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7 Jun 2021 • Blog, NHS

Can and should NHS dentistry return to normal?

Practice Plan’s Sales and Marketing Director, Nigel Jones, explores whether NHS dentistry will return to the way it was before the pandemic – and questions if anyone wants it to… It’s hard to think…

31 Mar 2021 • Podcasts, Dental Landscape

A new normal for NHS dentistry?

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 and what the future of NHS dentistry might look like.…

9 Feb 2021 • Blog, Covid-19

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…

12 Nov 2020 • Blog, Covid-19

Discussing the effect of COVID-19 on NHS dentistry with John Renshaw

Nigel Jones talks to dentist John Renshaw, a high-profile figure in the dental profession with a forty-year interest in dental affairs and a broad knowledge of the NHS. With John’s unique insights into the NHS…

22 Oct 2020 • Blog, Covid-19, Practice Management

Being an NHS prototype practice during the pandemic…

Before COVID-19, reform of the NHS dental contract was probably one of the most talked about subjects in dentistry. Which perhaps goes to show the magnitude of the impact of the pandemic on the profession,…

13 Oct 2020 • Podcasts, NHS

Inside Out: NHS Dentistry Discussed with John Renshaw

Catch-up on episode five of Inside Out: NHS Dentistry Discussed… Nigel Jones, Practice Plan Sales and Marketing Director, talks to John Renshaw, who has been a major player in dental politics for 50 years and…

5 Oct 2020 • Podcasts, Practice Management, Covid-19

Introducing the NEW Fallow Time Calculator

Nigel Jones, Sales and Marketing Director at Practice Plan Group, talks to Ian Mills, Dean of the FGDP and Trustee of the College of General Dentistry, about SDCEP reports, the issue of fallow time and…

23 Sep 2020 • Podcasts, Practice Management, Covid-19

Employment law updated post lockdown

Nigel Jones talks to Sarah Buxton about updated challenges and changes for employees and employers at this time. Sarah shares advice on employment law for dental practices, hot topics currently being discussed and considerations for…

22 Sep 2020 • Blog, NHS

Nishma Sharma: As dentists, we need to do the right thing

Nigel Jones talks to Nishma Sharma, a practising dentist and clinical advisor for NHS England and the Office of the Chief Dental Officer, about communication between governing bodies and dentists, the management of associates during…

3 Sep 2020 • Blog, NHS, Covid-19

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…

18 Aug 2020 • Podcasts, NHS

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…

29 Jul 2020 • Podcasts, Practice Management, Covid-19

The latest developments with employment law post COVID-19

Nigel Jones talks to Sarah Buxton about challenges and changes for employees and employers post lockdown. Sarah shares details about the recent employment law changes, hot topics currently being queried and new barriers that the…

27 Mar 2020 • Blog, NHS

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…

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…

4 Nov 2019 • Blog, Dentistry Confidence Monitor

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…

9 Oct 2019 • Blog, NHS

Your dentistry questions answered: dentists’ ability to take control of the future

At a recent major dental exhibition, we gathered a panel of well-known dentists to answer the biggest questions in dentistry today. As the host of the panel, I had some pre-prepared questions, however the audience…

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…

10 Sep 2019 • Podcasts

Improve your CSR, improve your business

Mark Topley unpacks the subject of CSR in a straightforward, engaging way that will leave you feeling inspired and knowing what you can – and should – do to make your CSR better. He also…