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2 Apr 2026 • Blog, Dental Landscape

Understanding the new NHS Wales Dental Contract: get your free guide

Sweeping change is coming to NHS dentistry in Wales. From 1 April 2026, the new, completely reformed national dental contract takes effect. This represents the most significant shift in nearly two decades and marks the…

18 Dec 2025 • Blog, Dental Landscape

30 Years of Practice Plan: a journey rooted in purpose, people and passion

As Practice Plan celebrates 30 years of supporting dentists to build thriving businesses, one of its founders, Jan Tinsley, looks back to how it all began. Although the business had been incorporated in August 1995,…

1 Aug 2025 • Blog, Dental Landscape, NHS

Decoding the recent NHS dentistry announcements with Nigel Jones

In the latest episode of the “In the Loupe” podcast, Nigel Jones, Strategy Director at Practice Plan, dives into the recent announcements from NHS England that are set to reshape the landscape of dental care…

18 Jul 2025 • Blog, Dental Landscape, NHS

Navigating the changes to NHS dentistry in Wales: key takeaways from our recent webinar

NHS dentistry in Wales is entering a period of significant upheaval. With major reforms to the contract model on the horizon, practices across the country are preparing for changes that could drastically reshape how care…

20 Jun 2025 • Blog, Dental Landscape, NHS

Practising in Wales and thinking about leaving the NHS? Here’s what you need to know

If you’re a dental practice owner in Wales, there’s a good chance that recently, you’ve thought about stepping away from the NHS and going private. Whether or not you were feeling burnt out and unhappy…

28 Jun 2024 • Blog, Dental Landscape, Uncategorized

Inappropriate behaviour in dentistry– it could affect anyone

Executive Director of the Society of British Dental Nurses, Fiona Ellwood, talks about the investigation and gathering of data, which is revealing to some extent, the level of sexual assaults, harassment and inappropriate and unwanted…

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…

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.

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…

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…

4 Aug 2019 • Blog, Dental Landscape

Those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it

Nigel Jones urges dentists to take steps to ensure they don’t face the same challenges that many did after the 2006 contract reform…

9 Mar 2018 • Blog, Dental Landscape

The Big Interview: Tony Kilcoyne

A few months after his election to the BDA’s Principal Executive Committee (PEC), we caught up with Tony Kilcoyne to find out whether he can offer the same outspoken voice to the profession from the…