DPAS Business Development Manager, Ian Eslick, caught up with coach Chris Barrow, to discuss how you can overcome the current recruitment crisis and find the perfect candidate for their vacant position… IE: Hi Chris, recruitment is a tough topic for practices at the moment. What would your first piece of advice be to a practice… Read More
Practice Management
How the pandemic helped make our practice stronger
Regional Support Manager, Ian Eslick, caught up with Penryn Dental Practice’s Practice Manager, Nadine Francis, to look back at the impact of the pandemic and how it has made their team much stronger… IE: Hi Nadine, it’s been 17 months now since the country went into its first lockdown. Can you recall what things were… Read More
How the pandemic drove positive change in our practice
Change can be hard for people to deal with and, at times, COVID-19 has felt like a constant exercise in managing changes. The fact that these changes have often needed to be implemented quickly and been imposed by forces outside of the practice, has not made the process any easier. However, as Charles Darwin once… Read More
When difficult decisions become a necessary evil…
Andy McLachlan, Business Coach, shares his thoughts on how to deal with making difficult decisions to help your business survive during COVID-19… Who would have thought that becoming a ‘leader’ would become such a stressful role in a dental practice? The impact of COVID-19 across the business world has been as shocking as it has… Read More
Keeping your team’s morale high
Making sure morale in your team is high is important in the best of times. In the worst of times, like we have experienced over the past seven months, it is absolutely vital. A happy team means a more cohesive and productive team. And when you need to begin rebuilding your practice after several… Read More
A guide to becoming membership-only
If you’re looking for even greater financial security for your practice in the aftermath of COVID-19, it’s worth considering a move to a membership-only model. Many practices told us how grateful they were to continue receiving the monthly payments from their patients during the months their practice had to close. This has led some to… Read More




