Patients failing to attend their appointments can be one of the most frustrating parts of running a dental practice, especially when you may have turned others away due to being fully booked. Not to mention, that unattended appointments can impact your bottom line. Therefore, finding a way to reduce the number of Failed to Attends… Read More
How to smooth the ups and downs of cash flow to benefit your practice
Deborah Bell examines the benefits of steady cash flow and how to achieve it in your dental practice… Cash flow may not be the reason you wanted to become a dentist, or what you dreamed about while studying, but it is a good barometer of your business’ strength and performance. It is key to ensuring… Read More
Getting down to business with Deborah Bell…
Deborah Bell has more than 25 years’ experience working within dentistry, including 15 years in practice. She has spent time in both NHS and private practices, and worked in numerous roles including receptionist, dental nurse and practice manager before becoming a Business Development Consultant at DPAS 10 years ago. Here she talks about her experience… Read More
How an A4 sheet of paper could boost your profits
Deborah Bell explains how introducing a form can help to spark meaningful conversations that lead to more profits… Dental practices don’t tend to have huge marketing budgets…if they have one at all. So, anything that can help to improve the performance of the business for little or no cost is something to be welcomed and… Read More
Three quick tips on delegating effectively
As the profession of dentistry has changed over the years so has the role of practice manager, becoming increasingly varied and more powerful. The rise of compliance, changes to regulation, and growing competitiveness of the market, means a practice manager has more items on their ‘to-do list’ than ever before. This is where the need… Read More
How to increase the number of patients saying yes to treatment
Deborah Bell shares her advice on the best ways to boost treatment uptake… All dental practices are unique, but at the heart of every one is delivering quality treatment that improves patients’ oral health and wellbeing. And, of course, treatment is also a main source of revenue, so it can be frustrating when patients don’t… Read More
