How a Treatment Co-ordinator can benefit a practice
Practiceplan Blog
by Hazel Dockery
5d ago
Regional Support Manager, Chris Nicholson, outlines how introducing a Treatment Co-ordinator (TCO) can help increase treatment uptake and benefit the practice. Treatment Co-ordinators have been around for a while now and more practices are seeing the value of introducing them. Not only do they help increase the uptake of treatment plans, which is great for the practice’s finances, but they also offer a career path for staff members who want variety or progression in their careers. How TCOs benefit the dentist To state the obvious, dentists are skilled at, and often prefer, hands on dentistry ..read more
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Are you making the most of the latent potential in your team?
Practiceplan Blog
by Hazel Dockery
1w ago
Practice Plan’s Creative Director, Les Jones, encourages practices to tap into the latent potential of less experienced members of their team. A few weeks ago I watched the Carabao Cup Final between Chelsea and Liverpool. Liverpool, for once, were the underdogs because their team had been ravaged by injuries. Many of their biggest stars were side-lined and watching from the stands. Liverpool were forced to turn to their young academy players to make up their substitutes bench. Chelsea, on the other hand, had spent almost £500m on new players during the summer and their team was full of big na ..read more
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The importance of having business agreements in place
Practiceplan Blog
by Hazel Dockery
2w ago
Rebecca Johnson, a specialist financial planner at Wesleyan Financial Services explains why it’s important for dentists to have business agreements in place. Business agreements are the heart and soul of most companies and organisations. They help ease business operations and processes without friction between the parties involved. And when executed correctly, they can help to manage business expectations and avoid liability. Without the right agreements in place, business continuity, business succession, tax allowances, and business relief are all impacted, and no business should operate wit ..read more
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Helping to make informed changes – how a Practice Plan Consultant helped a practice to meet its challenges
Practiceplan Blog
by Hazel Dockery
1M ago
Practice Manager at Eccleshill Dental, Emma Denton, explains how Practice Plan Consultant, Richard Collard, helped get the most out of their marketing by tapping into their phone system. We asked for help with both our marketing and our phone system. Over the last eight years or so we had changed our systems on average every two years. This was because they never seemed to suit our needs. Either the call routing wasn’t right for us, or the management information wasn’t giving us what we needed, or sometimes it was both. We were in a similar situation with the system we had last year, and as t ..read more
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Practice Plan and Wesleyan building a sustainable future
Practiceplan Blog
by Hazel Dockery
2M ago
As a mutual, Wesleyan is owned by its members and has no shareholders. As it says on its website: “We thrive by staying true to the needs of the people who matter most – our members, our customers and colleagues, as well as the communities in which we live and work.” Which is one of the reasons Wesleyan as a group takes its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) responsibilities so seriously. Here, Wesleyan Group Sustainability Manager, Dan Gamson, reflects upon the progress and contribution Wesleyan Group company, Practice Plan, has made so far towards achieving Wesleyan’s ESG goals. Wor ..read more
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New Year habits that can last all year!
Practiceplan Blog
by Hazel Dockery
2M ago
January is often a month littered with failed good intentions. How many times have we made a New Year resolution only to have given it up before we even reach Burns Night (25th January, in case you weren’t sure!)? However, as Mental Health First Aid Instructor, Andy Elwood says, it doesn’t have to be that way. After the excesses of Christmas, a lot of people resolve to eat and drink less, and one way to do that is to take part in Dry January. Here Andy explains the benefits of Dry January and reminds people that adopting healthy habits and behaviours need not be confined to January but is som ..read more
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Five great reasons to introduce a membership plan when you move from NHS to private practice
Practiceplan Blog
by Hazel Dockery
3M ago
Regional Support Manager, Tina Wixon, offers five reasons as to why you might want to offer your patients the opportunity to join a membership plan if you choose to move from NHS dentistry to private practice. At Practice Plan we have more than 25 years’ experience in helping dentists make the move from NHS to private practice which we believe earns us the right to describe ourselves as experts in the process. Over the years we’ve helped hundreds of dentists take back control of their business and build a less pressured way of working for themselves and their teams. Here are my top five reaso ..read more
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Giving back in 2023 – how we have supported our communities
Practiceplan Blog
by Hazel Dockery
3M ago
As we enter the Season of Giving, there is no better time to reflect on what has been a phenomenal year for supporting our Communities within Wesleyan Group and Practice Plan. Wesleyan is committed to giving back to the communities it serves and strives to achieve in United Nations Sustainable Development goals of Good Health and Wellbeing, Quality Education, Gender Equality, Reduced Inequalities, and Climate Action. We support these goals through the Wesleyan Foundation which, since 2017 has given out more than £5.8 million to more than 600 charities and organisations that contribute to our ..read more
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Three ways to pay associates for their plan membership income
Practiceplan Blog
by Hazel Dockery
3M ago
Regional Support Manager, Sarah Barnard, offers some suggestions for dealing with a subject raised often by practices – what is the best way to pay associates for plan membership income? I have worked for Practice Plan for more than 20 years, and in that time, one of the most frequently asked questions has been about how to pay associates for the membership plan income they generate. If you are wrestling with this question, then it’s important to keep in mind your ultimate goal. What are you hoping to achieve? Being fair to everyone Most practices I speak to about this want to make sure that ..read more
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Building Bridges, Smiles, and Patient Loyalty
Practiceplan Blog
by Hazel Dockery
4M ago
In this guest blog, Dental Business Consultant, Lucie Simic, suggests ways to increase your patients’ loyalty to your practice. As we approach 2024, I believe a crucial strategy for success next year will be cultivating patient loyalty. While acquiring new patients is undoubtedly important, focusing on retaining and strengthening the bond with existing patients is a game-changer. This is not just about providing quality dental care; it’s about building relationships and creating an experience that keeps patients coming back with a smile. The Power of Patient Loyalty Patient loyalty is not jus ..read more
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