4 Nov 2019 • Blog, Dentistry Confidence Monitor
Nigel Jones and a panel of professionals discuss the state of NHS dentistry and the impact contract reform may have…
20 Feb 2019 • Blog, Dentistry Confidence Monitor
Suki Singh discusses dentists’ anxiety levels about complaints and litigation with Stephen Hudson and Tony Kilcoyne…
10 Dec 2018 • Blog, NHS
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…
21 Nov 2018 • Blog, NHS
Nigel Jones discusses some of dentistry’s big issues with a panel of big hitters from the profession… How do you balance professionalism with delivering the requirements of an NHS contract? In all the conversations I’ve…
22 Oct 2018 • Dentistry Confidence Monitor
One dentist is on a ‘personal mission’ to create a helpline to support his colleagues. Jeremy Cooper, who graduated in 1982 and is now based in Salford, wants to set up a 24-hour one-stop-shop phone…
6 Oct 2018 • Podcasts
Nigel Jones, Sales and Marketing Director at Practice Plan, shares the results of the latest NHS Confidence Monitor survey. He explains what the survey asked and looks at the contrast between the responses from NHS…
12 Dec 2017 • Podcasts, Dentistry Confidence Monitor
In this episode of Bodcast, Nigel Jones and Tony Kilcoyne take a look at the NHS Confidence Monitor results in relation to the general views and feelings of the profession about NHS dentistry now, and…
23 Nov 2017 • Blog, Dentistry Confidence Monitor
The results from the latest NHS Confidence Monitor survey revealed deep levels of unhappiness among NHS dentists and anxiety about complaints and litigation across both private and NHS sectors. Despite being anxious in this area,…
7 Nov 2017 • Podcasts
Vice Chair of the British Dental Association Principal Executive Committee, Eddie Crouch talks to Nigel Jones about the current feedback coming from prototype practices about NHS contract reform. They discuss the potential time scales for…
1 Feb 2017 • Dentistry Confidence Monitor
During last year’s BDIA Showcase, Practice Plan organised a meeting of expert minds for two live events, firstly to facilitate discussion around the results of the fourth NHS Confidence Monitor and, secondly, to allow dental…
28 Nov 2016 • Podcasts, NHS
The results of the fourth NHS Confidence Monitor revealed that one way in which dental professionals believe that confidence can be increased is through improvements to the public’s perception of NHS dentistry. Listen to this Bodcast…
1 Nov 2016 • Podcasts, Dental Landscape, Dentistry Confidence Monitor
Listen to this episode of Bodcast as Sales and Marketing Director, Nigel Jones, offers his thoughts on the fourth set of results from the NHS Confidence Monitor survey and shares his views on what this…
14 Oct 2016 • Dentistry Confidence Monitor
The negativity continues with the responses to this survey. I do wonder when the profession will wake up and smell the coffee. The NHS is not going to improve, there is no magical new contract,…
30 Sep 2016 • Dentistry Confidence Monitor
The lack of information and clarity as to what will be in any new contract is still not evident, and personally I think it never will be as this suits the Government. I think that’s…
8 Apr 2016 • Dentistry Confidence Monitor
Career prospects The first thing that I noticed about the results was that as I expected, a large proportion of those asked (84%) are not feeling confident of their career prospects within NHS dentistry for…
3 Aug 2015 • Blog, NHS, Dentistry Confidence Monitor
View details of the NHS Confidence Monitor results and download a personal copy of the NHS Confidence Monitor results to read offline.
15 May 2015 • Blog, NHS
Following the results of the first NHS Confidence Monitor Survey , commissioned by Practice Plan, we catch up with practising dentist, Claire Roberts to get her views on the future of NHS dentistry.