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Why and how to convert to private dentistry, with Zoe Close, Nigel Jones and Les Jones
Join Zoe Close, Nigel Jones and Les Jones for a free webinar exploring the conversion to private dentistry on Tuesday…
Private Practice
Practice Plan celebrates its 25th anniversary
As Practice Plan turns 25, Seb Evans speaks to Nigel Jones about the secret behind Practice Plan’s success and longevity.…
Private Practice
Dentistry Online Podcast with Nigel Jones
This week, we chat to Nigel Jones at Practice Plan as the company gets ready to celebrate its 25th birthday. …
Dentistry
Clinical Skills Day – how to build a stronger and more crisis-resistant practice
The inaugural Clinical Skills Day on Friday 12 June is your opportunity to watch Les Jones, Nigel Jones and Matt…
Private Practice
Have you got two minutes to talk about mental health?
Practice Plan gathered together a panel of opinion leaders to discuss the big issues affecting the profession, including mental health.…
Dentistry
Seeing the light in the dark
Nigel Jones on finding the real optimism about the future for UK dentistry. The recent report by Dental Protection, Breaking…
Dentistry
90 seconds with…Nigel Jones
We find out a little more about Nigel Jones and his life in the dental profession. About Nigel Jones Nigel…
Private Practice
What’s next for NHS dentistry?
Practice Plan is hosting events up and down the country sharing information on NHS dental contract reforming and working out…
Dentistry
The loyalty of rats, cats and dogs
Shifting patient’s loyalty from dentist towards brand isn’t good for ensuring continuity of care, says Nigel Jones. When I first…
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Beginning with the end vision
Nigel Jones discusses seeing value in a vision and using this as a source of focus. It’s a strange thing, but the…
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Has the GDC lost the confidence of the profession?
Looking at the results of the Dentistry Confidence Monitor, a panel got together to talk about the dental regulator, the…
Dentistry
The fear of inaction in your dental career
Nigel Jones relays one young dentist’s fear of leaving his dental career in the hands of the NHS. The numbers…
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NHS dentists don’t want to be working in the NHS
More than three quarters (77%) of NHS dentists don’t see themselves working in the NHS in five years’ time. The latest…
Dentistry
Dentistry Confidence Monitor reveals fear, fragmentation, and the future
Nigel Jones discusses the results of the Dentistry Confidence Monitor survey with a panel of professionals in a wide-ranging debate…
Dentistry
Mistrust and mental health issues revealed in survey of dentists
Eighty-four per cent of NHS dentists believe their current role has negatively affected their mental health, according to the latest…
Dentistry
Find out the results of 2019’s Dentistry Confidence Monitor survey at London Dentistry Show
The 2019 Dentistry Confidence Monitor survey results will be released this morning at the London Dentistry Show. The NHS/Business Theatre will…
Dentistry
Openness + pragmatism = optimism
After attending a recent Westminster Health Forum on oral health, Nigel Jones feels more optimistic about the future for NHS…
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Fail to learn from history and be doomed to repeat it
Nigel Jones urges dentists to take steps to ensure they don’t face the same challenges many did after the 2006…
Dentistry
A looming workforce crisis
A more positive portrayal of NHS dentists in the media could help public perception of the workforce, says Nigel Jones.…
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