The Educational Supervisor: Howard Skoyles qualified at Guy's Hospital Dental School in 1989 and went on to complete his Vocational Training year in Great Yarmouth. Having served on the Local Dental Committee and been involved in several Clinical Audit & Peer Review projects, Howard is an advocate of postgraduate educational activity.
A local boy ,well settled in this area, and an experienced dentist, he feels he can offer his next FD a challenging and enjoyable position. Howard compliments his working day with a combination of the arts, particularly cinema and theatre, good food and drink and a little exercise.
The Practice: The Practice is a three storey, five surgery, bay fronted converted Georgian terrace property nicely located in central Beccles. All surgeries provide a pleasant, modern working environment. All surgeries have recently been totally refitted . The practice primarily provides NHS dentistry in as broad a base as possible with a degree of Private work too. The trainer provides orthodontic treatment as well as providing general dental services within the NHS. The practice is stocked with modern, reliable equipment and materials. Adjoining the practice we have our own acrylic laboratory and technician. Also working at the practice are four associates and a hygienist who doubles as Howard's wife!
Three of the four associates are past Trainees of Howard's. We have a very good relationship with other local training practices with whom we socialise on a regular basis.Station Road was the first part of our 2 practice set up, having acquired a second practice in 2006,we now have 8 chairs and 11 performers.
Regular bus services and a Railway station only two hundred yards away makes travel quite easy within the area, but a car would be a considerable asset to a potential VDP. (for example the day release course is fifty miles away)
The Area: Beccles is a very pleasant market town with a population of around thirteen thousand . Being fifteen miles from Norwich and Great Yarmouth and six miles from Lowestoft the town has good rail and road links to all these places. The area provides a wide range of facilities for leisure being near to Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft and city of Norwich is also well equipped with restaurants, cinemas, theatres and a Castle museum. Sports facilities are in good supply...even a ski slope and not to forget the beautiful Norfolk Broads.