Two Reds Are Better Than One

This month’s podcast guest might be described as our most unusual of the year (for reasons that will become obvious - read on).   Steve Hudson grew up in a suburb of South Manchester and decided at the age of 13 that dentistry was for him.   After qualifying as a dentist in Sheffield he worked his way up through the NHS delivery system, learning his clinical and communication skills along the way.   In the late 90’s, his skills were enhanced by attending courses with Prof. Paul Tipton and, through that, meeting both myself and Ashley.   In 2000 he had the opportunity to buy a 2-chair practice in Chesterfield, Derbyshire and, subsequently, became a PDS practice in the early days of the UDA system (days which he looks back on fondly as a much easier business to run than his present-day contemporaries).   Evolving then to embrace the revised UDA system of the early 2000’s, at age 46 he sold his practice (for health reasons) and has now retired from active clinical life, although he still regularly acts an e