Guides

Independent Practitioner Today publishes a regular series of practical guides on topics which most commonly concern private doctors.

The eleventh in our series is our guide to the Office of Fair Trading's Private Healthcare Market Study, published in December 2011. We summarise the report, reveal the reaction of the main players in the industry and get experts in the field to advise independent practitioners what to do next.

Other guides listed below are free to subscribers but can be purchased by non-subscribers for £39. If you are a non-subscriber, why not take out a subscription and we will send you the guide of your choice for free.

To get hold of a copy, either phone 01752 312140 or email jackie@marketingcentre.co.uk

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The tenth in our series is our guide to the art of Negotiation. Accountants reveal that good negotiators can earn 5% more than their less well prepared peers.

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The ninth in our series is our guide on Tax-saving Tips 2011, which brings previous advice we've published on this subject up to date with the latest Budget in March.

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The eighth in our series is our first Product Guide. This is a listing of companies providing goods and services for independent practitioners and their practice.

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The seventh in our series is a guide on how to register with the health watchdog, the Care Quality Commission. The Essential Guide to CQC Registration not only advises how to go about registering, but also fleshes out bare-bone instructions available from the CQC and explains what is expected of the process from private practices.

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The sixth in our series is a guide on 'How to protect yourself from a tax investigation'. With HM Revenue and Customs launching its Tax Health Plan to target independent practitioners, never has a supplement been so timely!

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The fifth in our series is a Guide to Pensions, which sets out all the recent Government changes to the pension rules and explains the jargon of superannuation in plain English to help you plan your investment journey to retirement.

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The fourth in our series is an invaluable aid to saving tax, covering the different tax treatments between the self-employed and employees.

It also gives advice on how to avoid paying out even more tax on your property and in the event of your death.

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This 12-page guide reflects the increasing number of doctors who are clubbing together in formally constituted groups. 

As well as charting the growth of groups and giving advice in the form of 'ten steps to forming a group', the guide also offers a model constitution.

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This 12-page supplement offers invaluable advice in cutting your tax bill.

It gives you tips on how to make yourself tax-efficient and reduce your tax liability. It offers advice and whether to be a sole trader or become a partnership. And it shows how you can prevent a tax investigation.

To get order a copy, phone 01752 312140 or email jackie@marketingcentre.co.uk

The essential guide for consultants who want to maximise their investment when they retire. 

This supplement gives advice on how to prepare your practice for sale and informs you how to go about valuing your practice. It also offers ten 'dos and don'ts' when selling your practice.

A thousand consultants a year retire and their average private practice is likely to be worth £60,000. Losing that is a terrible waste. And, of course, yours could be worth even more.

To order a copy of 'Selling your practice', phone our subscriptions department on 01752 312140 or email jackie@marketingcentre.co.uk