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25 Jan 2016 • Blog, NHS

How we Made the Move From NHS to Private Dentistry – a Case Study

Zoe Sharp is Practice Manager at Alexandra Dental Care. She explains how the confines of running an NHS contract led the practice to convert to private dentistry and how it benefited the team and patients.

30 Oct 2015 • Blog, NHS

Rubik’s NHS Blog – No.5

In this final instalment of blogs highlighting the unintended consequences of efforts to improve the NHS dental contract in England, the Rubik’s Cube effect, I want to touch on the thorny subject of when and…

21 Oct 2015 • Blog, NHS

Rubik’s NHS Blog– No.4

The subject of this latest blog continues the theme of solutions to problems with the English NHS dental contract having unintended consequences that create yet more problems. Hence the title of the blog!

25 Sep 2015 • Blog, NHS

Rubik’s NHS Blog No.3

In previous blogs I’ve drawn a comparison between trying to design the next English NHS dental contract and solving a Rubik’s Cube – as fast as you get one part sorted, you realise that, in…

4 Sep 2015 • Blog, NHS

Rubik’s NHS Blog No.2

In my most recent blog, I likened the challenge of embedding prevention in a redesigned English NHS contract to the challenge of completing a Rubik’s Cube – solving one issue unintentionally creates others. This analogy…

7 Aug 2015 • Blog, NHS

Rubik’s NHS Blog No. 1

Whether you have memories from those early days or are one of the newer converts, anyone who has tried to tackle a Rubik’s Cube knows how frustrating it can be. Careful concentration can result in…

3 Aug 2015 • Blog, NHS, Dentistry Confidence Monitor

The NHS Confidence Monitor – Results!

View details of the NHS Confidence Monitor results and download a personal copy of the NHS Confidence Monitor results to read offline.

24 Jul 2015 • Blog, NHS

Team Games

Michelle Hardy joins forces with Sheila Scott to share their top tips on how best to involve your team when thinking about leaving the NHS.

3 Jul 2015 • Blog, NHS

Why Go Private?

Josie Hutchings explores the potential benefits of private practice for you, your team, your patients and the business.

28 Feb 2014 • Blog, NHS

Time To Take Stock

In this week’s blog, Sales Director Nigel Jones gives his insight into the uncertain nature of a new NHS dental contract.

21 Jun 2013 • Blog, NHS

Mild Expectations – Thoughts On The New NHS Contracts

Nigel Jones, Sales Director at Practice Plan, takes some time to share what he would like to see from the new NHS contract. The challenge of coming up with a new contract for NHS dentistry…