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How to know when to dump your plan provider
Janet Mason is urging you to take the opportunity to assess the state of your professional relationship with your plan…
Dentistry
Almost half of NHS dentists want to go private
With survey results highlighting how many dentists intend to make the move to private practice, Jayne Gibson considers what you…
NHS to Private
Seeing the light in the dark
Nigel Jones on finding the real optimism about the future for UK dentistry. The recent report by Dental Protection, Breaking…
Dentistry
Orthodontic contract procurement: ‘NHS orthodontic practice is not sustainable in the long-term’
Richard Scarborough speaks to Guy Deeming about the orthodontic contract procurement process. The wrangling over the procurement of NHS orthodontic…
Orthodontics
The stress of patient complaints
Lynne Clark looks at the latest statistics about the stress of patient complaints. She asks Farzeela Merali-Rupani for her advice…
Dentistry
90 seconds with…Nigel Jones
We find out a little more about Nigel Jones and his life in the dental profession. About Nigel Jones Nigel…
Private Practice
Practice Plan launches its new website
Practice Plan is continuing to evolve and enhance the support and resources it provides to the profession, by launching a…
Private Practice
The ideal patient journey in 2020
Richard Scarborough and Ash Parmar discuss what the ideal patient journey looks like and how you can create it. Providing…
Dentistry
What’s next for NHS dentistry?
Practice Plan is hosting events up and down the country sharing information on NHS dental contract reforming and working out…
Dentistry
The loyalty of rats, cats and dogs
Shifting patient’s loyalty from dentist towards brand isn’t good for ensuring continuity of care, says Nigel Jones. When I first…
Blog
Building a reputation as a dental referral centre
Ruth Findlay talks to Yvonne Muir about the success of the Scottish Centre for Excellence in Dentistry. The Scottish Centre…
Private Practice
Beginning with the end vision
Nigel Jones discusses seeing value in a vision and using this as a source of focus. It’s a strange thing, but the…
Blog
Has the GDC lost the confidence of the profession?
Looking at the results of the Dentistry Confidence Monitor, a panel got together to talk about the dental regulator, the…
Dentistry
Back to the brilliant basics
Charlotte Lloyd reports back from the Practice Plan Brilliant Basics Workshop Tour 2019/2020. Kicking off its Brilliant Basics workshop tour…
Dentistry
Dental news you’ve missed this week
Missed out on this week’s dental news? No problem, here’s what happened over the past seven days… Labour promises free…
Dentistry
The fear of inaction in your dental career
Nigel Jones relays one young dentist’s fear of leaving his dental career in the hands of the NHS. The numbers…
Blog
NHS dentists don’t want to be working in the NHS
More than three quarters (77%) of NHS dentists don’t see themselves working in the NHS in five years’ time. The latest…
Dentistry
Dentistry Confidence Monitor reveals fear, fragmentation, and the future
Nigel Jones discusses the results of the Dentistry Confidence Monitor survey with a panel of professionals in a wide-ranging debate…
Dentistry
New dental practice, new plans
Matt Hadman talks to new dental practice owner, Craig Walsh, about moving plan provider and future-proofing his business. As a new…
Private Practice