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3 Aug 2015 • Blog, NHS

Is a move from NHS to private dentistry more viable than you think?

Making a move away from the NHS to a fully private practice is a proposition that many NHS contract holders find very attractive and yet, most choose to continue to accept the pressures they feel…

3 Aug 2015 • Blog, NHS

Reasons to go private

Most dentists considering a move from the NHS to private dentistry do so because their current situation has become unworkable, so they are looking to move away from the financial and time pressures they face…

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.

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.

31 Jul 2015 • Practice Management, Our News

My Top Tips From This Year’s Practice Management Conference

Sarah Whittall, Events and Marketing Coordinator, reflects on some of the top tips from the recent Practice Management Conference to help you take your practice to the next level!

28 Jul 2015 • Practice Management

Interpret The Data With Care

The joke about the statistician being someone with their feet in the oven and head in the freezer, but feeling, on ‘average’, the right temperature applies here.

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.

17 Jul 2015 • Our News

Danielle Quigley, Events and Marketing Manager, Introduces This Year’s Practice Plan Workshop Tour

Every year, the challenge of finding the perfect host for our Workshop Tour gets harder. Having had some of the best speakers in the industry headline our tours in the past, the bar gets raised…

15 Jul 2015 • Practice Management

Take the Lead from Blue Peter

Can you remember all those Blue Peter charity appeals from when you were a child?

10 Jul 2015 • Dental Health

Nutrition for Dentition

Nutritional Therapist Natasha Wilcock shares her top round-up of nutritional strategies to aid oral health.

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.

1 Jul 2015 • Practice Management

Coach – Don’t Tell

If you want to develop your people management skills, Sheila Scott maintains that the most useful course you could find and book onto will be an on going coaching or counselling skills course.

26 Jun 2015 • Our News

Beth Brown Introduces Practice Plan Regional Events

Beth Brown, Events and Marketing Assistant at Practice Plan, introduces a new series of events that are taking the country by storm.

19 Jun 2015 • Practice Management

All the Gear, No Idea

How does a pair of boxed Nike trainers represent how some practices try working towards their goals? Guest blogger Eleanor Young (Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan) explains…

12 Jun 2015 • Dental Health

Supporting National Smile Month with the #PPSugarFree Challenge – Part 2

As we mentioned in our last ‘Sugar-Free Diaries’ blog post, in line with National Smile Month (the longest running and largest oral health campaign in the UK), a team of ten willing volunteers decided to…

5 Jun 2015 • Practice Management

Communication is Key to a Successful Move From NHS to Private Dentistry

As the finer details of the proposed NHS contract reform become clearer, many dentists, faced with a limited scope for increasing income and a growing administrative burden, are starting to seriously consider a move to…

3 Jun 2015 • Dental Health

Why is it so Difficult to Reduce Sugar Individually?

Today, our guest blogger, Dr Tony Kilcoyne shares his views on sugar and why its growing appearance within the food industry is a cause for concern.

29 May 2015 • Dental Health

Supporting National Smile Month with the #PPSugarFree Challenge

National Smile Month is both the longest running and largest oral health campaign in the UK. Taking place this year from 18th May until 18th June, the campaign focuses on three key elements: