Interesting piece by Prof Jimmy Steele on the BBC website. Professor Jimmy Steele, author of the Government’s last dental review, says the over 40s are straining the NHS dentistry budget. Many of the complex procedures they want, like root canal and crowns, are not really “needed” and higher patient charges may allow the NHS toContinue reading “Should we pay more for dentistry?”
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Why ‘Quality Care’ is dangerous
Interesting piece from The Wall Street Journal Why ‘Quality’ Care Is Dangerous The growing number of rigid protocols meant to guide doctors have perverse consequences. By JEROME GROOPMAN and PAMELA HARTZBAND The Obama administration is working with Congress to mandate that all Medicare payments be tied to “quality metrics.” But an analysis of this driveContinue reading “Why ‘Quality Care’ is dangerous”
Resources – Fresh Business Thinking
Fresh Business Thinking is a useful website full of links to all sorts of information for the small business. They produce newsletters on a regular basis that are usually an interesting read. Here’s the link http://www.freshbusinessthinking.com and here’s a recent article on making the most of your existing customers.
How To Lose Your Job On Facebook
From the ever excellent John Naughton memex.naughtons.org How to lose your job on FaceBook
Why Can’t Americans Get Health Care Right?
Good piece from Harvard Business Review by Jim Heskett. I particularly enjoyed the reasoned and balanced opinions that follow. Read it here: hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6245.html
On the Pop in North Yorkshire
I enjoyed a couple of working days in Yorkshire last week. I met old and new friends including Janet Mason from DPAS who I bumped into outside a Dental Practice in a certain market town. This particular practice has been in place for a couple of years but hasn’t managed to get as far asContinue reading “On the Pop in North Yorkshire”
Death spiral! (Seth puts his finger on it again)
Another great blog post from Seth Godin. You’ve probably seen it. The fish monger sees a decline in business, so they have less money to spend on upkeep and inventory, so they keep the fish a bit longer and don’t clean up as often, so of course, business declines and then they have even lessContinue reading “Death spiral! (Seth puts his finger on it again)”
The Celtic Tiger loses its bite
19.07.2009 Irish dentists ‘shocked’ over report’s recommendations The Irish dental community is “shocked” at the changes recommended in a report released this week by the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes, according to the Irish Dental Association (IDA). Overall, “The Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure ProgrammesContinue reading “The Celtic Tiger loses its bite”
An alternative to Amazon and a fun site to watch
I like and respect the Amazon brand for what it has done to retailing and the way imitators and competitors have appeared. One of these is The Book Depository which I had used a few times before discovering they were based a few miles from Rees Towers. In addition to very being competitive on bookContinue reading “An alternative to Amazon and a fun site to watch”
“Brits borrow millions for dental work”
From Dr Bicuspid’s Blog – Now please don’t tell again me that people won’t pay for Dentistry. Britons have taken out personal loans worth an estimated 60.2 million pounds ($97.6 million) to fund private dental treatment, according to a Press Association story. An analysis by Sainsbury’s Finance showed that nearly 7,000 loans have been takenContinue reading ““Brits borrow millions for dental work””
The Incisal Edge 