The Business of Dentistry Podcast

In this episode, Laura Whyte talks to Wesleyan Financial Services Specialist Financial Adviser Paul Barnfather about the 2023 Spring Budget and how the changes to Annual and Lifetime Allowances will impact those planning for retirement.

This podcast is for information purposes and should not be taken as financial advice.

Tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject to change in the future.

The Financial Conduct Authority does not regulate Inheritance Tax Planning and Trusts.

You can find out more about Wesleyan at www.wesleyan.co.uk

Emma Anastasi, Founding Director of Diamond Dental Staff talks through the importance of having a marketing and social media strategy in place at your dental practice and shares ideas for the type of content you could be posting.

What you'll hear:

• Why you should have a strategy in place
• Content ideas
• How to get started

Who should listen:

All dental professionals

To find out more visit www.diamonddentalstaff.co.uk

Hazel Dockery at Practice Plan is joined with Dave Smithson, Operations Director at Anxiety UK, a national charity to help those suffering with anxiety to shed more light on the disorder and ways to manage it.

What you'll hear:

•  What is anxiety?
• Are certain people more vulnerable to suffering from anxiety or can it affect anyone?
• Best ways to help someone who suffers with anxiety
• The Anxiety UK charity and how people can get in touch

Suitable for all listeners

To find out more about the charity visit https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/

In this latest episode of Bodcast, we catch up with Dr Niall Neeson also known as The Calming Dentist to talk about dental anxiety, the link between mental health and going to the dentist and top tips to help patients who may be struggling.

What you'll hear:

• What is dental anxiety and the different reasons people fear going to the dentist
• How to reassure family and friends
• Tips to implement in practice to ensure a positive patient journey

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

Sarah Buxton, Director and HR and employment solicitor at FTA Law discusses considering career breaks for your employees in practice and the policies to put in place.

What you'll hear:

• What is a career break
• Benefits of offering employees career breaks
• Having a written policy in place and what to include

Who should listen:

• Practice managers
• Practice owners

Lucy Simic, Dental business coach, shares her top tips for keeping your dental practice team happy.

What you'll hear:

• Are your team engaged and focused?
• Team development - Know your teams skills and how they can progress
• Improving staff facilities
• Importance of communication

Who should listen:

• Practice owners
• Practice managers

Amy Hansford, Regional Support Manager at Practice Plan, shares her top tips for utilising your patient journey and managing your membership plan in practice.

What you'll hear:

• Importance of the patient journey
• Finding the right journey for your practice
• Sending information to patients before they’ve come into the practice
• Get the whole team onboard with process
• Setting goals for the year
• Utilising membership plan measuring chart

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

In this episode of Bodcast, Laura Whyte is joined by Wesleyan Financial Services Specialist Financial Adviser Magdelena Harding to discuss allowances that are available for tax-efficient savings and how the autumn statement delivered by Jeremy Hunt in 2022 will impact those in future.

This podcast is for information purposes and should not be taken as financial advice.

Tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject to change in the future.

The Financial Conduct Authority does not regulate Inheritance Tax Planning and Trusts.

You can find out more about Wesleyan at www.wesleyan.co.uk

Nigel Jones, Sales and Marketing Director at Practice Plan Group joins us in this latest bodcast to share his thoughts on the current dental landscape, the issues dentists are facing and the opportunities. 

What you'll hear:

• Supply and demand challenges
• Cost of living crisis impact
• Recruitment and retention issues
• NHS dentistry

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

Hussein Hassanali, Associate Dentist at Woodthorpe Dental Centre catches up with Dr Mahrukh Khwaja, CEO of Mind Ninja, to discuss burnout, how it effects us and what you can do to prevent it.

What you'll hear:

• What does Burnout actually mean?
• Signs and symptoms
• Different types of burnout
• Setting boundaries
• Mindfulness and meditation
• Apps recommendations
• Crisis point services in dentistry
• Things to do as a practice team

Who should listen:

• All dental professionals

Crisis point services:

https://www.confidental-helpline.org/

https://www.practitionerhealth.nhs.uk/

https://bda.org/advice/Pages/Health-Assured.aspx

https://www.dentistshealthsupporttrust.org/

About:

Hussein graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2009 and completed his PG Dip in Restorative Dentistry in 2020 which granted Fellowship of BAARID. He is an Associate Dentist in York with a special interest in ultrasonic restorative dentistry. He has a broad range of experience, having worked in both NHS and private, and both corporate and independent practices. To date, he has over 20 publications to his name, and continues to support the profession through his regular contributions, as well as being on the BDJ Reader Panel and an Editorial Advisory Board Member of Young Dentist Magazine.

Mahrukh Khwaja is a dentist, qualified Positive Psychologist and founder of Mind Ninja: a well-being start-up providing resilience and mental health training to dental professionals so they can thrive in any environment. Mahrukh specialises in applying positive psychology through training, coaching and well-being products for the profession, such as the ‘Mind Flossing’ toolkit: a deck of well-well-being cards to help dental professionals practise mindfulness, self-compassion, gratitude, growth mindset and use their strengths, with patients and at home. Mahrukh has worked with a diverse range of organisations, in both public and private sectors, such as NHS Oxford Health, King’s College London, Acteon, BDA, Tipton Training, Dentinal Tubules and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, delivering positive psychology workshops and well-being programmes. She wrote the Level 7 well-being online programme for Acteon in 2020 and in 2021, led 2 cohorts of a 4 week positive psychology programme, providing a balance of empirical research and practical tools for personal and professional development. Mind Ninja was a shortlisted finalist at the Private Dentistry Awards 2020 and 2021. Mahrukh was named Top 50 in Dentistry 2021 by FMC for her work on mental health in Dentistry. She is the author of ‘Resilience And Well-being For Dental Professionals’ due to be published by Wiley-Blackwell in Summer 2022. Mahrukh is a dentist with over 12 years of clinical experience, an accredited mindfulness teacher, and holds a Master’s in Applied Positive Psychology. To find out more info visit https://www.mind-ninja.co.uk/