By Baba Akomolafe
Welcome to Day 5 of our eight-day series on the eight lessons pharmacy can learn from dentistry.
Today, we look at one of dentistry’s bravest moves, investing before they earned and why transformation always starts with planting seeds before seeing results.
Investment Comes Before Transformation
One of dentistry’s boldest moves was investing before they earned. They upgraded equipment, trained their teams, improved their spaces, and marketed their services long before private income replaced NHS income.
They planted seeds before they saw fruit.
That mindset created modern, resilient practices capable of thriving without NHS dependence.
Pharmacy faces the same challenge.
To grow, we must invest in:
Practice innovation
Personnel upskilling
Premises repurposing
Investment precedes transformation. Dentistry didn’t wait for security to act—they acted to create security.
If we want a new future, we must build it before we need it.
Call to ACTION: Audit your practice, your people, and your premises then choose one area to invest in this quarter. Growth begins the moment we plant the seed.
