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Two new dentists!
20th July, 2025
Introducing Yasmin and Elliott
We have very exciting news to share!
We have two lovely dentists joining us in September. The first almost needs no introduction, as many of you will have met her when she spent a year in our practice as a trainee dental nurse whilst she applied to study dentistry. Yasmin is Kay s niece and graduated last year from Bristol University. She is currently working in a Foundation Training practice near Devon where she made such an impact, they asked her to stay on. Luckily she has chosen to join our practice instead and we are very excited to see her return.
In her spare time Yasmin loves exploring the British countryside, is a recent convert to running, enjoys drawing and painting, and loves her food!
There can be no better recommendation than from one of our own dentists, and we were therefore very keen to meet Elliott when we saw his application come in. At interview and at the subsequent practice visit, we and our staff were very impressed and delighted to find someone with the same ethics and approach to family dentistry as we all have. Elliott graduated from Cardiff University in 2020 and completed his Foundation Training before joining a BUPA practice. He particularly enjoys helping nervous patients and children feel at ease during their visits.
Outside of dentistry, Elliott is a passionate painter and writer, actively involved in supporting and promoting local art. He also enjoys hiking and can often be found discussing poetry and philosophy along the trail.
Both Yasmin and Elliott will be joining us in September and working 4 days a week. We trust they will be with us for a very long time indeed.
Introducing Linzi
We have an excellent nurse joining us in August from the Dental Hospital (sorry - I don't have a photo yet!). She comes highly recommended, we loved her at interview and the rest of the team gave us the thumbs up when she spent the day at the practice recently. Linzi will be joining us in August and we know you will all enjoy seeing her with Yasmin in Kay's surgery.
Kay and James
Kay and I are both stopping routine clinical dentistry this year. Kay's last day was Friday 12th September, and James's will be on Thursday 30th October.
It has been the greatest pleasure to build this practice from nothing in 2017 and develop it into the caring family business we dreamed of creating. Come September, we will have a team of 19 people performing various roles helping to provide family dentistry for our local community. As I approach 60, and Kay 50, we are becoming increasingly aware that we can no longer work at our current pace as dentists with very busy lists and dedicate practically every evening and weekend to running our growing business. Much as we love what we do, the time and energy required to maintain both of our roles has steadily increased and has become unsustainable. We are therefore making the difficult decision to step away from routine appointments and change roles towards managing the practice.
This is a decision that we have not taken lightly, but it is the right decision for us and with the timing of Yasmin and Elliott coming onboard, it is the perfect opportunity for us to step back clinically with confidence that our patients are in good hands.
Are you selling the practice?
Let me reassure you that we currently have no plans to sell the practice in the immediate future. This is still our baby (we owe the bank a lot of money for a start!). A reduced personal clinical commitment does not mean a reduced commitment to the practice. We just want more time together and the freedom to manage the practice in hours of our choosing. You will still see us around the practice, and we may step in clinically to assist where needed.
Maternity leave
We are happy to see Lauren coming back off Maternity Leave and you will see her assisting Leah. Nina and Amy are heading off on Maternity Leave in August and we wish them both the very best.
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