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Rising costs and disappointing tweaks to the dental contract are causing more NHS dental practices to consider their options outside NHS dentistry. However, turning off the NHS tap all at once isn’t the only way to introduce private dentistry to your practice. Here, Practice Plan regional support manager Amy Hansford speaks to one of her…
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As dentists grapple with the tweaks to the NHS dental contract and the introduction of complex care pathways, a number of owners may want to consider becoming a mixed practice. Amy Hansford suggests some things to consider when planning to add private dentistry to your list. Over the past 18 months, NHS dental practices have…
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Amy Hansford discusses the benefits of introducing a membership plan with Ulrika Skalberg in this edition of the Bodcast. Amy Hansford, regional support manager at Practice Plan catches up with Ulrika Skalberg, dentist and practice owner of Teeth on the Heath Dental Practice, a fully private practice that has transitioned away from the NHS. Throughout…
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Practice Plan regional support manager, Amy Hansford, explores the disadvantages of having an ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ attitude to running a private practice. Are you suffering from metathesiophobia? In case you weren’t aware, that’s the fear of change, or a phobia that causes people to avoid changing their circumstances due to being…
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Amy Hansford talks to Gemma Smith from Bembridge Dental about gaining more support and building dental practice branding by switching plan provider. When you take ownership of an established dental practice, inevitably you inherit existing business relationships and suppliers. However, often, these arrangements may not be what you would have chosen. Or they may not…
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If you asked anyone in any profession whether they felt under time pressure, the chances are they would say ‘yes’. And this is no less the case in dentistry, although there are differences across the sector. In last year’s Confidence Monitor Survey by Practice Plan, 91% of NHS dentists said they were not happy that…
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Amy Hansford talks to young dentist and teacher Petros Mylonas about dental students’ perceptions of the NHS and the influence of social media on this Younger dentists are not seeing the NHS as an attractive career path. A survey by the BDA showed that 53% of young dentists intend to leave the NHS within five…
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