Horton Hangout Podcast for Dental Professionals!

Special Guest Edition - Meet Dr Sarah Jane Dunne. Practice owner, Dentist and Business Manager

In our second edition of Horton Hangout Guest we are pleased to hangout with Dr Sarah Jane Dunne. Sarah Jane answers some amazing questions and really displays her passion for dentistry in this podcast.

Roles: Practice owner with dentist husband Ray / business manager / Dentist

Location: Dublin, Ireland

Key facts about Dr Dunne:

• She celebrates surviving 20 years in the dental sector 
• Dr Dunne has transitioned from a clinical role to a non-clinical role mid-career
• She believes in embracing the power of systems in dental practice to reduce stress, increase productivity and happiness for the whole team, ensuring your practice can run smoothly whether you are there or not.
• Dr Dunne believes in building a dental practice that is a truly profitable business, not just a job where you work for a crazy boss… yourself!

 

Special Guest Edition - Meet inspiring practice owner Emma John

In our first edition of the Horton Hangout Guest we are pleased to hangout with Emma and have her share her many top tips for business and life success with you.

Roles: Practice owner with Dentist husband Rhodi / business manager / Practice Manager / dental business consultant and trainer

Location: Devon, England

Key facts about Emma John:

• Emma was the first person to win two Practice Manager of the Year awards from two completely different dental industry bodies within 12 months of each other!
• Emma has flown ‘back seat’ in a Red Arrows Hawk Aircraft and was at the time the youngest ever dental practice manager in the Royal Air Force, running a dental practice at a main strike command flying base.
• Alongside her husband they purchased a dental practice going against all advice from their Accountants who advised them it was failing miserably.
• Not only did they turn it around but they also turned it a stunning, profit making, multi award winning practice that is noted as a flagship for many in the industry.
• Emma is a mum of four very successful children and is incredibly happily married, she survived the ups and downs of no work/life balance whatsoever in the early days and still believes she has one of the best jobs in the world.

 

Tax and investments.. this month we answered questions on tax bills- never-ending cycles of loans and repayments and we answered questions on buying a dental practice. Enjoy!

Tax and investments.. this month we answered questions on tax bills- never-ending cycles of loans and repayments and we answered questions on buying a dental practice. Enjoy!

 

Time management during a short month, time off for team members over Christmas, bonuses (again), and our thoughts about and the impact of Brexit in Dentistry

Time management during a short month, time off for team members over Christmas, bonuses (again), and our thoughts about and the impact of Brexit in Dentistry. The four huge questions we answered in this month's Horton Hangout podcast.

 

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas.

 

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Providing your own enhanced CPD in practice and creating PDPs, ideas for mouth cancer awareness month, the benefits of using an apprentice dentist or dental therapist in your practice

Providing your own enhanced CPD in practice and creating PDPs, ideas for mouth cancer awareness month, the benefits of using an apprentice dentist or dental therapist in your practice. Three huge questions that we answered on this month's podcast!

 

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Handling Christmas bonuses and parties, NP tracking when the team do not like spreadsheets, handling patients when you are retiring, how to get responses from positions you are advertising....

Handling Christmas bonuses and parties, NP tracking when the team do not like spreadsheets, handling patients when you are retiring, how to get responses from positions you are advertising.

The four questions we answered in this month's Horton Hangout podcast!

When to use emotion in Dentistry, KPIs for associate dentists, how to handle new patients that FTA and track new patients at the desk. All discussed in this month's podcast.

When to use emotion in Dentistry - we discussed when to in regards to patients, staff, finance and marketing, KPIs for associate dentists, how to handle new patients that FTA and how to track new patients at the desk. The 4 questions that we answered on this month's Horton Hangout Podcast.

Summer problems... being over or understaffed during the holiday season, poor cashflow during the summer season, handling payrises when you cannot afford them and paying the dental nurses CPD and ARF

Summer problems... being over or understaffed during the holiday season, poor cashflow during the summer season, handling payrises when you cannot afford them and paying the dental nurses CPD and ARF. 4 wonderful questions that we answered in this month's podcast!

Systems for charging patients that FTA and are late, music in Reception, appraising assciates, waiting times, closing down for a holiday and social media reach...

Systems for charging patients that FTA and are late, music in Reception, appraising assciates, waiting times, closing down for a holiday and social media reach - the 6 questions we answered in this month's podcast!

GDPR and confirming appointments, emergency appointment systems, charging late patients - 4 questions that we have answered on this month's Horton Hangout!

GDPR and confirming appointments, emergency appointment systems, charging late patients - 4 questions that we have answered on this month's Horton Hangout!