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5 Jan 2024 • Podcasts, Wesleyan Financial Services

Financial Planning for Young Dentists

In this episode, Laura Whyte is joined by Neil Richardson, Regional Manager for Dentists at Wesleyan Financial Services, and Olivia Miller, one of its Specialist Financial Advisers. They talk about financial planning for young dentists…

3 Feb 2022 • Podcasts, Mental Health

Young dentists leaving the profession

Jonathan Drury catches up with Lucy Li, Associate Dentist at Rowcroft Dental and Implant Centre to discuss burn out and mental health in the dental industry and why many young dentists are leaving the profession.…

16 Sep 2020 • Blog, Dental Landscape, Covid-19, Finance

Five financial planning tips for young dentists

Magdelena Harding, Financial Advisor for Wesleyan, shares the common areas that are stopping the UK’s young dentists achieving financial security… During the uncertain times we face as a dental community, actively and effectively planning is…

10 Mar 2020 • Blog, Dental Landscape

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…

16 Oct 2019 • Mental Health

Feeling overwhelmed as a young dentist? You’re not the only one…

Practising dentist Bethany Rushworth recently launched a coaching service for her fellow young professionals, including trainees, who may be feeling overwhelmed. Within a few days, the 1-2-1 service was fully subscribed, suggesting there is a…

30 Jul 2019 • Podcasts, Dental Landscape

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…

30 Jan 2019 • Blog, NHS

Why I’ve changed my mind about a career in the NHS…

Nigel Jones speaks to Jasmine Lobo about her experience of beginning a career in NHS dentistry and why she feels the need for a back-up plan for her career… The retention of dentists in the…

8 Jan 2019 • Podcasts

Introducing Dental Training Consultants

Zahid explains the process that dental students go through during their dental foundation training interview in order to achieve their ranking. He introduces Dental Training Consultants, and explains how they help young dentists achieve their…

10 Dec 2018 • Blog, NHS

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…

12 Jul 2018 • Blog, NHS

Talking about my generation

Being a new dentist today is a much different experience compared to 70 years ago when the NHS was first established – and some would say the same for 20 years ago. In this 70th…

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…

27 Feb 2018 • Podcasts

Jasmine discusses what her generation think the future of dentistry looks like

Dental foundation trainee, Jasmine Lobo shares her thoughts on how the reality of working in dentistry compares to her expectations before graduation. She talks about the choices faced by young dentists when it comes to…

30 Jan 2018 • Podcasts, Dental Landscape, Dentistry Confidence Monitor

Dev Patel talks to Les Jones about the latest NHS Confidence Monitor results

Award winning young dentist Dev Patel shares his views on the results of the 5th NHS Confidence Monitor results with Les Jones. As a dentist at the beginning of his career, having only graduated 5…