More treatment, same access: what the 2025/26 NHS dental figures do — and don’t — tell your practice
England delivered 37.6 million courses of NHS dental treatment last year, up 6.2%, while the share of the adult population seen barely moved. The…
Tag: practice management
Going mixed: a margin-defence move, not a best-of-both-worlds fix
Two-thirds of UK practices already run a mixed model, and cost pressure is pushing more owners to follow. The operational case is sound —…
UDA delivery is up. That is not the same as NHS dentistry getting better
National UDA delivery has climbed from 81.8% to 87.1%, according to commentary published on GDPUK. But a rising contract-fulfilment figure tells an individual practice…
Associate dentist contracts: what actually gets disputed
“Self-employed” is a description, not a decision. The label on an associate agreement settles nothing on its own — not for an employment tribunal,…
Therapist scope: the constraint is your rota, not the rules
A recent Dentistry.co.uk piece argues that policy has moved on dental therapy while practice has not. There is a genuine operational opportunity here —…
Skill Mix in Dental Practice: Who Can Do What, and Who Carries the Risk
A regulatory question before it is a business one: who can treat without a dentist present, and where the liability lands when they do.
Dentist Starting Salary UK: The One Year It Is Actually a Salary
Exactly one year in a UK dentist’s career carries a published national salary: the foundation year, at £42,408. After that, the word stops applying.
Associate Dentist Salary: Why It Is Not a Salary at All
An associate is self-employed — billing for the work, paying you to use the practice. What you negotiate is a split, not a wage.
Dental technician salary: what you have to pay, and why it is getting harder
No one reliably publishes what a commercial lab pays a technician. What actually sets the number is a register that shrinks every year.
The Dental Practice Compliance Calendar: Your Recurring Obligations
Most compliance failures are not dramatic: a missed review, a lapsed check, an audit that slipped a quarter. The fix is a calendar.