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GDPUK are proud to be sponsoring the GDP Theatre alongside Colgate at next weeks Dentistry Show.
This theatre will provide further insight into both new and everyday clinical techniques and procedures. Experts in their respective fields will run sessions covering a variety of subjects from endodontics to pain management to a new approach to electric toothbrushing!
Another focus of the theatre will also be the recent changes to the rule and regulations governing the profession, how they affect you and what you have to do to demonstrate your compliance to them.
Below you will find the latest timetable for the Theatre. (subject to change)
| 17-Apr-15 | 09:45 | 11:00 | Dental Contract Reforms - The Industry Debate | Ben | Atkins | BDHF | SPK011 | BDHF | |
| 17-Apr-15 | Steve | Williams | IDH Group | ||||||
| 17-Apr-15 | John | Milne | CQC | ||||||
| 17-Apr-15 | Dr | Tony | Kilcoyne | ||||||
| 17-Apr-15 | 11:45 | 12:45 | The Next Leap Forward in Endodontic Instrumentation | Dr | Martin | Trope | SPK012 | Schottlander | |
| 17-Apr-15 | 13:30 | 14:30 | A New Approach to Electric Toothbrushing - A Professional’s Insight into the Latest Electric Toothbrushing Technology | Neesha | Patel | King’s College Hospital | SPK013 | Colgate | |
| 17-Apr-15 | 15:15 | 16:00 | Gums, Mums, Tums…..and the Sums! | Professor | Anthony | Roberts | University College Cork | SPK014 | Oral-B |
| 18-Apr-15 | 10:00 | 10:45 | Integrating Digital Dentistry into Practice | Andrew | Legg | The Campbell Academy | SPK016 | Henry Schein | |
| 18-Apr-15 | 11:15 | 12:15 | The Next Leap Forward in Endodontic Instrumentation | Dr | Martin | Trope | SPK012 | Schottlander | |
| 18-Apr-15 | 12:45 | 13:30 | Predictable Alternatives to Amalgam: Resin Composites, Glass Ionomers & Giomers | Dr | Chris | Lynch | SPK017 | Shofu | |
| 18-Apr-15 | 14:00 | 14:45 | Dentistry in the Digital Age | Thomas | Poulain | SPK018 | GSK |
Please come and visit GDPUK at the Dentistry Show - Stand E01
The GDPUK stand will be situated next to the GDP Theatre.
Look forward to seeing you all at the Show.
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I had originally planned on discussing manifestos this week. Something that would have a lot easier if I actually had the manifestos to hand! Unfortunately none of the parties has released theirs so far and we will have to speak instead of the Battles of the Hustings'
Three such events have been on my agenda so far. My first was on the 26th of March for the Edinburgh North Lib Dem candidate who could not attend his Common Weal Hustings as he was stuck on an oil platform overseas! It was a good first experience and a good though mildly hostile audience as they were mainly YES voting and far left leaning. A good audience for Left Unity( a new party ), SNP, Greens and Labour in descending order. Ranging from mildly receptive to indifferent to mildly hostile to the Lib Dems and very hostile to UKIP and the Conservatives.
My best received comment was about increasing diversity of representation in parliament, both of people and of parties. My worst received comment which I had expected of a far left audience was my opposition to a position by the Greens and Left Unity that a £10 minimum wage should be legislated for in the next parliament. Yes you read that right, a £10 minimum wage!!! Yes practice owners, I just heard you drop your iPads, iPhones and laptops to the ground! I did make the point that it would be very difficult for small employers and that many services would either have to be sacrificed of reduced to fund such an idea! I was open to raising it to £8 by 2020, but £10 is just a step too far for anyone not in London! In any case it would make it tricky for NHS dedicated practices and fledgling private ones too. I got a hear, hear from the conservative candidate when I was speaking about the benefits, values and achievements of the coalition. He gave a non response to the suggestion that coalition governments will be the norm from now on! But that is something that is looking likely with the way the polls are heading.
My second hustings was with students at Edinburgh University on the 30th of March. This was an Edinburgh South hustings and a very interesting one as each candidate was accompanied by a student of their party! Law student Jonathan Ainslie joined me.
As expected, we got abuse over tuition fees and the audience laughed at us when I said that there were limitations to what a smaller party could achieve in coalition, that we could not win on every policy. Then I got applause for support for the post study work visa. Obviously! You do not mine a diamond, shape it to brilliance and return it to the mine! The Labour and SNP candidates had a lot of support from the audience as their student associations attended in full strength.
My most recent one was a pan Edinburgh hustings with the English Speaking Union in Edinburgh on 7th April. This was a well balanced audience with all parties' supporters in the audience.
I got thunderous applause and laughter when I turned to the SNP candidate and said " the Lib Dems lost a referendum ( AV ) and moved on, it would be good if certain other people who lost their referendum moved on too! " very well received that! Excellent questions about TTIP, post study work visa, Human Rights, Austerity, Trident, and so many other areas. It was a balanced debate and a balanced audience. Young journalists from the wonderful website 50for15.com were in attendance. It is a website following the 50 most marginal seats at the election.
Now let's hope that all parties get their fingers out and release their manifestos next week!
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Isn’t it funny, as a child you can’t wait to leave school and get away from all that ‘edumacation’ and then something weird happens.
It probably starts to emerge in your late 20’s and really kicks in through the next couple of decades. We morph into stay at home information junkies and search the internet for books, DVD’s and training modules to expand our minds! All done from the comfort of your home.
Devoting other precious minutes of your time to ‘staying in-touch’ via Social Media which in many ways could be better named Social Pariah as the last thing it is ….. is particular social as you hammer out your latest Post from the bathtub!
So our internet based information driven society means we are becoming increasingly neglectful about personal contact and building those all-important relationships with colleagues as we would have done in the past.
Dentistry IS all about people – from the Team in your Practice to your clients coming through the door. So our ability to communicate the right way is fast becoming challenged. Leaving many a Team’ lost for words’ which won’t build a motivated Team or a loyal client base.
So for me the Dentistry Show is all about making new connections and reconnecting with others. Putting the face of NBS Training at the forefront of everything I do and stand for. But above all it’s about sharing valuable information with people. People who truly want to build an inspirational Team who excel in the eyes of every client for their award winning Patient Care.
Tracy Stuart will be speaking at the Dentistry Show
Further information about her business and ideas can be found here - www.nbstraining.co.uk
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Chris Barrow will be among leading business experts from across the dental profession speaking at Practice Plan’s Practice Management Conferences in June.
Delivering an unmissable session on how to develop and grow your practice, Chris will introduce delegates to the latest innovations and thought in practice marketing in his session ‘Boosting your profits and how to do it”.
In Reading on 5th June and Manchester on 19th June, Chris will take attendees on a guided tour on how to market and manage your practice and provide a clear understanding of ‘what you should do next’ and how to avoid missing the boat.
If you’re looking for solutions to your practice marketing and want to learn from the experts, make sure you attend the Practice Plan Management Conferences in June.
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