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
Dental Plan
How DPAS supports our business growth
Ian Eslick shares practice owner Charlie Fox’s experience of how building a strong practice brand and having a supportive relationship with his plan provider helped to grow his business… Charlie: ‘When I bought the practice it was branded to the plan provider that was already in place. There were several other practices affiliated to this… Read More
How we keep growing our patient numbers
Tracy Webb, from DPAS, speaks to Karen Burnell, Practice Manager at Cotteswold House Dental Care, about their approach to attracting new patients… Cotteswold House Dental Care has been established for 41 years and continues to attract new patients, welcoming around 400 in the past year. I spoke to their Practice Manager, Karen Burnell, to find… Read More
Busting myths about switching payment plan providers
In the ever-evolving world of dentistry, it’s a far smarter clinician who keeps apace of new trends (and applies them accordingly) than one who buries their head in the sand and ignores the need for change. Innovation is a key driver in any business and dentistry is no exception. Enhancing profits with cutting-edge clinical care… Read More
Forced closure with financial peace of mind!
The recent extreme weather could have, through no fault of their own, caused practices to close or suffer lots of patient cancellations. Unfortunately, the timing couldn’t have been worse, being so close to NHS contract year end and potentially having huge implications on meeting UDA targets. Providing a service where income generation is hugely reliant… Read More
Is it time to make a change?
At the heart of dentistry lies one key principle: to effect positive change to benefit patients’ overall health and wellbeing. A dental team collaborates to deliver this care either with direct treatment or via education. Improving quality of life with effective treatments is an everyday expectation – and addressing what has gone before often helps… Read More
