Craigentinny Dental Practice

“Fraser and I had been in partnership for a number of years with an established practice that we had moved to bigger premises 2-3 years before we joined Breathe. As our practice grew our “to do lists” seemed to expand exponentially. It's fair to say that the practice was doing well but our work life balance was suffering for it. We had worked with other dental consultants but were ready for a change of tack.

Since working with Breathe we have re established much better work life balance and while not yet perfect our families do see a lot more of us than they used to. Our practice has grown in size both in terms of the patients that we are able to care for and our clinical team.

Working with Breathe has allowed us to make things happen, in far less time and without sacrificing our work life balance

Expanding the team has freed up time to allow us to create a better practice without further squeezing into family time. However, employing a business manager (with Breathe's encouragement) provided the biggest boost as this enabled us to leverage our efforts without being bogged down by a lot of the day-to-day business issues that would have normally required our attention.

Our business manager has decreased our stress levels, increased our free time and helped our practice continue to grow, achieving its best years ever. Our business manager also allowed us to set up our second location and have it become self sustaining in under 2 years. Without Breathe and the coaching and encouragement we've received I really don't think we would have made such rapid progress without experiencing major negative impacts on our personal lives.

Currently we are working with Breathe on a number of different challenges including strategies to weather the current financial climate while continuing to grow and develop the care that we provide in both locations. Achieving an optimum work life balance remains a work in progress too.

The team at Breathe really can help you in ways you perhaps can't yet imagine. When you're in the thick of things juggling patient care, running your own practice and trying to make a success of it all it's hard sometimes to see the value in taking time out. Once you take that small leap of faith and step out of your practice to work with Breathe then not only will you be able clarify your goals and aims but you will have an experienced coaching team at your disposal to help you achieve them step at a time.

In the current regulatory environment, a full CPD log book and striving daily to be a great clinician is sadly no longer enough to ensure a stress free and successful practice. We are all familiar with the concepts of peer review for our clinical practice perhaps Breathe can be best described as training, coaching and peer review for everything else!

Working with Breathe has allowed us to make things happen, in far less time and without sacrificing our work life balance. If you have been thinking about working with the Breathe team then I'd urge you to do so. Your family and friends will thank you for it!”

John Booth and Fraser Hendrie
The Craigentinny Dental Practice - Edinburgh
www.craigentinny.co.uk