Practice ownership

Owning and managing a dental practice can be immensely satisfying but, to be successful, you need to understand your professional and legal responsibilities and how you will meet them.

Advice

Business	Business continuity planning Business names and brands Business planning and managing change Buying a dental practice Companies and limited liability partnerships Dentists legal rights as commercial purchasers Incorporation concerns in NI and Scotland Leases and licences New practice start-up NHSMail account setup for private practice Partnerships UDA value checker - Analysed data from the NHS Business Services Authority to provide an estimated UDA value for all NHS contracts in England so that you can compare your practice or the practice where you work to the local and national averages.
Finance	Fee collection Fee setting Financial management Private dental plans and in-practice capitation schemes Tax
The team	Associates working in general dental practice Employing staff Employment contracts, practice staff and TUPE
NHS	NHS dentistry in England and Wales GDS in England and Wales - guide to the standard contract NHS dentistry in Northern Ireland NHS dentistry in Scotland

Expert templates

Business	Audit - Supplier contracts Business continuity and disaster recovery policy Partnership agreement
Finance	Cashflow forecast template Chairside hours calculation Chairside hours worksheet Debt recovery letters Hourly rate calculation Hourly rate worksheet In-practice capitation scheme agreement In-practice capitation scheme application form In-practice capitation scheme direct debit mandate In-practice capitation scheme leaflet Payment - bill and instalments Fees and payments policy Records management policy
The team	Associate contract - England and Wales Associate contract - Northern Ireland Associate contract - Scotland Associate contract - Private only within a mixed practice - Scotland Associate contract - private practice Associate ortho contract - England and Wales Locum-Associate contract - HSCNI and mixed - NI Locum-Associate contract - NHS and mixed - Eng and Wales Locum-Associate contract - NHS and mixed - Scotland Locum-Associate contract - ortho - Eng and Wales Locum-Associate contract - private practice Data protection privacy notice - associates Data protection privacy notice - employees Employed dentists - code of practice Employment contract Employment contract variation - letters
NHS	NHS remedial and breach notice letters

Events

Training essentials courses for the dental team, including:
Leading a dental team
Running a safe and compliant practice

iLearn webcasts – a selection of sessions filmed at the British Dental Conference and Exhibition

Other resources

Financial Healthcheck tool - To help you, we’ve teamed up with our partner Lloyd & Whyte to put together a Financial Healthcheck tool, asking you a series of questions to give you an advice based report.

One-to-one advice

Extra and Expert members have access to unlimited one-to-one advice via phone or email from our experienced advisors. To email our Practice support team: advice.enquiries@bda.org.

Helping members through the COVID-19 pandemic

Please note that we keep our Coronavirus pages updated with advice for all members. We're also working hard to provide more 1-2-1 advice than ever.

If you have a query that is not covered on our webpages, please email advice.enquiries@bda.org with your name, membership number, telephone number and your question. We will be able to reply to most queries within two working days, and will reply to you as soon as we can.

In relation to associate pay, we're seeking further clarification from government on a number of issues. Our most up to date advice on associate pay is set out in our webinar. Please look at section 3, Finance for practices and associates. We will update our website as soon as we have further clarification.

Members working in hospitals should call the BMA for advice.

We may record telephone conversations that are advisory in nature to offer you additional security, resolve complaints and improve our service standards. Conversations may also be monitored for staff training purposes. You will be alerted to this when you call.