Practice Plan dental forum...
Ten dentists from across the UK ranging from Cardiff, London, Worcester and Derby, ventured to Nottingham, where they were joined by President of the BDTA, Ed Attenborough, Nigel Jones and Nick Dilworth from Practice Plan and BDA President, Amarjit Gill, who chaired the forum.
The forum was organised to provide an invaluable opportunity for a range of dentists to exchange views on the current challenges facing dentistry. Topics that were discussed ranged from the future of the NHS and the new regulatory regime (CQC/HTM0 105), to marketing dentistry, with particular focus on the use of online methods such as websites and social media, as well as new dental technology, where consideration was given to the use of the forum as a future testing ground for such developments.
Neil Sikka, Barbican Dental Care explained, “Most dentists never really get the chance to hear the views of their peers. We are all too busy working away in our little worlds. The forum was a great opportunity for practice owners to exchange views, interact and most importantly learn from each other.”
The forum also gave Practice Plan a chance to give a summary of their recent developments including the Practiceplan Extranet; a support tool to give practices speedy access to patient data. Practiceplan Perks; a website providing practices and their patients exclusive discounts on a range of goods and services, and the Business of Dentistry magazine; a journal uniquely created by Black&Yellow their new in-house marketing and design team.
Nigel Jones, Sales and Marketing Director at Practice Plan said, “The debate was stimulating, free ranging and valuable to both Practice Plan and the attendees. The aim is to now have regular debates on future challenges for the business of dentistry, to not only gain insight from a range of angles, but it also helps Practice Plan evolve its business support services in the most relevant way to assist practices in facing those challenges.”
Following the success of this initial gathering, Practice Plan is now intending to hold at least two forums a year.
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