Wonderful because those who take this “tide in the affairs of men” will have to reinvent themselves as private practitioners. Whatever your views on the history of NHS ortho – the gravy train is coming to an abrupt end. The laggards will complain from a place of denial. The late adopters will wait and see.
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1st March 1893 and electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri. Little did he know what change he was unleashing upon the world (or that he would have a car named after him so many years later). It’s the 60th day of the year (only 305 to
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Newcastle this morning and temperatures of -5 and a few inches of snow as the city slowly wakes. This evening I’m booked to meet with The Campbell Academy Peer Review to facilitate a conversation around the subject of “Winter is Coming” (a SWOT analysis of UK dentistry) – little did I know how prophetic the
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I haven’t written a post in two weeks and, although the change has been as good as a rest, the call of the blog has been growing in my mind over the last few days as we have travelled across Mumbai and then around the Golden Triangle from Delhi to Agra, Agra to Jaipur and
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One of my prouder possessions is an email from Portman Dental acknowledging that they love buying practices that I’ve been involved with because they know that a “Barrowed-up” business is going to be a good target. It’s paradoxically flattering to know that my work is appreciated that way and that I can never take my
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Friday morning at the Hilton Gatwick and I’ll shortly be catching the Express into Central London for my last client meeting of the week with the simply delightful Imran Sayed and Dahlia Sunba, owners of Chelsea and Fulham Dentist. If I may say so, they are the archetype young married dental couple who are simultaneously
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Returning to a hire car for three days this week has had the predictable consequence that I’m miles behind with emails and projects as my beloved working train journeys didn’t occur. I’ve now reached the stage where I’m getting emails that read “just checking that you received my email on Monday?” – does that ever
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So first hand eyes on the ground intel reports that attendance at a trade event is down, but certain events – like your practice plan talk – are very popular. How do you interpret this in the context of how the profession is changing? I remember a few years ago you predicted that in the
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What is it about conferences that you grab a relatively early night (22:30 lights out), having had no booze and a carb-free meal – then find yourself wide awake at 04:00? No – I’m neither depressed nor stressed about anything much nowadays. Perhaps a combination of relentless air-conditioning, the break in routine and the accumulated
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Not long now until the BDIA Showcase 2017 at Birmingham’s NEC and I’m really looking forward to the 3 days this year. The Showcase offers a welcome opportunity to connect with “the trade”, find out what’s around the corner in dental support services and feel the pulse of the profession. I’m anticipating some interesting conversations
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