Private Dentistry Archives

15 Jun 2023 • Blog, Finance

Is it time to explore the peninsula of infinite possibilities?

Area Manager, Gary Nelson, urges people to shun pessimism and embrace their inner optimist. “The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.” William Arthur…

21 Apr 2023 • Blog, Practice Management

Tips to maintain a happy team

In the light of the difficulties practices are experiencing recruiting new members of staff, it’s important to hang onto the good ones you already have! If your team is happy, they’re less likely to go…

14 Apr 2023 • Blog, Practice Management

Keeping things in the family – Lisa Bainham

As she approaches her 20-year anniversary of being with Practice Plan, Area Manager, Suki Singh spoke to Lisa Bainham, Practice Manager at the Old Surgery in Crewe and President of the Association of Dental Administrators…

10 Feb 2023 • Blog, Marketing and Design

A Game-Changing recruitment hack stumbled upon by accident!

Shaz Memon, founder of Digimax dental marketing agency shares a great recruitment tip that he came across by accident. If your birth year starts with a 19, you will likely remember a world where no…

3 Feb 2023 • Blog, Practice Management

Rising costs – you have to pass it on!

Dental business coach, Chris Barrow, offers some advice on the need to increase prices and how to handle the change. I present at a number of different events and workshops for Practice Plan and I…

12 Dec 2022 • Blog, Finance

Safeguard your finances in a time of recession

There’s no doubt now that the country is in a recession which is predicted to last longer than any other for decades. Are there any steps people can take to help alleviate some of the…

17 Oct 2022 • Blog, Finance

Rising above the hullabaloo

Area Manager, Gary Nelson, makes some suggestions of things practices can check on to ensure they’re making the best use of their money over the next few months. It’s beginning to look like another interesting…

30 Sep 2022 • Blog, Practice Management

How to set charges for children on membership plans

Moving to private practice and not sure what to do about charging for children? Sales Support Manager, Michelle Hardy, shares a few suggestions on how to go about it. Charging for children can be a…

20 Sep 2022 • Blog, NHS

How Practice Plan helped a dentist turn around his business and expand his horizons

Regional Support Manager, Jayne Gibson recounts how an NHS dentist who was facing the prospect of having to close one of his two surgeries in Workington, Cumbria is now looking forward to making full use…

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…

6 Jun 2022 • Blog, Dental Landscape, Mental Health

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…

1 Apr 2022 • Podcasts, NHS

Your NHS to Private one-to-one conversation

Michelle Hardy, Sales Support Manager at Practice Plan discusses the NHS to Private one-to-one virtual conversations, what they involve and what support and advice she can offer for practices looking to make the move from…

10 Feb 2022 • Podcasts, NHS

Tony Jacobs – A dental pioneer

Nigel Jones, Sales and Marketing Director at Practice Plan Group catches up with Tony Jacobs, Dentist and founder of GDPUK.com to discuss Tonys experience of moving to private dentistry 30 years ago, how the process…

21 Dec 2021 • Blog

We left the NHS behind and would never go back

Back in 2006, Burton Family Dental in Burton-on-Trent made the decision to leave behind the NHS for a life in private dentistry with the help of Practice Plan. As partner and dentist, Catriona Archer explains…

9 Dec 2021 • Blog, NHS

The confidence to make a move…

Deborah Parson, Practice Manager at Weobley Dental Surgery, explains the reasons behind their move from NHS dentistry to private, why they chose Practice Plan to support them through the process and how the move has…

18 Nov 2021 • Blog, NHS

Going private was the right decision for us!

Back in 2020, the team at Plumfield Dental Practice started to talk more seriously about converting from NHS to private dentistry. Previously the topic had been brought up in conversations, but they had never pressed…

10 Nov 2021 • Podcasts, Practice Management, Dental Landscape

Insights from the field

Suki Singh, Area Manager at Practice Plan shares his insights from dental practices at the minute and the common issues they are dealing with. What you’ll hear: Issues practices are having at the minute Staff…

13 Oct 2021 • Podcasts, NHS

Why I left the NHS for good

Jonathan Drury catches up with Simon Thackeray, Owner at Thackeray Dental care to talk about his recent move to a fully private practice and the difference its made. What you’ll hear: The main reasons for…