The Business of Dentistry Podcast

Jonathan Drury catches up with Simon Thackeray, Owner at Thackeray Dental care to talk about his recent move to a fully private practice and the difference its made.

What you'll hear:

• The main reasons for moving to fully private contract
• Simons thoughts on the NHS targets
• The benefits of private dentistry
• Predictions for the future for NHS dentistry

Who should listen:

• Practice Owners
• Dentists

Jessica Wilkes-Ball, Social Responsibility Lead at Wesleyan is joined with Naheem Ahmed, Inclusion and Diversity Manager at Wesleyan to talk about the importance of EDI and his top tips for embedding it in the workplace.

What you'll hear:

• Why is fairness, inclusion and respect important in the workplace?
• What are the biggest challenges we face right now?
• What are we doing at Wesleyan that’s different to anyone else?
• What does the future look like for equality and diversity in the workplace?
• Top tips for embedding EDI at work

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

Katrina Rees, Area manager at Practice Plan catches up with Rebecca Mander, Executive coach and founder of GuruYou coaching to discuss imposter phenomenon, where does it come from and how to overcome it.

What you’ll hear:

• What is imposter phenomenon?
• Where does it come from?
• Who gets it?
• Is it the same as self doubt?
• Rebeccas experience of imposter phenomenon
• How to overcome it
• Where to go for more information

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

https://www.guruyoucoach.com/

In this weeks episode of Bodcast, Jonathan Drury is joined with Dr Ros Keeton, Chairman at the BDA Benevolent fund to discuss her career path, her work at the fund and the wellbeing support available to dentists.

What you’ll hear:

• How Ros started in dentistry
• Her role at the BDA benevolent fund
• The main reasons people contact the fund
• Wellbeing support for dentists
• Advice for any dentists who may be struggling

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

https://www.bdabenevolentfund.org.uk/wellbeing/

Jonathan Drury catches up Jayne Gibson, Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan to share her top tips for rewards and incentives for your dental team.

What you’ll hear:

• Current recruitment issues
• Showing appreciation for your staff
• Reviewing salaries
• Asking your team what they'd like to do

Who should listen:

• Practice Managers

Nicola Gresty, Area Manager at Practice Plan is joined with Lisa Bainham, Practice Manager at The Old Surgery dental practice to talk about missed appointments and how to avoid them.

What you’ll hear:

• How often are practices seeing cancellations
• Giving courtesy calls to patients
• How much are missed appointments costing the practice
• Having patient agreements and a cancellation policy

Who should listen:

• Practice Managers
• Practice Owners
• Reception team

In this weeks episode of Bodcast, Fern Lloyd catches up with Dr Ritesh Aggarwal, Managing Director at Psynergy Mental health to talk about the importance of looking after your mental health and a good workplace culture.

What you'll hear:

• Why Ritesh started Psynergy mental health
• Mental health in dentistry
• Importance of putting workplace strategies in place
• Resources and advice for dentists

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

https://www.psynergymentalhealth.com/

Katrina Rees, Area manager at Practice Plan catches up with Rebecca Mander, Executive coach and founder of GuruYou coaching to discuss confidence, where it comes from and her top tips to be more confident.

What you'll hear:

• Where does confidence come from?
• What makes us lack confidence?
• The difference between self-belief and self-awareness
• Top tips for building confidence

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

https://www.guruyoucoach.com/

Les Jones, Creative Director at Practice Plan shares his top tips for making your website stand out to potential new patients.

What you’ll hear:

• Looking at your website from a patient perspective
• How do you want your patients to feel
• Less is more
• Including patient testimonials

Who should listen:

• Practice Owners
• Practice Managers

In this weeks episode of Bodcast, Jonathan Drury catches up with Louise Bone, Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan to share her top tips for motivating your team.

What you'll hear:

• Reasons some teams might be struggling
• Importance of bringing the team together and keeping them in the loop
• Random acts of kindness and showing appreciation
• Looking after yourself as-well as others

Who should listen:

• Practice managers
• Practice owners