What you need to know about vicarious liability

By Magdelena Harding, Dental Specialist Financial Adviser at Wesleyan Financial Services.

In dental practices today, it’s rare for patients to receive care from just one named dentist. Instead, treatment is often delivered by a team of professionals, including associates, hygienists, therapists and nurses.

While this collaborative approach can improve efficiency, it also means that patients are more likely to take legal action against the practice as a whole if something goes wrong – rather than the individual clinician involved.

This shift brings the concept of vicarious liability into sharp focus. 

By Simon Cosgrove, Dental Regional Manager at Wesleyan Financial Services.

Exiting your dental practice is a significant career milestone – yet planning for it is often postponed or overlooked.

By Paul Griffiths, dental Specialist Financial Adviser…

September marks the annual Pension Awareness Week (this year running from Monday 15th September), making it the perfect time to explore one of the most important, but often misunderstood, parts of a dentist’s financial plan: pensions.

By Graham Hutton, Specialist Financial Planner at Wesleyan Financial Services

If you’re a principal dentist, imagine this all-too-real scenario: it’s Monday morning when the phone rings. Your practice manager is off sick. There’s no warning, no handover, and no indication of when they’ll be back.

By Rebecca Johnson, Dental Specialist Financial Planner at Wesleyan Financial Services…

Your dental practice is more than just a place of work, it's the result of years of education, tireless dedication, and considerable financial investment.

By Morna Beattie, dental Specialist Financial Adviser at Wesleyan Financial Services

As a dentist, you’re probably used to seeing the long-term value of small, consistent actions — whether it’s encouraging patients to floss daily or keeping on top of your CPD.

By Seamus King, Dental Specialist Financial Adviser at Wesleyan Financial Services

As an associate dentist, you’re trained to educate, diagnose, treat, and plan ahead for your patients. But how well are you applying that same precision to your finances?

Female dentists are increasingly less likely to manage their finances compared to their male counterparts, according to new research from Wesleyan Financial Services.

Nicholas Etheridge, dental Specialist Financial Adviser at Wesleyan Financial Services, provides a practice owner’s guide to planning a smooth transition into retirement…

Neil Richardson, Dental Regional Manager at Wesleyan Financial Services, outlines upcoming changes to Inheritance Tax liability and why there’s a heightened interest in the topic within the media…