When the BDA Benevolent Fund was founded in 1882 to offer support to dentists and their dependents – who through old age or illness could no longer financially support themselves – the welfare state did not exist. Four dentists started the Fund to assist their colleagues who had fallen on hard times, when the...
Part 4: Pre-retirement Exit strategy and business continuity / succession planningAs many dentists are also business owners, it’s important they plan how they are going to retire from the practice before they stop working. Much of the exit strategy and business continuity may already be written into the practice agreement. For example, the other...
Dental treatment in the UK is well explained, provides good value for money and delivers high levels of satisfaction among patients. That’s according to a report published today by the British Dental Association (BDA). The report follows the survey of 1,000 consumers to explore their experience of dentistry in the UK and found eight...
When tragedy strikes, be it an accident or ill health, or there is another reason why a dentist cannot work, it may not be long before financial worries become serious problems. Christmas adds an additional burden and, together with escalating winter fuel bills, leaves some dentists unable to cope and fearful for their family’s...
All dentists must be registered with the GDC to work in the UK. The £576 fee for registration with the GDC must be paid by midnight on 31 December 2012. The GDC will not be able to accept any payments after that time. It is important to remember that if dentists don’t pay, they...
When New Labour (through the lips of Tony Blair) adopted the catchphrase, ‘Education, Education, Education’ back in 2007, one presumes that the intention was not to demonstrate that the listening British audience was so thick that it was necessary to say things three times in order to generate a glimmer of understanding. At a...
Dentists and dental nurses volunteering their services to a community in need in East Africa are having their experience reported live via blogs, Twitter and Facebook. Dental charity, Bridge2Aid, provides emergency access to pain relief to those who need it through their Dental Volunteer Programme (DVP). And a team from GG Communications (GGC),...