Private Matters - The BAPD Podcast
Sep 2, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min · 13 segments
Rachel Derby and Simon Thackeray are joined by BAPD board member Jenna Ellis for a straight-talking conversation about the issues facing technicians right now.The recruitment shortfall and what is…
Simon ThackerayHost
Rachel DerbyHost
this is one of the things that we've always felt we needed to develop more uh when we first set up we realized that the technicians were getting a really really hard time of it because um there was absolutely no work and no support and yes private dentists were in that that same boat.
And I think that we're gonna be paying this price for a long, long time, because I mean, we'll probably get onto this, but things like the number of technicians that are being trained and that entered the register over the last couple of years, it's appallingly low for such an important part of our profession.
I've always said with regards to how our profession works, We are all so codependent on one another that nobody should think that they're above anybody else within this hierarchy.
Yes, the dental degree may have a longer educational process in order to, you know, to make sure because you are.
literally the dirty end or the wet end or the painful end of what we're doing.
So you need to get the chip off your shoulder that dentists are somehow at the top of this hierarchy, that they somehow need to be treated in a different way.
You know, when we're a team that's so integrated, every little bit of that cog has to work.
this is one of the things that we've always felt we needed to develop more uh when we first set up we realized that the technicians were getting a really really hard time of it because um there was absolutely no work and no support and yes private dentists were in that that same boat.
And I think that we're gonna be paying this price for a long, long time, because I mean, we'll probably get onto this, but things like the number of technicians that are being trained and that entered the register over the last couple of years, it's appallingly low for such an important part of our profession.
I've always said with regards to how our profession works, We are all so codependent on one another that nobody should think that they're above anybody else within this hierarchy.
Yes, the dental degree may have a longer educational process in order to, you know, to make sure because you are.
literally the dirty end or the wet end or the painful end of what we're doing.
So you need to get the chip off your shoulder that dentists are somehow at the top of this hierarchy, that they somehow need to be treated in a different way.
You know, when we're a team that's so integrated, every little bit of that cog has to work.
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