088181/ Sheila Scott talks about her hill training for the upcoming Fivegoforth challenge. For more information visit www.fivegoforth.co.uk.

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NHS dentistry in meltdown

There are not enough people working on dentistry at the Department of Health and Social Care, Michael Watson says. Recently this site…

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Pate – professionalism, the ‘normalisation’ of hate speech and the complicity of those who shout loudest online

Khalid Anis explains why the GDC is absolutely right to find Pate’s fitness to practise impaired, and the disturbing reaction since the…

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