Why Doctors Need A Coach
It was only after opening my own clinic when I started running my practice more like a business , that I realised the importance of coaching and mentoring. I joined a...
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Why You Should Take A Deposit
I take a deposit from patients to secure the booking. I used to be against this because if felt a bit ‘hard sell’ but I actually think that patients feel reassured...
Medical Conferences Need To Be More Relevant
I have registered for a couple of conferences in the next couple of months (the BAAPS and ISAPS conference in London and CATBBAS in Belgium). These conferences are...
Know Your Numbers – That Is The Game
As doctors, we tend to focus on the clinical work and don’t like to think about messy things like our financial figures. …but in private practice, you need to have...
What Is The Point In Having A Website?
It really helps if you have a focus on what the purpose of your website is. If you think that it is there to showcase the procedures you offer or to demonstrate your training...
Can You Afford Not To Take On More Staff?
I’ve got a few members of staff here at the Clinic. I’ve got a PA, a clinic manager, a front of house manager, a nurse and an IT guy. We are having a bit of a...
How I Got Out Of The Hole
Over the last few years, I have gone from doing OK, to doing really badly and now I am doing better than ever. I have been in a really bad place and maybe I was naive, but I...
You Get Out What You Put In (So You Need To Put In)
I am loving Antiques Road Trip at the moment. In case you haven’t seen it, two antiques dealers travel around the country with a budget of £200 and they have to buy...
You Drive For Show, But You Putt For Dough
I have just been to the 2017 BAAPS Conference (British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons) held at Kensington Olympia every year. I was lucky enough to be on the...