dentistry podcast Archives

20 Dec 2023 • Podcasts, Practice Management, Mental Health

The benefits of being a vulnerable boss

Hazel Dockery at Practice Plan catches up with Mark Topley, CSR and Business coach, to talk about vulnerability in the workplace and the benefits of creating an open culture. What you’ll hear: What is vulnerability?…

8 Sep 2023 • Podcasts, Mental Health

World Suicide Prevention Day – Today’s postvention is tomorrow’s prevention

Nigel Jones, Sales and Marketing Director at Practice Plan Group is joined with Professor John Gibson, Founder of The Canmore trust to talk about suicide, the importance of recognising the signs and having open conversations…

13 Mar 2023 • Podcasts, Dental Landscape

An update on the dental landscape

Nigel Jones, Sales and Marketing Director at Practice Plan Group joins us in this latest bodcast to share his thoughts on the current dental landscape, the issues dentists are facing and the opportunities. What you’ll…

28 Feb 2023 • Podcasts, Mental Health

Preventing burnout in dentistry

Hussein Hassanali, Associate Dentist at Woodthorpe Dental Centre catches up with Dr Mahrukh Khwaja, CEO of Mind Ninja, to discuss burnout, how it effects us and what you can do to prevent it. What you’ll…

15 Feb 2023 • Podcasts, Practice Management, Dental Landscape

Maximising your potential in practice

Katrina Rees, Area Manager at Practice Plan shares her top tips for maximising potential in your dental practice and identifying new opportunities in your business. What you’ll hear: How the current landscape is affecting costs…

9 Jan 2023 • Podcasts, Practice Management, Mental Health

How to deal with stress in the workplace

Employment and HR specialist, Sarah Buxton, shares her top tips to deal with stress in the workplace and ensure you have the right protocols in place. What you’ll hear: Definition of stress Signs and symptoms…

5 Dec 2022 • Podcasts, Practice Management

How to make a first great impression and stand out from the crowd – Part Two

In the second part of this two part podcast, Les Jones is joined with Richard Collard, Consultant at Practice Plan Group to discuss making a great first impression when a patient calls your dental practice…

14 Sep 2022 • Podcasts, Practice Management

Self-employment status as an associate dentist

Nigel Jones, Sales and Marketing Director at Practice Plan Group is joined with Sarah Buxton, Director and HR and employment solicitor at FTA Law to discuss the recent Sejpal v Rodericks case and how it…

2 Sep 2022 • Podcasts

My career into facial aesthetics

Dr Bethany Rushworth, Facial aesthetics dental surgeon, shares how she started her own facial aesthetics business and advice to other young dentists who may be considering different career paths. What you’ll hear: Bethanys career path…

12 Aug 2022 • Podcasts, Practice Management, NHS

Options for treating children in private practice

Michelle Hardy, Sales Support Manager at Practice Plan shares the different options available when it comes to children’s dental treatment and pricing. What you’ll hear: Option 1 – Age banded system Option 2 – Clinical…

9 Aug 2022 • Podcasts, Mental Health

The science of positive health

In this weeks episode, Siobhan Kelleher, qualified coach and dental hygienist shares her top tips for prioritising your health and well-being and living your best life. What you’ll hear: The 6 Pillars of positive health…

22 Jul 2022 • Podcasts

Thinking outside the box with your dental career path

Les Jones, Creative Director at Practice Plan is joined with Dhru Shah, Founder and CEO at DetinalTubules to talk about his own career path into dentistry and the importance of thinking outside the box for…

6 Jul 2022 • Podcasts, Dental Landscape

The return of 100% activity targets for NHS dental practices

Nigel Jones, Sales and Marketing Director at Practice Plan Group, shares his thoughts on the latest update to activity targets for NHS dental practices. What you’ll hear: The latest update to the activity targets How…

17 May 2022 • Podcasts, Mental Health

Loneliness and isolation in dentistry

In this latest episode of Bodcast, Hussein Hassanali, Associate Dentist at Woodthorpe Dental Centre catches up with Dr Mahrukh Khwaja, CEO of Mind Ninja, to share their thoughts and personal experiences of loneliness in dentistry…

24 Sep 2019 • Podcasts

Nigel Jones shares his thoughts on the 2019 Dentistry Confidence Monitor results

Nigel Jones, Sales and Marketing Director at Practice Plan, shares the results of the latest Dentistry Confidence Monitor survey. He explains what the survey asked and looks at the themes revealed in the answers. Nigel…

7 Aug 2018 • Podcasts, Practice Management

How to see what your patients see

Business Coach Carol Groombridge explains why it’s important to take a step back and look at your practice as a patient would. Sometimes the little things that you don’t notice can be the things that…

10 Jul 2018 • Podcasts

How to build great teams

Chris Barrow talks about what defines a great team, how the employer and employee definition of a great team can be different and the best way to resolve this. What you’ll hear: What makes great…

23 Mar 2018 • Blog, NHS

Young dentists at the coal face

Our experience – beginning life as a dentist Recent BDA research has revealed that more than half of dentists aged under 35 are planning to leave the NHS within five years and 10% intend to…