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28 Mar 2024 • Blog, Dental Landscape

Does the Dental Recovery Plan stand up to scrutiny?

Practice Plan Sales and Marketing Director, Nigel Jones, talks to dentist and BDA Principal executive committee member, Lauren Harrhy, about the government’s’ Dental Recovery Plan. Nigel: I know that you practise in Wales, Lauren, so…

14 Jul 2023 • Blog, Dental Landscape

Dental nursing – an evolving profession

How has dental nursing changed over the last twenty years? The Old Surgery in Crewe, celebrates 20 years of being a Practice Plan customer this year and so Regional Support Manager, Emma Flunt, asked three…

1 Nov 2022 • Blog, Dental Landscape

Keeping things in the family – Zoe Close

In another of our occasional series of blogs about why people like to work with or for Practice Plan, Area Sales Manager, Suki Singh, speaks to Head of Sales, Zoe Close about what keeps her…

13 Jun 2022 • Blog, Dental Landscape

The more things change, the more they stay the same

Area Manager, Gary Nelson reflects on some things that, in this time of great change, are likely to stay the same. ‘I thought I would share some observations based on what I’ve seen during 20…

6 Jun 2022 • Blog, Dental Landscape, Mental Health

Is there a future for NHS dentistry?

Any NHS dentist thinking about whether to move to private dentistry, is likely to be asking themselves whether the NHS has a future. And if it does, is it a future that they want to…

6 Jun 2022 • Blog, Dental Landscape, HR & Employment Law

How to future-proof your practice (and your life)

There have been many lessons to learn over the past two years, but perhaps one of the biggest is that the future is unpredictable and uncontrollable. Which means that there’s an even greater reason to…

16 May 2022 • Blog, Dental Landscape

Top 10 trends in dentistry to emerge from the pandemic

Every cloud has a silver lining and Business Coach, Chris Barrow, lists his ‘hit parade’ of the top 10 great things that have come out of the pandemic. Here’s my list, in reverse order from…

26 Apr 2022 • Blog, Dental Landscape

The trickle that could soon become a flood – reflections on the new NHS England targets

Practice Plan Group’s Sales and Marketing Director, Nigel Jones, reflects on the recent letter to dentists in England outlining the new NHS targets and considers the implications. ‘Probably the first thing to mention about the…

14 Jan 2022 • Dental Landscape

How dentistry can help improve a patient’s general health

Sales and Marketing Director, Nigel Jones, caught up with Brian Anderson, of Total Health Screens, to look at how the company is offering general health screenings alongside dental appointments.

9 Jun 2021 • Blog, Dental Landscape

How the 60% UDA targets will impact the profession

Practice Plan’s Sales and Marketing Director, Nigel Jones, discusses the dental landscape with Eddie Crouch, Chair of the BDA’s PEC. Many dentists were left struggling to deliver 45% of their UDA contract in the first…

16 Sep 2020 • Blog, Dental Landscape, Covid-19, Finance

Five financial planning tips for young dentists

Magdelena Harding, Financial Advisor for Wesleyan, shares the common areas that are stopping the UK’s young dentists achieving financial security… During the uncertain times we face as a dental community, actively and effectively planning is…

30 Mar 2020 • Blog, Dental Landscape, Covid-19

A weekend in the life of a dentist during COVID-19

It’s Friday, and my first session this week as the duty dentist. My three associates – Julia, Rich and Andy – have already done their stints, but this is the first one that will be…

27 Mar 2020 • Blog, Dental Landscape, Covid-19

How do you protect your plan income during the COVID-19 crisis

For dentists across the UK, this is a hugely worrying time with almost every practice either closed or open for emergency treatment only. However, for practices with a patient plan in place, there is some…

27 Mar 2020 • Blog, Dental Landscape, Covid-19

A day in the life of a dentist during COVID-19 – Day 2

After appearing to fail to achieve anything at all yesterday, today started with the intentions of working on the to-do list more religiously than previously. It started off with making sure all the remote working…

26 Mar 2020 • Blog, Dental Landscape, Covid-19

A day in the life of a dentist during COVID-19 – Day 1

It seems like I’m in a surreal Christmas/disaster movie, all the days have started to merge into one. I’ve been asked to write a bit of a blog/diary about what is happening in my life…

26 Mar 2020 • Blog, Dental Landscape

Being a leader during difficult times

Gary Nelson shares his thoughts on how to lead effectively during a crisis… Being a leader isn’t an easy role. Even when everything is running smoothly it carries a great weight of responsibility. However, in…

10 Mar 2020 • Blog, Dental Landscape

The decline of the full-time dentist

Nigel Jones and Eddie Crouch discuss the difficulties in retaining young dentists and the rise of the ‘portfolio career’… More and more young and newly qualified dentists are less and less interested in working full…

21 Feb 2020 • Blog, Dental Landscape

Do dentists require a Hollywood investment to recreate the Hollywood smile?

The ‘Hollywood smile’ was once considered only attainable by ‘A-list’ celebrities. However, fast forward to a new millennium and achieving perfect, dazzling white teeth is now an affordable option for an increasing number of image-conscious…