Is there a future for NHS dentistry?

Any NHS dentist thinking about whether to move to private dentistry, is likely to be asking themselves whether the NHS has a future. And if it does, is it a future that they want to…

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The trickle that could soon become a flood – reflections on the new NHS England targets

Practice Plan Group’s Sales and Marketing Director, Nigel Jones, reflects on the recent letter to dentists in England outlining the new NHS targets and considers the implications. ‘Probably the first thing to mention about the…

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NHS dentistry discussed: No change is not an option

Join Nigel Jones and Eddie Crouch as they discuss the most up-to-date information available to NHS England contract holders and the implications for dentistry across the UK. What you’ll hear: UDA targets Abatement Clawback System…

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NHS dentistry – your questions answered…

Practice Plan’s Nigel Jones and the British Dental Association’s (BDA) Eddie Crouch delved into a range of topics within the NHS dental landscape in a recent webinar.   Throughout the webinar, many dentists submitted questions…

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How the 60% UDA targets will impact the profession

Practice Plan’s Sales and Marketing Director, Nigel Jones, discusses the dental landscape with Eddie Crouch, Chair of the BDA’s PEC. Many dentists were left struggling to deliver 45% of their UDA contract in the first…

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The BDA’s Covid response and what were the biggest challenges of the pandemic

Practice Plan’s Nigel Jones spoke to Eddie Crouch, the chair of the BDA’s Executive Committee, recently for the Inside Out: Dentistry Discussed webinar. They spoke about a range of topics, including how the BDA stepped…

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Discussing NHS dentistry with Eddie Crouch

Nigel Jones talks to Eddie Crouch, Vice-Chair of the BDA Principal Executive Committee (PEC), about the current arrangement for NHS dentists in England, how activity is being measured and what indications there are about NHS…

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Inside Out: NHS Dentistry Discussed with Eddie Crouch

Catch-up on episode one of Inside Out: NHS Dentistry Discussed… Nigel Jones, Practice Plan Sales and Marketing Director, talks to Eddie Crouch, Vice Chair of the British Dental Association (BDA) Principal Executive Committee, about the…

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Clawback and contract reform

Nigel Jones explores the stress of facing clawback and the implications that contract reform may have… The run-up to April can be particularly stressful for NHS dentists as the pressure to achieve targets and avoid…

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The decline of the full-time dentist

Nigel Jones and Eddie Crouch discuss the difficulties in retaining young dentists and the rise of the ‘portfolio career’… More and more young and newly qualified dentists are less and less interested in working full…

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Contract reform: a change for the better?

Nigel Jones and a panel of professionals discuss the state of NHS dentistry and the impact contract reform may have…

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Why the profession isn’t retaining young dentists full time

Eddie Crouch talks to Nigel Jones about the future of dentistry in light of the number of young dentists who are moving away from the traditional ‘full time’ career in dentistry, Often choosing to work…

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What the rollout of the new contract really means for NHS dentistry

Nigel Jones talks to Eddie Crouch about the rollout of the revised NHS England contract. They discuss the impact that Brexit may have on the planned timescales for rollout and what he thinks it will…

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NHS contract reform – what dentists need to know

‘Knowledge is power’ was one of the key messages for NHS dentists at the latest What Next for NHS Dentistry? event. Panellists, including Eddie Crouch from the BDA, and practice owners involved with the prototype…

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What next for NHS dentistry?

This is the question that, following years of under-funding, under-resourcing and increasing regulation, many have been asking for a long time. There has been a feeling among the profession for a while that things need…

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A date for the new contract, but will anything change?

In April 2020, the reformed NHS dental contract will come into force, and many will be wondering whether the changes this will bring are the kind the profession so desperately needs, while others will question…

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Great expectations…

Nigel Jones speaks to young dentists about whether the reality of practising dentistry matched their expectations… As someone who has worked in dentistry for almost 30 years, I’ve seen the truly life-transforming impact that clinicians…

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Eddie Crouch shares an insight into why regional differences exist

The details of government and public bodies’ machinations are often convoluted and hard to disentangle for those not directly involved. It can be no less the case when it comes to understanding the decision-making process…

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