Are the larger dental plan administrators offering a value lead proposition – or are they focused on keeping shareholders happy and maximising their own profits? Times are difficult in dentistry and practices need to keep costs tight and work smarter to maintain a profitable practice. In the BDA’s recent video cast series, Nick Ledingham,...
Cutting costs
Are the larger dental plan administrators offering a value lead proposition – or are they focused on keeping shareholders happy and maximising their own profits? Times are difficult in dentistry and practices need to keep costs tight and work smarter to maintain a profitable practice. In the BDA’s recent video cast series, Nick Ledingham,...
Dentistry Awards 2012 Recap
The 2012 awards ceremony was held on the 7th December at the stunning art deco cinema Athena, Leicester.
Patient care ‘compromised’
Dentists fear their care for patients is being compromised. A new BDA poll reveals that more than half of all salaried primary dental care service (SPDCS) dentists report fears that their ability to care for patients is being compromised. Almost three quarters of participants felt their service was understaffed, with many pointing to an...
Cut plan costs
Conrad Broadbent explains a unique approach to dental plans
Free town parking helps business
A business lobby group is urging local councils to help small business, including dental practices, by scrapping car parking charges for 2013. The Forum of Private Business is calling on local authorities across the country to do their bit for retailers by scrapping town centre car parking charges. With councils starting to put together their...
Autumn statement impact on dentists
On 5 December 2012, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne delivered to Parliament an Autumn Statement that showed a very grim economic picture. The Eurozone crisis and other global economic difficulties were blamed for the unexpected lack of growth in 2012.