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24 Jan 2020 • Blog, NHS

Is 2020 the year you break free from the NHS?

Deep disillusionment and unhappiness with the current NHS general dental contract was one of the key findings from the latest Dentistry Confidence Monitor survey. 89% of predominantly NHS dentists said they were unhappy/very unhappy with…

22 Jan 2020 • Blog, NHS

What does my future in NHS dentistry look like?

Suki Singh looks at how contract reform could impact the clinical roles within a dental practice… Reform of NHS dentistry will have an impact on everyone in the practice team. If you hold an NHS…

12 Dec 2019 • Blog, NHS

How and why I left the NHS

Almost half of NHS dentists who say they don’t see themselves in the NHS in five years’ time are intending to move to private dentistry. That’s according to the latest results of the Dentistry Confidence Monitor survey.

15 Nov 2019 • Blog, NHS

Eddie Crouch- The latest update on NHS Dental Contract Reform

Eddie Crouch shares the latest news on contract reform, including plans from the Government to extend the prototype regulations beyond March 2020, rising clawback and the increasing focus on flexible commissioning… Recently the BDA has…

9 Oct 2019 • Blog, NHS

Your dentistry questions answered: dentists’ ability to take control of the future

At a recent major dental exhibition, we gathered a panel of well-known dentists to answer the biggest questions in dentistry today. As the host of the panel, I had some pre-prepared questions, however the audience…

29 Jul 2019 • Blog, NHS

How we manage offering both NHS and private dentistry

Introducing private dentistry into an NHS practice is a step many take. Whether it be on the way to turning fully private or the end goal in itself, offering both services introduces a new element…

24 Jul 2019 • Blog, NHS

NHS dental contract reform – three big questions

Changes to the NHS dental contract in England will start being rolled out from April 2020. From previous contract reform it’s clear that this will have big ramifications for dentists working within it and dentistry…

25 Apr 2019 • Blog, NHS

Dentists – raise your voices

There are often calls within the profession for there to be more unity and collective action in order to achieve the change many are desperate to see. Completing surveys that shine a spotlight on the…

18 Feb 2019 • Blog, NHS

A potential workforce crisis in dentistry

Nigel Jones discusses the issues surrounding dentist recruitment and retention with Eddie Crouch, Simon Thackeray and Ros Keeton… Recruitment and retention are two sides of the same troubling coin for the future of dentistry, particularly…

24 Jan 2019 • Blog, NHS

A date for the new contract, but will anything change?

In April 2020, the reformed NHS dental contract will come into force, and many will be wondering whether the changes this will bring are the kind the profession so desperately needs, while others will question…

10 Dec 2018 • Blog, NHS

Great expectations…

Nigel Jones speaks to young dentists about whether the reality of practising dentistry matched their expectations… As someone who has worked in dentistry for almost 30 years, I’ve seen the truly life-transforming impact that clinicians…

20 Jul 2018 • Blog, NHS

What next for NHS dentistry?

Paul Worskett takes a look at the lifecycle of the NHS so far as it enters its 70th year and contemplates what the next decade might hold. As dentistry enters ‘old age’ will there be…

30 Jun 2018 • Blog, NHS

Prototype practices perspectives on what the future holds

Following confirmation that the contract reform process will rumble on for another two years, with fresh calls for new practices to join the prototype programme, I caught up with two dentists already involved. Len D’Cruz…

9 Jun 2018 • Blog, NHS

“Since moving to private I have increased the amount of time I spend with patients and the type of service I can offer.” – Ann-Marie Bard

My parents had worked in the NHS and I’d also worked in the NHS for 20 years, so it’s something I really believe in. However, with funding becoming tighter and tighter and costs increasing, alongside…

21 May 2018 • Blog, NHS

Andy McDougall explains the best way to pay associates

This is a question we hear a lot from practices who are struggling to create a fee structure that is attractive to an associate, but also makes sound financial sense for the business. It is…

16 May 2018 • Blog, NHS

NHS dentistry – debating the big issues

Ahead of hosting two NHS dentistry Q&A sessions with industry experts, Nigel Jones takes a look at how the profession has fared so far this year…

25 Apr 2018 • Blog, NHS

“After leaving the NHS I feel unshackled and free to practise the kind of dentistry I’ve always dreamed of.” – Gordon Downes

I decided to leave the NHS after 29 years of running an NHS practice, it was a big decision but it has completely changed my personal and professional life.

14 Mar 2018 • Blog, NHS

Eddie Crouch explores the issue of the corporates having an advantage when the new contract is introduced

Among the many questions that dentists have about the impact of a reformed dental contract in England, is one about whether the corporate businesses will have an ‘edge’ when it’s introduced. It is understandable that…