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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Technically, the term “baby boomers” is used to describe those of us born between 1947 and 1957 (there’s me – right in the middle at 1953). As has often been said, we are the most affluent members of western society and some pundits have speculated that we have around 45% of all the net disposable
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At yesterday’s Barcelona Marathon, my running partner, Marcus Spry and I worked a plan. Mindful of our levels of fitness and injury, we decided that to aim at a finishing time of 5hrs 30 minutes was realistic. I ran 04:35 in Florence in November but since then, a knee ligament injury has slowed me down
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There’s a lot of talk in the personal and professional development world about “goals”. Setting goals for the day/week/month/quarter/year is very much the language of coaching. For many of my clients, these goals become something more significant. I like to call them quests. Joseph Campbell’s famous book “The Hero’s Journey” explains how the main characters
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My biggest take-away from this week’s podcast with Dr. Chris Bowman was his simple answer to the question “how do you get testimonials?” Chris responded that his whole team are trained to listen out for any positive comments made by patients, from as simple as “that injection didn’t hurt a bit” to “I’d recommend you
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This month we interview Dr. Chris Bowman from Charlotte, North Carolina. Grab a pen and paper and hang on Chris’s every word as you listen to a masterclass in patient communication. We asked Chris to explain his “Problem Presentation System” – how he enrols his patients in a conversation process that transitions them from
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Before I start, just a heads up to watch out for the latest edition of the “Two Reds are Better than One” podcast, recorded yesterday afternoon with Ashley Latter. Our guest was Dr Chris Bowman from Charlotte, North Carolina and it is a masterclass in patient communication skills – you don’t want to miss it
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Recruitment of dentists (and its knock-on effects) is creating the highest level of disruption in the marketplace right now. There is a growing shortage of clinical recruits (experienced or otherwise) as a result of: the voluntary repatriation of overseas dentists; the unwillingness of others from overseas to replace them and the declining numbers of dental
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So my trip to Madrid didn’t happen. The first update to EasyJet’s mobile app was to inform me of a one-hour delay but advising me to check in as normal. I dutifully arrived at Manchester’s Terminal 1 (after an epic voyage back across the Pennines that started at 04:30) and settled down in the Aspire
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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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