Dentello's £14 per UDA is all-in and includes the dentist, with a replacement guarantee and locum protection. Weekly figure uses your selected days of cover per week, monthly 4 weeks, annual 12 months. Illustrative.
The day rate is only the visible cost. The real figure includes the sessions you cannot fill, the activity you hand back, the patients who go elsewhere, and the management time spent arranging cover instead of running the practice. The calculator above compares what you spend on temporary cover with the cost of a managed, permanent dentist.
Empty sessions, unclaimed activity and lost patient revenue stack up fast. A high day rate often hides weeks where no dentist was available at all.
Locums move on. Patients do not rebook with a rotating face, treatment plans stall, and the recall list that funds the practice quietly erodes.
In England, Dentello supplies a permanent dentist from £14 per UDA, all in. The fee is performance-linked, there is no upfront cost, and a replacement is guaranteed.
It compares your annual spend on locum or temporary cover against the cost of a managed, permanent dentist. Enter your day rate, the number of days you cover each week and the weeks per year. The result is an indicative annual figure for guidance only, not a quote.
A locum day rate buys a person for a day, with no continuity and nothing claimed back if the session is empty. The £14 per UDA model in England is tied to delivered activity and includes the dentist's pay, so you pay for output rather than attendance. In Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland the fee is a percentage of gross revenue.
Yes. There is no upfront fee under any model. You pay nothing to start, and the fee is performance-linked so it only applies as your dentist delivers. A replacement is included at no additional recruitment fee for approved clinics if your dentist leaves during the agreement.
Talk to Dentello about a managed dentist from £14 per UDA, all-in, with no upfront fee.
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