Important Announcement
for
Newbury Smile Makers Dental Practice
Newbury
Berkshire
As of last Friday afternoon, October 12th 2012, Chris and I can now announce that, 3 days after
my 60th birthday and in time for our 36th wedding anniversary today,
we have sold our dental practice.
It is
technically my practice but given
Chris’s HUGE input over almost 23 years, it
has been her baby too.
We got the news of the exchange of contracts at 10.15 am last Friday, as
we drove back from a week in Glenridding in The Lake District. We do love it there.
We met our team over drinks that
evening to celebrate my BIG birthday and
by the way, break the news, which did stun them but after our careful
explanations, I hope left everyone reassured. 20 minutes later we introduced
the new owner, Dr. Charl du Toit from the Newbury area. Completion is due about
the 26th October.
I plan to stay on, all being well, for 2 years on a part-time Associate
basis for 2 days a week.
The rest of my time I'll devote to carrying on with and developing my
Inhalation Sedation courses and mentoring and lecturing, here and possibly abroad.
Chris's plan is to stay on until her 60th, next September, to smooth the
transition with the patients and then train in her replacement. A hard act to
follow I reckon in many ways.
Remember the practice is open for business as usual, its just the ownership has changed. The name is being changed to Newbury Smile Studio too.
I will take this opportunity to thank all
of our patients for their loyal support, many for over 20 years, to those who have
supported our dental business professionally, Chris Barrow, Simon Hocken and
Mark Oborn in particular, as well as the growing social media community on
Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin who have been kind enough to friend,follow and connect with us and refer patients to us as well. Thanks also to The Jack O'Newbury Chapter of BNI, some of whose members have also become patients
My RA (Inhalation Sedation) Courses and
mentoring.
As I will now have some weekday availability, it will be possible to arrange tailored RA courses to be run in-house, for smaller
numbers, say 3 dentists and 3 nurses, for those who cannot make Saturdays or
wish the more individualized approach. These will be limited to about 6 per yea,r in addition to the 4-6 Saturday courses I will continue to run both from Newbury and from other venues in the UK and Ireland according to demand.
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| RA Course Practical demonstration |
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| Running an "RA" course theory session |
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| Lecturing at The Dentistry Show 2012 |
In addition it will be easier as to
organize one to one mentoring for dentists, hygienists and Therapists more
readily to provide competency certification.
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| Inhalation Sedation mentoring to Dental Therapists |
