your dental plans
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
Jo Phillpot explores an empathetic principle, set out by Nicki Rowland in a recent webinar, to help you reopen and bring back your team in a positive way… Dental practices across the UK are reopening their doors once more, not only to the public, but to a new set of challenges that might make the… Read More
Fans of the band, M People or the TV show Miranda, might be familiar with the headline to this blog. But, 20 years after Heather Small and co. released it as a song, it’s still a good question to ask – especially now. Pride isn’t a feeling we identify easily with and sometimes wouldn’t label… Read More
Deborah Bell chats to Julie King, Owner of Wetheral Dental Practice, about her approach to COVID-19. “After going into lockdown, like most other mainly private practices, I furloughed some of my team,. Since then those that remain have taken it in turns to go into the practice for a morning or afternoon to do telephone… Read More
Connie Hopper shares her thoughts on the importance of routine for good mental health. The great American novelist John Steinbeck is quoted as saying ‘there is comfort in routine’. And while sometimes breaking out of a routine can be refreshing, having one also provides some stability and security. When that routine disappears, and particularly when… Read More
I am a GDP in a fully private practice. We have seven surgeries, five dentists, a specialist periodontist, four hygienists, twelve dental nurses, three receptionists, a practice manager, book-keeper a gardener and a candlestick maker. We, like everyone else, have closed our doors, in our case on 20th March and I fully expect us to… Read More
