Michelle Hardy, Sales Support Manager at Practice Plan answers some of the common questions and barriers to converting from NHS to private practice.

What you’ll hear:

Barriers including

• Losing patients
• Reaction from local press
• Will team resist change?
• What will happen to NHS pension?
• Local health board response
• Feeling guilty about leaving NHS
• "Am I good enough to be a private dentist?"

Who should listen:

• Practice owners
• Practice managers
• Dentists