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24 May 2021 • Blog, Covid-19

The Covid-19 Chronicles: an associate’s view #7 Hussein Hassanali

For the last 12 months, Hussein Hassanali has been blogging about life in the dental world during the pandemic. Throughout his series of blogs, he has described the challenges of working through Covid and in…

24 Mar 2021 • Blog, NHS

Four big things to consider when making a move to private dentistry

Practice Plan’s Zoe Close shares her thoughts on what you need to consider when making a move to private dentistry… The experience of living and working through the pandemic has led many to take a…

16 Apr 2019 • Podcasts, Practice Management

How we built our practice from squat to success

Helen Robertson shares her story of opening a squat practice with her husband at the beginning of the recession in 2009 and building it into the thriving three surgery practice that it is today. What…

25 Apr 2018 • Blog, NHS

“After leaving the NHS I feel unshackled and free to practise the kind of dentistry I’ve always dreamed of.” – Gordon Downes

I decided to leave the NHS after 29 years of running an NHS practice, it was a big decision but it has completely changed my personal and professional life.

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…

3 Aug 2015 • Blog, NHS

Moving from NHS to Private Dentistry – A testimonial

Juliette Plimmer, Practice Manager at Bridge Dental & Implant Clinic, explains how she and her management team came to the decision to move from NHS to private practice.

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…