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Bodcast - delivers you expert advice on how to make your dental practice a more profitable and sustainable business. Featuring interviews with key industry figures, hints and tips on a variety of subjects from wellbeing in dentistry to analysis of the dental landscape, along with real-life experiences of dental teams, there’s plenty to intrigue, inform and entertain.
Episodes

Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
An Overview of the Practice Sales Market with Paul Graham
Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
Tuesday Oct 14, 2025
Nigel Jones is joined by Paul Graham, Managing Director of Medical at Christie & Co, to explore the current dental practice market and delve into insights from Christie & Co’s latest annual market review report.
What you'll hear:
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- The current practice market landscape
- The key points that came from the annual marketing review report
- The current landscape of NHS dentistry
- Tips for when the time is right to sell your practice.

Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
Tuesday Sep 30, 2025
In this episode of The Business of Dentistry Podcast, Patient Care Coordinator Chloe Anderson chats to Regional Support Manager Donna Hall about her role and how it really benefits the dental practice and patients.
What you’ll hear:
- How the role of a patient care/ treatment coordinator works within the practice
- Working alongside clinicians within the dental practice
- Advice for practices considering introducing a patient care coordinator.
- Where does the role fit in the plan journey for a patient?

Friday Sep 19, 2025
Gold for Kids with Mark Topley
Friday Sep 19, 2025
Friday Sep 19, 2025
In this episode of The Business of Dentistry Podcast, Donna Hall chats with dental leadership and culture consultant Mark Topley, Chair of the charity Gold for Kids, to explore the organisation's mission and impact.
With precious metals discarded every day in dental practices, Gold for Kids is a not for profit organisation which melts down unwanted metals and donates the funds to trusted UK charities helping children facing poverty, hunger, and unstable home lives.
What you’ll hear:
- Story of how the organisation began
- How he came to be involved with Gold for Kids
- Differences the charity has made on its journey so far
- The vision for Gold for Kids over the next few years

Friday Sep 05, 2025
The Benefits of a Squiggly Career with Fiona Ellwood
Friday Sep 05, 2025
Friday Sep 05, 2025
In this episode of The Business of Dentistry Podcast, dental nurse, academic, mentor and educator Fiona Ellwood, chats to Hazel Dockery about her multi-faceted squiggly career.
What you’ll hear:
- What is a squiggly career
- The benefits of a squiggly career
- How Fiona first stepped off the straight and narrow career path
- How to go about ensuring your career is squiggly

Friday Aug 29, 2025
Exit Strategies with Mike Blenkharn
Friday Aug 29, 2025
Friday Aug 29, 2025
Nigel Jones is joined by Mike Blenkharn, partner and Head of Dental at UNW LLP, who has over 10 years experience working with dental professionals. During their conversation they discuss exit strategies and how early on you need to consider them.
What you'll hear:
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- Best time to consider your exit strategy
- Getting the structure right on day one
- Tax planning
- Timeline for selling a practice
- How dental practices are valued

Thursday Aug 21, 2025
Life After NHS Dentistry with Manish Chitnis
Thursday Aug 21, 2025
Thursday Aug 21, 2025
In this episode of The Business of Dentistry Podcast, Les Jones catches up with Manish Chitnis, Principal and Practice Owner at Dental Concepts to discuss his transition from leaving the NHS into a transition to fully private.
What you’ll hear:
- Lessons learnt from previous NHS transformations
- Understanding from patients during the transition
- Support from Practice Plan Regional Support Managers
- Advice for anyone who still has an NHS contract.

Friday Aug 15, 2025
Leaving a Lasting Legacy in Tanzania with Shaenna Loughnane
Friday Aug 15, 2025
Friday Aug 15, 2025
Nigel Jones is joined by Shaenna Loughnane, Chief Executive at Bridge2Aid for an insightful conversation around working closely with the Tanzanian Dental Association and Ministry of Health Chief Dental Officer in Tanzania focusing on capacity building with the Dental therapists and opportunities for people to help out with 1-2 week outreach programmes.
What you'll hear:
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- Training dental therapists in Tanzania
- How they are raising the standard of treatment in Tanzania
- Getting involved in outreach programmes
- Western diet infiltrating the region
- Unity Partnership Scheme to help fund the training of dental therapists
- Leaving a lasting legacy in the region.

Friday Aug 08, 2025
What Makes a Great NHS Conversion with Katrina James & Michelle Hardy
Friday Aug 08, 2025
Friday Aug 08, 2025
In this episode of The Business of Dentistry Podcast, Katrina James catches up with Michelle Hardy, Sales Support Manager at Practice Plan, to discuss NHS conversions and examples of successful conversions she has seen during her time at the business.
What you’ll hear:
- NHS conversion transformations
- Highlighting the process of a conversion
- Best ways to talk with an expert for guidance.

Friday Aug 01, 2025
Friday Aug 01, 2025
In this episode, Specialist Financial Advisor, Richard Ollive, and Donna Hall, Regional Support Manager for Practice Plan, talk about how they work together to support dental practices. From financial advice to hands-on plan support, they share how their partnership helps dentists and practices to feel more confident, supported and ready for whatever comes next.
This podcast is for information purposes only and does not constitute financial advice.
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Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
Nigel Jones decodes the recent NHS announcements
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
Tuesday Jul 22, 2025
In this episode of the 'In the Loupe' podcast, host Nigel Jones discusses the recent NHS England announcements.
What you’ll hear:
- 10-year plan for the NHS in England including dentistry
- Publication of the consultation on changes to the current contract for dentists in England
- Latest instalments in the hearings from the Health and Social Care committee.