Host, Zoe Close is

joined by Principal Dentist, Dannick Jethwa in today's episode of Bodcast on

effective plan management. Dannick shares his tips and advice on making your

dental membership plan a success, based upon his own experience as Principal Dentist

at Spondon Dental Practice. 

What you'll hear today:

The three key

ingredients you need to constantly work on to make your dental plan a success

How to improve your

patient journey to get them on-board with your dental membership plans

Dannick's advice on

recruiting, enrolling and maintaining patients on a plan.

Today’s episode of Bodcast is with Business Consultant Sheila Scott on effective plan management. In this unmissable episode, hosted by Zoe Close, Area Sales Manager at Practice Plan, Sheila shares her valuable insight and advice on how a dental membership plan puts preventative care at the heart of your dental practice. 

What you'll hear today:

Sheila's views onhow a membership plan helps patients not only keep on track with theirappointments but also attending at the right intervals for theirdental health checks and hygiene visits

An insight intowhy Sheila is passionate about health-focused dental practices

The importance oftelling patients what they have to do in order to stay healthy and how regularhygiene visits can help them to achieve this.

Today host Zoe Close brings to you Nigel Jones, Sales and Marketing Director at Practice Plan, who explains the ways in which a dental membership plan can form the basis of your business!

What you'll hear today:

Nigel explains how dental membership plans are the best way of packaging preventative care for patients

How a dental membership plan can help to build stronger relationships with patients through increased rapport and trust, leading to increased loyalty

The impact a dental membership plan can have upon goodwill valuations 

How you can bring an improvement to your cash flow through a dental membership plan.

Today’s

unmissable episode of Bodcast is hosted by Sales and Marketing Director, Nigel

Jones. In this episode, Nigel is joined by Richard Collard and together

they share their expert advice and guidance on ways in which dental practices

can increase their treatment plan uptake.

What you'll hear today:

Nigel explains why he believes there will be significant growth in the

cosmetic treatment market in the next few years

Richard and Nigel's advice on how practices can maximise their

share of the increase in market, as well as maximising their chances of

benefiting their patients

Creating the right environment for patients from the very first contact with

your dental practice to ensure they feel sufficiently calm and relaxed

The importance of having a good conversation with patients and

presenting the solutions.

 

In

this special episode of Bodcast, Les Jones is joined by Simon Tucker to provide

an unmissable insight into what you can expect from the expert duo at the

upcoming Practice Plan Workshop Tour!

What you'll hear today

An insight into what you can expect in the interactive

and practical workshop.

Les and Simon explain the concept behind the 10% Push.

Simon shares how he will be providing practical hints and tips

on how to make the most of your existing patient base.

Les explains how he will be looking at how to attract new patients to

your practice on the day.

In today’s episode

of Bodcast, host Zoe Close, Area Sales Manager at Practice Plan catches up with

Business Consultant Sheila Scott to discuss hygienist services within the

dental practice. Don’t miss Sheila’s advice on what actions need to be taken to

ensure your hygiene books are kept full, without risk of complaints.

What you’ll hear today:

Sheila

explains the four reasons why she believes that dental practices should

focus upon hygiene services

How standard

1.7.6 in ‘Standards for the Dental Team’, issued in September 2013, impacts

upon the way in which hygiene referral fees are paid

Sheila’s expert

advice on an alternative to paying associates a referral fee which is

directly linked to individual patients.

 

Don't

miss this episode of Bodcast with host Les Jones, Creative Director at Practice

Plan which focuses on marketing your dental practice. Les shares his knowledge

on the importance of developing a clear strategic plan for the future

of your business, as a basis for any marketing activity you do. 

What you'll hear today:

The importance of having a clear, well-communicated and

well-monitored strategic plan within your practice

Les shares a simple four-step model to help you to

develop a strategic plan for your business using the 'Strategic Pyramid'

covering your vision, goal, strategies and actions

Advice on how to ensure your team are all on board with your plan by

providing context for what they're doing using a top-down influence  

Les provides his expert advice on the importance of engaging the whole

team in coming up with ideas and monitoring progress, plus ways you can achieve

this. 

 

Don't miss this episode of Bodcast with host Les Jones, Creative Director at Practice Plan which focuses on marketing your dental practice. Les shares his knowledge on the importance of developing a strong brand for your dental practice and provides his expert advice on the key areas you need to focus on.

What you'll hear today:

Why brand is important

The difference between brand and branding

Les' expert advice on why the following four distinct areas all need your attention and focus when developing your brand: products and services, physical environment,collateral and your team

Whether a strong,powerful and charismatic brand can be created in a small practice.

Today’s unmissable

episode of Bodcast is based upon the future of dentistry and focuses on the

latest stage of the reform programme to the English NHS dental contact. Listen

as host, Sales and Marketing Director Nigel Jones catches up with dentist Paul

Worskett who is currently testing one of the prototypes and provides a

fascinating insight into his own experiences of how the blends work in

practice.

What you'll hear

today:

Paul’s own

experiences of being involved in the reform programme

An insight into

Paul’s early impressions of working under the prototype contract

A consideration of

the financial risks of being part of the prototype contracts

Insight into where

the implementation of the Dental Quality and Outcomes Framework (DQOF) is up

to, as well as how the measurement systems associated with ensuring appropriate

capitation payments are going

Remuneration of

associate dentists under the prototype contract

Paul’s views on

whether the Minister of Health Alistair Burt’s target of 2018/19 for the

rollout of the contracts, is a realistic one

The impact, if any,

of the Brexit vote on the prototypes

Paul’s take on

time-limited contracts.

 

Today’s episode of

Bodcast is the second with Michael Bentley focusing on how to build a strong team.

Host Zoe Close, Area Sales Manager at Practice Plan caught up with Dental

Consultant Michael Bentley to find out his tips and advice on creating ‘The

ULTIMATE Interview Process.’

What you’ll hear

today:

Michael’s advice on

how to get the very best out of your candidate for all roles in the practice

How to use an

informal walk around of the practice as part of the interview process

Michael’s

recommendations on using a medical history form

Advice on

interviewing clinicians

Guidance on what

skills to look for in your candidates and how to find out about these as part

of the interview process

The importance of

holding a question and answer session at the end of your interview process

How to use a trial

day to ensure you’re finding the right candidate.