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2 Oct 2016 • Marketing and Design

Could developing your brand help you become a more effective leader?

Les Jones, Creative Director at Practice Plan, explores how you could become a more effective leader by developing your brand.

2 Oct 2016 • Practice Management

Does your dental plan provider pass the test?

Like all things in life, it’s easy to ignore little niggles either in the hope that they’ll go away, or because the thought of change is too overwhelming. It might be a way of coping…

2 Oct 2016 • Practice Management

How to manage change effectively

When we’re faced with a challenge or a change, our default can be to stop in our tracks. However, by adopting a positive mind-set and a philosophical approach, you can take the steps to overcome…

30 Sep 2016 • Dentistry Confidence Monitor

Simon Thackeray’s views on the results of the fourth NHS Confidence Monitor Survey

The lack of information and clarity as to what will be in any new contract is still not evident, and personally I think it never will be as this suits the Government. I think that’s…

26 Sep 2016 • Marketing and Design

Chris Barrow’s predictions on the future of marketing in dentistry

Over the last two years, there has been an explosion in the digital marketing landscape. It’s fair to say that you would have to have been living in a cave not to see the developments…

21 Sep 2016 • HR & Employment Law

Successfully recruiting for your dental practice

There are numerous reasons why, as a dental practice owner, you may need to recruit. Whatever the reason, recruitment can be costly, time consuming and not without risks of litigation. It’s therefore important that the…

31 Aug 2016 • Practice Management

Five top tips to overcome change in business

The idea of making a change to move your business forward can seem a daunting prospect and just too much of a challenge to tackle. Yet, making positive changes can be the only way to…

26 Aug 2016 • Our News

Josie Hutchings’ Top Tips on HR and Leadership!

Those of you who know Michael Bentley will know how enthusiastic and passionate he is, especially about the subject of practice management! Having recently attended Michael’s HR and leadership event for Practice Managers in Solihull,…

22 Aug 2016 • Blog, NHS

Inside a prototype practice

There has been a fair amount of talk in the last few months about the NHS dental prototypes, most of which, as far as I can tell, is speculative and very little seems to be…

27 Jul 2016 • Our News

Lifting the lid on the 2016 Practice Plan Workshop Tour!

With only a couple of months to go until the start of this year’s eagerly awaited annual Practice Plan Workshop Tour, Sarah Whittall, Events and Marketing Coordinator thought she’d give you a sneak preview of what…

15 Jul 2016 • HR & Employment Law

Five top tips on how to alleviate stress

Modern life is full of challenges, stress and pressures, and the dental profession is no exception. But instead of accepting stress as an inevitable part of life, it is important that dentists effectively address the causes before it impacts on…

22 Jun 2016 • Our News

A Day in The Life of a Regional Support Manager – Lynn Leach

Being a Regional Support Manager for Practice Plan can sometimes mean that we never know from one day to another what might get thrown at us. Being prepared and utilising our good time management skills…

24 May 2016 • Dentistry Confidence Monitor

A discussion on the results of the third NHS Confidence Monitor survey

Following the release of the results of the third NHS Confidence Monitor in March 2016 – a survey commissioned by Practice Plan to monitor the dental profession’s confidence levels in NHS dentistry – a group of key…

10 May 2016 • Dentistry Confidence Monitor

Health Secretaries as Bond Villains – DentistGoneBadd shares his thoughts on NHS dentistry

The new Bond movie is thought to involve a machine built by a megalomaniac who sucks out the confidence of UK dentists from space.

27 Apr 2016 • Dentistry Confidence Monitor

Chas Lister’s views on the results of the Third NHS Confidence Monitor

The latest NHS Confidence Monitor is a stark portrayal of the Government-funded end of the profession. Sadly, it confirms the opinions expressed widely and informally. Sadly, it is not a surprise.

13 Apr 2016 • Blog, NHS

Which Way? An insight into the direction of travel for NHS dentistry

In issue 13 of The Business of Dentistry Magazine, an exclusive interview with the Chair of the BDA, Mick Armstrong, divulged his views on the future of the BDA as well as dentistry in the…

8 Apr 2016 • Dentistry Confidence Monitor

David Bretton’s views on the results of the Third NHS Confidence Monitor

Career prospects The first thing that I noticed about the results was that as I expected, a large proportion of those asked (84%) are not feeling confident of their career prospects within NHS dentistry for…