by Jonathan Fine | Feb 26, 2020 | Communications, Cosmetic dentistry, Movers and shakers, NHS, Recruitment
In a sign the largest group in the UK is embracing retail philosophy, Mydentist launched its first ‘Mysmile pod’ in a shopping centre in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, this week. Another one is about to follow at Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield....
by Zac Fine | Jul 4, 2019 | Acquisitions, Buying & selling, Due diligence, Exit plan, Finance, Movers and shakers, NHS, Recruitment, Wealth management
Christie & Co published its 2019 Dental Market Review this week, a succinct and easy to digest document that’s worth a look if you’re buying or selling a dental practice in the UK. We caught up with Simon Hughes, Managing Director — Medical at Christie...
by Zac Fine | Nov 28, 2018 | Acquisitions, Disposals, Due diligence, Exit plan, Movers and shakers, NHS, Recruitment, Site finding, Wealth management
Market research is invaluable when you are thinking about buying or selling a practice. Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has produced a document called The Dental Industry 2018: Staffing, Brexit and The Dentist Shortage. We thought there was an...
by Jonathan Fine | Oct 3, 2018 | NHS, Recruitment
The disintegration of NHS dentistry is speeding up, which will put pressure on private clinics as more dentists go private, driving competition up, but an upside is that it will be easier to recruit. In the two years up to September 2017, NHS dentists saw more than...
by Zac Fine | Aug 29, 2018 | NHS
Where are we with NHS reform? We know the final contract will pay practices according to both UDA activity and a fee determined by the number of patients they serve. We don’t know how. We know it could arrive in 2020. But realistically it must be later given Brexit...
by Zac Fine | May 9, 2018 | Admin, Compliance, Mental health, NHS, Planning, Retirement
When financial or social pressure leads us to behave in ways that we don’t agree with, we are guaranteed to end up miserable. Or worse. In 2013 the BDJ published a letter from a dentist who took his own life after problems with his Primary Care Trust. In it Paul Hood...