Dental Practices Archives

15 Jun 2023 • Blog, Finance

Is it time to explore the peninsula of infinite possibilities?

Area Manager, Gary Nelson, urges people to shun pessimism and embrace their inner optimist. “The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.” William Arthur…

9 Jun 2023 • Blog, NHS

Has NHS dentistry reached the point of no return?

Once again, Practice Plan’s Dental Business Theatre saw key industry figures debating the most important issues in dentistry under the heading ‘Dentistry’s biggest questions answered’. The session that garnered the biggest audience was ‘Is there…

2 Jun 2023 • Blog, Practice Management

How can I keep my team happy and motivated? It’s not about you

Making her debut as a Practice Plan speaker at the Dental Business Theatre at the Dentistry Show at the NEC last month was dental business coach, Dr Bhavna Doshi of Dental Wealth Builder. The theme…

26 May 2023 • Blog, Practice Management

Ways to maximise the potential in your practice

Although things may have eased a little, the current economic climate still remains challenging for most practices. Here Practice Plan Area Manager, Katrina Rees, suggests ways to get the most out of the income streams…

15 May 2023 • Blog, Mental Health

Mental Health Awareness Week – Anxiety

The theme of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week (15th to 21st May) is Anxiety. Here Dave Smithson, Operations Director of the charity Anxiety UK , explains more about the nature of anxiety and suggests…

6 Apr 2023 • Practice Management

Associates and Self-employed status – will they pass the test?

For many years, HMRC has been happy to treat Associate dentists as self-employed when assessing them for tax. However, from 6th April 2023, its guidance is changing bringing dentistry into line with all other professions.…

24 Mar 2023 • Blog, Mental Health

Three years in a month

A throwaway remark at a recent football match became a lightbulb moment for Area Manager, Gary Nelson. Here he explains why. You learn something from everyone you meet, something my dad has instilled in me…

17 Mar 2023 • Blog, Practice Management

How to set ground rules to handle aggressive patients

As the issues around access to dentistry show no signs of being solved, more patients are venting their frustration on practice team members. Verbal, and sometimes physical aggression is becoming something front of house staff…

10 Mar 2023 • Blog, Our News

Keeping things in the family – Delph Dental

In the latest in our blog series about why people maintain long-standing relationships with Practice Plan, Suki Singh speaks to John Hume-Spry, Principal Dentist and owner of Delph Dental in Derbyshire, to find out more…

3 Mar 2023 • Blog, Practice Management

How to wow when recruiting

As more practices complain of the difficulties of recruiting good staff, dental business coach, Chris Barrow, offers some advice to help overcome them. One of the questions I get from clients a lot is, “What…

10 Feb 2023 • Blog, Marketing and Design

A Game-Changing recruitment hack stumbled upon by accident!

Shaz Memon, founder of Digimax dental marketing agency shares a great recruitment tip that he came across by accident. If your birth year starts with a 19, you will likely remember a world where no…

16 Jan 2023 • Blog, Mental Health

Remember your why

Happy New Year to you. Let’s tip toe into 2023 without wakening its grumpy brother, 2022, or its long-lost cousin of 2022 and definitely not its evil stepsister, 2020. The first weeks back in any…

3 Jan 2023 • Blog, Mental Health

Dealing with stress

As the rise in the cost-of-living shows no signs of abating, many in dentistry are starting to feel the strain. Dental Business Coach, Mark Oborn, offers some suggestions to help people cope better with stress.…

7 Nov 2022 • Blog, Practice Management

First steps towards achieving sustainability in practice

CSR expert and coach, Mark Topley, puts the case for sustainability in dental practices. Many events in 2022 have helped to add weight to the case for sustainability. The war in Ukraine highlighted the need…

21 Oct 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

Asking for help

Area Manager, Gary Nelson looks back at the past couple of years and urges people to ask for support and revive the spirit of community, compassion and caring that was displayed during the early stages…

17 Oct 2022 • Blog, Finance

Rising above the hullabaloo

Area Manager, Gary Nelson, makes some suggestions of things practices can check on to ensure they’re making the best use of their money over the next few months. It’s beginning to look like another interesting…

7 Oct 2022 • Blog, Mental Health

Mental Health First Aider Courses – a great investment

Former paramedic and mental health specialist, Andy Elwood, explains what the Mental Health First Aider course involves and how it can benefit practices and their teams.

30 Sep 2022 • Blog, Practice Management

How to set charges for children on membership plans

Moving to private practice and not sure what to do about charging for children? Sales Support Manager, Michelle Hardy, shares a few suggestions on how to go about it. Charging for children can be a…