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1 Mar 2021 • Blog, Covid-19, Uncategorized

Reasons to be confident in a brighter 2021

The recession we’re now in, following COVID-19, is the seventh I’ve experienced. So far, I have survived all seven. Recession doesn’t necessarily equal the failure of your business. Something that is worth remembering among all…

15 Feb 2021 • Blog, Covid-19, HR & Employment Law

Furlough scheme changes you need to be aware of

The Government’s furlough scheme has slightly changed following the third lockdown. Currently, it is due to expire at the end of April, but discussions are ongoing in Westminster about another extension. HR and Employment Solicitor…

1 Feb 2021 • Blog, Practice Management

Talking to patients about your price rise

In an earlier blog, I talked about the need to constantly review your treatment prices and why now is a good time to increase your prices. Now, I want to look at how, if you…

27 Jan 2021 • Podcasts, Practice Management

Your leadership shadow – understanding the impact on your team

In the second BoDcast from Johanna Hooper she shares her insights into leadership types, how these can impact on the team and engagement styles to optimise team performance. What you’ll hear: What are there common…

26 Jan 2021 • Podcasts, Mental Health, Covid-19

Mental resilience for teams facing a stressful workload

Having left 2020 behind, many are now struggling with the effect tightened restrictions have had on their personal lives. Johanna Hooper shares her insights on how this can affect the team and provides some advice…

25 Jan 2021 • Blog, Covid-19, Practice Management, Finance

Why now is the right time to raise your treatment prices

This is an important subject, so I’m going to address it via two blogs. The first of which is looking at why now is the right time to raise your treatment prices, and the second…

15 Jan 2021 • Podcasts, Practice Management

The five R’s of recovery: Resilience

Following on the from the previous episodes of The Five R’s of Recovery BoDcasts, Andy McLachlan talks to Aemelia Wright about ‘Resilience’ in the final of this five part series. Offering an insight into the…

14 Jan 2021 • Blog, Covid-19, Finance

What’s the best way to spread my sources of net income?

After the past few turbulent months, lots of people are looking for ways to feel more secure and diminish their financial vulnerability. One of the ways you can begin to increase your stability and protect…

11 Jan 2021 • Blog, Covid-19, Practice Management

Prescribing your patient plan

Jayne Gibson talks about the benefits of ‘prescribing’ your membership plan to patients and shares how one practice manages this approach… With many practices seeking to introduce a membership plan or increase the number of…

7 Jan 2021 • Blog, Covid-19

What the future holds for the British Association of Private Dentistry

Ian Eslick talks to Jason Smithson on what the focus is for the newly formed British Association of Private Dentistry (BAPD) moving forward, alongside what the organisation’s achieved so far… Established during the most uncertain…

6 Jan 2021 • Podcasts, Practice Management, Covid-19

The five R’s of recovery: Retrain

Nicki Rowland introduces the fourth in the five-part series of ‘The 5 R’s of Recovery’. Offering an insight into the course available from The Exceptional Leadership Academy this episode focuses on ‘resolve’. What you’ll hear:…

4 Jan 2021 • Blog, Covid-19, Practice Management

We built up our plan membership by prescribing it as a maintenance and preventative measure

Lynne Clark talks to Amy Barnes, Business Director of The Lytham Dental Clinic, about why and how they’ve started prescribing the plan membership in a similar way they would a treatment plan and the benefits…

30 Dec 2020 • Podcasts, Practice Management, Uncategorized

The five R’s of recovery: Rebuild

Following on the from the first two R’s of Recovery BoDcasts, Andy McLachlan talks to Aemelia Wright about ‘Rebuild’ in the third of this five part series. Offering an insight into the course available from…

29 Dec 2020 • Blog, Covid-19, Practice Management

Keep your team happy by keeping them in the know

Communicating well with your team may have been a little trickier this year. Firstly, there’s the physical challenge of gathering everyone together in one place when members of the team may well be furloughed, on…

28 Dec 2020 • Blog, Practice Management

A kick-start guide to professional growth for private associates

Gary Nelson shares his advice and experience on how independent associates can enhance and grow their career in the new year… Developing yourself as a clinician is necessary to build a career that is as…

23 Dec 2020 • Podcasts, Practice Management

Top observations of things that don’t change

Gary Nelson rounds the year off with his top seven observations of things that don’t change. 2020 has been a year like no other in so many ways, but in many ways it’s been a…

23 Dec 2020 • Blog, Covid-19, Practice Management

Three simple strategies to communicate the health benefits of your plan

Janet Mason shares her thoughts on which strategies are most effective when it comes to successfully communicating your plan membership to prospective patients… Lockdown for many practices has highlighted how beneficial a well performing plan…

15 Dec 2020 • Blog, NHS

Why 2021 will be the year we go private

In 2013, Luisa Dalla Riva, Practice Manager, and Andy Berwick, Principal Dentist, became the owners of Market Place Dentistry in Thirsk. The practice has been offering both NHS and private treatment, but the couple have…