Dental practice
plans that build predictable income
Patient Plan Direct designs, launches and runs membership plans under your practice's name. Whether you're switching provider, leaving the NHS or launching your first plan, we'll guide you through it.
Trusted by more than 1,000 UK dental practices since 2009.
Unpredictable income makes
every decision harder
Gaps in the diary, patients who only come in when something hurts and uncertainty over NHS contracts all make cash flow hard to forecast. A well-run membership plan turns regular care into regular monthly income, and brings patients back for their check-ups.
A plan partner, not just
a payment processor
We handle the whole plan journey: design, pricing, patient letters, team training and day-to-day administration. Your patients join your plan under your brand, not ours. And our admin fee is one of the lowest in the market, falling as your plan grows.
Three ways to start
with Patient Plan Direct
Switch plan provider
Already with Denplan, Practice Plan, DPAS or another provider? Simple Switch moves your patients' Direct Debits across in the background. Your patients don't need to do anything.
NHS to private
Thinking about leaving the NHS, fully or one clinician at a time? We start with an honest viability check and stay with you through launch.
New plan launch
Launching your first plan or opening a new practice? We'll help you design, price and launch a plan your patients want to join.
How it works
From first conversation to first monthly payment
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01
What does your practice need?
You decide what the plan needs to do. Replace NHS income, cut what you pay another provider, or add a steady stream of recurring revenue.
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02
Build your own plan
We build it with you. Plan design, pricing, financial forecasting, branded materials, patient letters and team training, led by your own Business Development Manager.
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Enjoy a predicable income
Patients join and income arrives monthly. Direct Debits are collected and managed through our online platform, with real-time reporting on plan numbers and revenue.
Who we help
Why practices choose Patient Plan Direct
Income you can plan around
Plan fees arrive by Direct Debit every month, which makes investment, hiring and cash flow easier to plan.
Keep more of your plan income
Our admin fee is capped at £1.36 per patient per month and falls as membership grows. Practices that switch to us typically save over £10,000 p.a.
Your brand, your patients
Plans carry your practice name, so loyalty builds with you and adds long-term value to your business.
Fuller diaries, healthier patients
Members come in regularly for check-ups and hygiene, which means less white space in the diary and more preventative care.
Plan admin that looks
after itself
Our online plan management platform handles digital patient sign-up, Direct Debit collection and real-time reporting, so your team spends minutes on plan admin, not hours. It connects with Dentally, and with Agilio's DenGro, iGrow and Caragon, as well as FollowApp and Medfin.
Who we help
For practices at every stage
Independent practices, NHS and mixed practices, new and squat practices, and multi-site groups across England, Wales and Scotland. If your priority is steady income and loyal patients without adding to your team's workload, we can help.
Trusted across UK healthcare
Agilio's own clinical editorial team writes and maintains the content. Nothing is scraped or compiled from third parties, so you get consistent quality, clear provenance and a direct line to the people who maintain it.
NHS to private
“Converting onto the plan means we can
spend a lot more time with our patients, do the dentistry that we want to do rather than be set by targets and guidelines set out by the NHS.”
Hapus Dental Surgery
Switch from Denplan
“That provider wasn’t offering a lot for a very high fee. ... We wanted a partner able to support us [through the switch] and we wanted to bring the plan in-house with our own branding.”
Casa Dental
New plan launch
“I wanted someone who was easy to communicate with, and at a good price. It was really easy to create our new plans.”
Mexborough Dental Surgery
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