Hi there,

Quick one.

A few weeks ago I asked you a question. Take a month off - no clinics, no emergencies, nothing. What does the practice earn while you're gone?

The answers were certainly mixed, and not in a good way.

So on Wednesday 14 October, Smita and I are spending an evening on exactly that.

How an associate-led model actually works. Which numbers tell you the truth and which just look reassuring. Where the profit quietly leaks out. And what £300k+ EBITDA looks like with the owner nowhere near the chair.

Two of us in the room: 25 years of clinical reality, 25 years of the accounts behind it. We'll be as honest about what we got wrong as what we got right.

6pm, Central London. £75 a seat, drinks and nibbles included.

Owners and principals only. No associates, no suppliers. Seats are capped, and we mean capped.

Arun