We are incredibly grateful to share the amazing news to all our Dental Focus clients over the 21 years since we began our story.

Dental Focus won two prestigious awards in the dental industry. We are proud to announce that we have been awarded…

Winner – Website of the Year

Winner – Customer Service of the Year

It’s been a truly epic journey with the very best individuals coming together for the mission and each other, always dreaming big together!
Without our clients’ trust and support, these achievements wouldn’t have been possible. A special thank you to Dr Manny Vasant MBE who was our very first client 21 years ago, and joined us on our special night where we all remembered how he gave our Founder & CEO Krishan Joshi his very first opportunity. Our clients’ guidance and support has been invaluable for our continued improvement and growth.
Also to our amazing team, each member has contributed to these achievements through their dedication to delivering exceptional service and maintaining the highest level of care.

Why this means the world to us

We care about what we do because we come from a family of dentists. For us, customer service has always been a result of caring for clients, like we care and go the extra mile for our family. As we celebrate these awards, we recommit ourselves to serving you with even greater dedication and innovation in the future. We are driven by a desire to consistently grow and these awards serve as a testament to our continuous pursuit of excellence.

Thank you once again for being part of our success story. We look forward to continuing our journey together and achieving our goals and visions together.

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The Cindy Appleyard Foundation provides small grants to families who have a child in a specialist hospital a long way from their home. The purpose of the grants is to help families meet costs such as temporary accommodation near their child, travelling to and from the hospital and taking time off work.

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What is DenGro?

Practice-friendly and designed for dentists. The DenGro CRM and marketing automation software helps dental teams capture, nurture and convert more of their treatments.

Dental Focus clients receive a 15% discount

With DenGro you can..

Collect leads automatically

DenGro pulls leads from your website and marketing activity, so you don’t have to search to find them – you’ll never lose a lead again.

Organise leads automatically

Leads are pulled on to DenGro’s unique task based dashboard, ready for the team to follow-up and convert.

Know when you have a new lead, instantly

Real-time, new lead notifications tell you when a new lead has registered interest.

Forget about remembering to follow-up

Smart follow-up reminders help you understand who needs contacting, when and how.

Stay on track, keep converting

DenGro’s unique task flow helps the team stay on top of tasks, follow up leads and keep momentum. Stay efficient and effective and keep converting.

Find out what’s working, and do more of it

The reporting area gives you complete visibility and tracking; see where your leads are coming from, how much potential revenue is in your sales pipeline and how well are your team managing it

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WALK FOR MOUTH CANCER THIS AUTUMN!

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We are aware that NHS Dental Band Charges will be increasing by 5% from the 14th December 2020.

Please allow up to 48 hours from the 14th for these changes to be applied, you may need to hard refresh your browser to see the latest changes (guidance below).

If you find your NHS Dental Band Charges have not increased, please email the Client Service Team at update@dentalfocus.com who will help you as a priority.

If you don’t see the updates on your website, you may need to hard refresh the page (please press Ctrl F5 Windows or Command ‘R’ on Mac). Web browsers sometimes save files to help pages load more quickly, so sometimes you will see an old version of a web page instead of the most recent one.

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The 15th Annual Mouth Cancer Walk “from Home to Home” is here for the next 2 months!

Please share, get involved and get started at

www.mouthcancerwalk.org

Organised by the Mouth Cancer Foundation, the charity setup 16 years ago by my father Dr Vinod Joshi, Consultant in Restorative Dentistry.

Together we have all been walking for Mouth Cancer every year in Hyde Park London with thousands and thousands of supporters since the very beginning to raise support and awareness because early detection saves lives!

This year, Walk a total of 10KM, as many times as you like, on your own or with your family and pets, around the comfort of your own home, garden or local area! The charity is encouraging as many people as possible to take part in this FREE 10 KM sponsored walk between Saturday 3rd October and Monday 30th November 2020.

This year we are holding the walk throughout Mouth Cancer Action Month to raise as much awareness as possible.

One of the best ways to get your patients and community involved especially local press, media, radio is to lead and support the Mouth Cancer Walk and Mouth Cancer Foundation charity over the next 2 months!

Please see the flyer below for more information.

Regards,

Krishan Joshi

Founder & Founder, Dental Focus Websites 

Co-Founder & Trustee, Mouth Cancer Foundation

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GDPR – WTF?

Download the FREE Dental Focus White Paper to understand what GDPR is and how to take the steps to cut through the noise and start getting the right things done.

Find answers to questions such as:

– what is GDPR?
– who in my practice should be aware of the new regulations?
– why should I make this a priority?
– what do I need to do with my existing data?
– what do I need to do differently moving forward?
– what is the best practice for total compliance?

Download the White Paper here.

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New GDC ‘Standards for the Dental Team’ became enforceable in September  2013. To make sure your website complies with all GDC standards, contact Dental Focus ® ‘Websites for your profit’ today.

At Dental Focus ® we have over 12 years’ experience creating high quality dental websites that are fully compliant with all relevant GDC, CQC and ICO standards. For your complete peace of mind we are offering solutions to ensure all our clients stay compliant with the latest GDC regulations.

