Dental Practices Archives - Page 10 of 11

9 Mar 2018 • Blog, Dental Landscape

The Big Interview: Tony Kilcoyne

A few months after his election to the BDA’s Principal Executive Committee (PEC), we caught up with Tony Kilcoyne to find out whether he can offer the same outspoken voice to the profession from the…

2 Mar 2018 • Marketing and Design

Top tips for working with your designer!

Getting the best out of a designer means working in partnership, being prepared to challenge your pre-conceptions and listening to the experts. Practice Plan’s Design Team Manager, Nick Powell shares his list of do’s and…

12 Jan 2018 • HR & Employment Law

Make confident decisions – put on your thinking hats

Running a busy dental practice means challenges can be thrown up on a daily basis. Here, dental business consultant Sheila Scott explores a tried and tested technique to decide how to deal with opportunities or…

9 Jan 2018 • Podcasts, Practice Management

David Houston shares an insight into his unique business model

David Houston is joint principal of a mini-corporate and successfully combines one of the largest NHS contracts in the UK with a thriving private provision within his practice. Nigel Jones caught up with him to…

20 Dec 2017 • Practice Management

What can dentists learn from supermarkets?

Richard Scarborough, Area Sales Manager at Practice Plan, examines what dentists could learn from supermarkets to stay ahead of the competition Dentists and supermarkets are not often discussed in the same breath. However, having spent…

28 Nov 2017 • Podcasts, Practice Management

How will the latest changes to Employment Law affect you?

Sarah Buxton takes you through the latest amendments to Employment Law and how these will affect dental practices, highlighting the risks of non-compliance. She also discusses your responsibility regarding company social events and steps you…

14 Nov 2017 • Podcasts, Practice Management

Sarah Buxton talks about changes to Employment Tribunal claims

There have been some changes in how claims are awarded in Employment Tribunals. This Bodcast with Employment Law specialist, Sarah Buxton, takes you through the changes and how they impact dental practice owners.

31 Oct 2017 • Podcasts, Practice Management

Building up a successful private dental practice

Simon Thackeray draws on more than 10 years of experience in private dentistry to offer unmissable advice for building a successful private practice. He talks frankly and honestly about the worries he faced in the…

18 Oct 2017 • Marketing and Design

Ryanair is a lesson about brand for all businesses

The low-cost airline, Ryanair, cancelled 40-50 flights a day in September, giving their customers as little as 24 hours’ notice. They say it’s a decision that had to be taken because of poor management and…

13 Oct 2017 • Blog, Practice Management

Making sure you are ready in the event of a CQC inspection

Clare Ison, Practice Manager at Beaufort Dental Health Centre, tells her CQC inspection tale about what to expect from an inspection and some words of advice to anyone preparing for one.

29 Sep 2017 • Practice Management

Three top tips on how to protect your practice against cybercrime

Cybercrime – is this on your radar, or do you operate in ignorant bliss that this will ‘never happen to me’? As a practice manager or business owner of patient data, the threat of cybercrime…

27 Sep 2017 • Practice Management

Why you should consider a daily team huddle

Something interesting often happens before the start of a big team sport occasion – be it football, rugby, basketball or any other team sport. It’s the team huddle. That moment when all the members of…

26 Sep 2017 • Podcasts

How to boost your income by 10% in 12 months

Simon Tucker and Les Jones talk about a selection of low or no-cost ideas that are easy to implement in practice to help you start increasing your income immediately. They also shine a light on…

22 Sep 2017 • Practice Management

Business planning to get better results

The analogy we use to explain the journey to achieving your desired goals is the sat nav. When you switch on your sat nav, it locates your current position. It asks where you would like…

21 Sep 2017 • Blog, NHS

Two dentists look back on their move away from the NHS

Moving away from the NHS is something many dentists spend a lot of time considering. Here, Practice Plan shares the experiences of two principal dentists who introduced private dentistry into their NHS practice in different…

29 Aug 2017 • Podcasts, Practice Management

Sarah Buxton details the key things you need to know if you’re self-employed

In this edition of Bodcast Zoe Close speaks to HR and Employment law specialist Sarah Buxton and asks her to explain the three different types of employment status – employee, worker and self-employed. Sarah also…

21 Aug 2017 • Blog, NHS

Our story: three practices’ experience of switching plan provider

Moving your membership plan provider is something practices can be keen to do, but often postpone as they think it will be too much hassle and worry about patients’ reaction to change. Yet, with the…

18 Aug 2017 • Practice Management, HR & Employment Law

Expert advice on managing underperformance in your team

Tackling underperformers can be one of the more challenging elements of managing your practice. Here, we chat to experts, Sheila Scott, Dental Business Consultant, and Sarah Buxton, Director and Employment and HR Solicitor of FTA…