Practice Plan

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

How to cope with anxiety, stress and suicidal thoughts

Donna Hall shares recent statistics about anxiety and stress in dentistry and speaks to Rory O’Connor from the Dental Health…

Dentistry

NHS dental contract reform: ‘something has got to happen urgently’

Eddie Crouch, vice chair of the BDA’s PEC, says dentists need action on NHS dental contract reform now. He says…

Dentistry

Greater support building dental practice branding

Amy Hansford talks to Gemma Smith from Bembridge Dental about gaining more support and building dental practice branding by switching…

Private Practice

Three free events to find out more about the future of NHS dentistry

Dentists are invited to three events with a panel of experts, all including Eddie Crouch, to discuss the future for…

Dentistry

Cornwall patients waiting a year for NHS dental appointment

Patients in Penzance are waiting 12 months for the next available NHS dental appointment. Cornwall Live reports check ups cancelled by text with…

Dentistry

Mistrust and mental health issues revealed in survey of dentists

Eighty-four per cent of NHS dentists believe their current role has negatively affected their mental health, according to the latest…

Dentistry