• Solution #1. Disclaimers will be automatically placed on all our 500+ client websites to protect you and ensure patients know not to send confidential medical details via email and website forms, which are not encrypted. This service is complimentary to all Dental Focus ® Customer Service Plan (CSP) clients.

• Solution #2. We are offering Valident v-Form services, which have been specially developed to comply with GDC, DPA and CQC legislation. These secure, encrypted forms are incredibly important for online referrals and are available at a special discount to Dental Focus ® customers.

To find out more about website compliance and how we can help you meet the new GDC standards, contact Dental Focus ® ‘Websites for your profit’ today.

For more information call 020 7183 8388, or visit www.dental-focus.com

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Practice Plan’s Practice Management Conference 2014 #PPBuzz!

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Contributors so far have included Belmore Dental, Valident, Money4Dentists and Henry Schein amongst many other generous donators.

The concept of the game is simple: donate via our Virgin Money page and get yourself a spot on the grid, where your personal photo and company logo will be featured. The more you donate, the higher you’ll appear – but all donations will gain you a spot as every £1 helps us to make a monumental contribution to the work that the Mouth Cancer Foundation do.

Follow the activity on Twitter by checking out #dfgame, and play the game by visiting www.dfgame.co.uk.

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IAAFA runs from Friday 29th to Saturday 30th November, ending with the Winter Wonderland Charity Ball, possibly the most exciting and anticipated event this year.

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New GDC Standards enforceable
from Monday 30th September 2013

I am writing to all Dental Focus Customers to warn you about the new GDC Standards for the Dental Team and how this impacts your professional use of the Internet and your dental website marketing.

Why does Dental Focus care about your Website Compliance?

The major benefit to you for complying with the rule of law is “peace of mind” that is priceless because nobody wants the GDC website to be ranked #1 on Google for their own personal name, especially with a link to the hearings and reports that come free with that special ranking. The Dental Focus philosophy is “Websites for your profit” and we must care about protecting your compliance and online reputation.

The relevant sections from the new GDC Standards requiring particular attention are Standards 1.9.1 (Data Protection Act),4.2.3 (Social Media & Blogs), 4.2.6 (Referrals & Social Media) and 4.5.2 (Website Forms & Email Encryption), 9.1.3 (Social Media & Blogs) – see the extracts below which affect your dental practice website marketing:

1.9.1 You must find out about, and follow, laws and regulations affecting your work. This includes, but is not limited to, those relating to: • data protection • employment • human rights and equality • registration with other regulatory bodies.

4.2.3 You must not post any information or comments about patients on social networking or blogging sites. If you use professional social media to discuss anonymised cases for the purpose of discussing best practice you must be careful that the patient or patients cannot be identified.

4.2.6 If a patient allows you to share information about them, you should ensure that anyone you share it with understands that it is confidential.

4.5.2 If you are sending confidential information, you should use a secure method. If you are sending or storing confidential information electronically, you should ensure that it is encrypted.

9.1.3 You should not publish anything that could affect patients’ and the public’s confidence in you, or the dental profession, in any public media, unless this is done as part of raising a concern. Public media includes social networking sites, blogs and other social media. In particular, you must not make personal, inaccurate or derogatory comments about patients or colleagues.

Further patient confidentiality guidelines will be published by the GDC concerning social media websites, such as Facebook and Twitter. Watch this space for compliance warnings and advice on dental marketing with social media.

Dental Focus Website Solutions

Solution #1. Disclaimers will be automatically placed on all our 500+ client websites to protect you and ensure patients know not to send confidential medical details via email and website forms, which are not encrypted. This service is complimentary to all Dental Focus Customer Service Plan (CSP) clients.

Solution #2. Valident v-Form services have been specially developed to comply with GDC, DPA and CQC legislation, with sensitive patient data transfers from practice websites being fully encrypted. This trusted service is offered at a special discount to Dental Focus customers and incredibly important for Referral Forms.

Compliance must be implemented by 30 September 2013 and the new standards will link three different regulatory authorities all of which carry enforcement powers: (A) The General Dental Council (B) The Information Commissioner (Data Protection Act 1998) and (C) the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Dr. Nigel Knott is a dental surgeon with significant experience and a specialized knowledge of how the Data Protection Act impacts upon the use of online communications in dental practice. He is CEO of Dentsure Ltd. and has agreed to advise Dental Focus customers on measures they should take to comply with the new legislation. Nigel has published a number of articles on the subject in various dental journals and I would urge you to read his advice carefully.

Take action, scroll down to read the important message from Dr Nigel Knott.
 
Best wishes,
Krishan Joshi 
aka The Master
Founder of Dental Focus

Important Message from
Dr Nigel Knott BDS LDS
CEO Dentsure Ltd

“Krishan has requested my assistance to help Dental Focus Customers steer a safe passage through the jungle of Data Protection Act legislation and the impact this has on dental practices with Dental Focus websites. I am happy to assist him as being a Dentist brings a greater understanding of the problems and providing trusted solutions an imperative.”

4.5.2 If you are sending confidential information, you should use a secure method. If you are sending or storing confidential information electronically, you should ensure that it is encrypted.

“Valident v-Form services have been specially developed to comply with GDC, DPA and CQC legislation, with sensitive patient data transfers from practice websites being fully encrypted.

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