Conversations with Chris

A £4.58 million compensation award is enough to make any employer sit up and take notice. But what can dental practice owners learn from the decisions that led to it? In this episode of Conversations with Chris, Chris Barrow is joined by employment lawyer Sarah Buxton of Buxton Coates for a conversation about the risks, responsibilities and realities of managing a dental team. At the heart of the discussion is a council employee’s disability discrimination case that, as Sarah explains, result...

You can find time for a clinical course, a team meeting and another conversation with your accountant. But when it comes to your own health, there never seems to be a spare hour. In this episode of Conversations with Chris, I’m joined by health and performance coach George Vernon to explore a problem familiar to many practice owners: knowing something needs to change, but struggling to make it happen. George’s route into dentistry began in a boxing gym. A shy eleven-year-old went on to compet...

Chris Barrow has spent decades advising dental practice owners on building, growing and eventually selling their businesses. In this episode of Conversations with Chris, the tables have turned. For the first time, Chris interviews not simply a client, colleague or friend, but the man whose organisation acquired his business: Colin Campbell, founder of The Campbell Academy. Their conversation begins with the story behind the acquisition of Professional Coaching Services and the Extreme Busines...

In this episode, Chris sits down with Simon Reynolds of Patient Plan Direct and Andy Sloan of Agilio to explore one of the more significant developments in the dental business landscape, Agilio’s acquisition of Patient Plan Direct. What follows is a thoughtful conversation about consolidation, strategy and the future direction of UK dentistry. Simon reflects on his own journey into the sector, from Yorkshire and university life to becoming deeply involved in the growth of Patient Plan Direct....

In this episode of Conversations with Chris, I’m joined by Vaidas Varinauskas, PhD, implant dentist and oral surgeon based in Dublin, and clinical lead at Seapoint Clinic, one of the standout practices in Ireland. Vaidas shares a refreshingly honest back story, born and raised in Lithuania, shaped by an early sporting career as a national champion rower, and later by nine years in Kaunas Medical University, where he trained as an oral surgeon and completed a PhD in biomedical sciences. We tal...