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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / October 2005Dentists from the UK
Hi, my name is Dr. Marc Peters and I am a dentist from Germany. Due to her job my wife has to move to Great Britain next year and she is still trying to persuade me to follow her! :-) Since I have no idea, what working conditions in England are like and what criteria I might have to match, I would like to know if there are any colleagues from England around here, who can be of assistance? Thanks in advance, Dr. Marc Peters. > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Dr. Marc Peters. If you can find a job in private practice, go for it. If you can't, stay in Germany and do not even dream of becoming a NHS dentist. You're signing up for a coronary. George >If you can find a job in private practice, go for it. If you can't, >stay in Germany and do not even dream of becoming a NHS dentist. You're >signing up for a coronary. Just curious.. why not just start a private practice? We're not talking a million in capital, I'd expect . a small business loan for about $300K would cover it.. at least judging by the price dentists sell practices, complete with client lists, for here in the US I could be very wrong on this. george1234 schrieb: >>If you can find a job in private practice, go for it. If you can't, >>stay in Germany and do not even dream of becoming a NHS dentist. You're [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > I could be very wrong on this. Perhaps you are right; but I am not that familiar with the British health-care system, thus I´d rather try to team up with a british colleague. Especially since it is unknown for how long my wife will stay at her new business - maybe 2 years, maybe ten!? What I would like to know further on, is whether I am allowed to work in the UK with my German Exam - are there any restrictions, or is it like in any other European Union - Country? Where do I apply for a work-permission? At the BDA? Thanks, Dr. M. Peters. Because of the grasp NHS has on dentistry, you can't really start a private practice and expoect people to show up, except if you're a specialist and establish a referral practice. You either have to buy an existing private practice or a NHS one and then slowly convert it to private. It is somewhat similar to going fully FFS in the US (dropping all insurance). Can only be done if the conditions are right. George > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > match, I would like to know if there are any colleagues from England > around here, who can be of assistance? http://www.gdc-uk.org/ General Dental Council - the organisation which regulates dental professionals in the UK. I think you need to call the GDC and ask them for information. I'm not a dentist and I live in Belgium now - but I'm English and used NHS dentists for 40 years. There is quite a shortage of dentists who are prepared to take on NHS patients - probably because the NHS contracts aren't very good. I believe that NHS Dentists will soon be paid according to the number of patients they see. We are returning to England in a few months and will be looking to sign up with a private dentist - I'm not convinced an NHS dentist can do the best work under that kind of pressure - it was bad before. I've no direct experience to support this but several people have told me that German Dentists are well trained and work to a high standard. If you can find a place in a private place or start your own I'm sure you will do very well. What part of the country are you looking at? If you can choose, pick somewhere where traffic levels are low. In general traffic levels in England are quite a bit higher than they are here in Belgium - I'd forgotton how bad it was in the UK. Try and arrange to live near where you work or where you can get public transport. Colin I forgot to mention... You should seek tax advice before moving to the UK. For example the UK has a 40% Capital gains tax rate (after allowances). How does that compare with Germany? If you have any assets that are showing a gain it might be worth working out if it's best to sell them before or after you become UK resident. For example in the UK your primary residence (your house) is excempt from Capital Gains Tax. Do you pay tax on house sales in Germany? If you do then it might be worth waiting until after you move to the UK. Look into the "Double taxation treaty" between the UK and Germany. CWatters schrieb: > I forgot to mention... > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > you do then it might be worth waiting until after you move to the UK. Look > into the "Double taxation treaty" between the UK and Germany. Thanks for the hint! That´s an other very interesting aspect I have not thought of yet! Still a lot of research to be done, it seems! Cheers, M.P. |
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