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3 Dec 2015 • Blog, Marketing and Design, Practice Management

Ten Tips to Increase Your Dental Practice’s Website Presence

No one chooses a new dentist these days without first checking out their website; it’s convenient and not time restrictive. As a result, having a strong dental practice website presence becomes more and more important.…

23 Nov 2015 • Practice Management

How to Avoid Staff Wars!

As experienced business coach and psychologist Sheila Scott well knows, the biggest challenge facing managers or practice owners, at any time, is usually that of directing, guiding and motivating all team members. Most manage this…

20 Nov 2015 • Dental Health

Bacterial Balance

Probiotics are regularly in the news, most notably for their benefits on digestive health. However, probiotics for oral health are a new and emerging field of research. With more than 600 species having been shown…

9 Nov 2015 • Dental Health

Bite Back at Mouth Cancer – What to Look for and How

Many people are unaware that, in its very early stages, mouth cancers can be almost invisible making them easy to ignore. This is why it’s so important to keep a close eye on the health…

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…

23 Oct 2015 • Dental Health

Stop Smoking, Start Healing

Run by Public Health England, Stoptober is a nationwide, 28 day, stop smoking challenge, which takes place during the month of October. Participants are encouraged to support one another in the challenge to quit and sign…

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!

16 Oct 2015 • Our News

The Business Skills Theatre

Sarah Whittall, Events and Marketing Coordinator, introduces us to The Business Skills Theatre at this year’s BDIA Dental Showcase.

7 Oct 2015 • Practice Management

The Importance of Speaking the Language of the Receiver

https://vimeo.com/135350938 Have you ever been in a situation where you don’t understand what someone is trying to communicate to you? Like the above video shows, not everybody speaks the same language… There are times in…

2 Oct 2015 • Dental Health

Supporting ‘Stoptober’

One of the UK’s best health campaigns Stoptober has now become an annual event throughout the month of October and since 2012, smokers have been invited to rise to the challenge of stopping tobacco use…

28 Sep 2015 • Practice Management, Our News

Ringing the Changes

Converting telephone enquiries into consultation bookings is no easy task for the front desk team at any dental practice. I recently attended a workshop on this very topic, delivered by Director of Medenta, Richard Collard…

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…

21 Aug 2015 • Practice Management

Dealing with the Dementor

Sheila Scott explains how having the courage to deal with a problem, in the right way, is a much better approach than ‘putting up’ with the repercussions of it.

14 Aug 2015 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

Keeping in Tune With Your Employees

Peninsula Business Services offer some simple-to-implement steps on how you can keep in tune with your employees, resulting in higher morale and stronger working relationships.

12 Aug 2015 • Practice Management

Be Persistent for Solutions

Once you’ve had a discussion with a team member about improving what they do or how they do things, don’t assume the matter is done and dusted.

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 • Dentistry Confidence Monitor

The Big Practice Plan Poll – Results!

Click the image below to view an online PDF of The Big Practice Plan Poll results! You can also download a personal copy of The Big Practice Plan Poll results to read offline.