The General Practice Podcast

Podcast - Jamie Hynes - It’s a (GP's) Wonderful Life

01.09.2023 - By Ben GowlandPlay

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Jamie Hynes is a GP in Black Country and on this podcast he discusses his brand new, incredible, creation ‘It’s a (GP's) Wonderful Life’. It’s a story of a GP approaching burnout, whose guardian angel visits, (Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard) and presents all the evidence on continuity of care and shows the impact on the town had he got his wish to have never been a GP. All set, as you may have guessed,  within the narrative of the well-known film ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’. In this episode, Ben also asks Jamie to share his thoughts on the difficulties within General Practice and the future of continuity of care. We also get to hear about what’s next for Jamie.   Introduction (0.09)   Jamie’s role.. (0.30)   It’s a (GP's) Wonderful Life... (1.06)   The pressures of working (3.04)   How burnout feels (4.01)   The creation of ‘It’s a (GP's) Wonderful Life’ (4.39)   The importance of the illustrations within the video (6.10)   The star of the show (7.43)   How much time has it taken to create this important story? (8.08)   The difficulties of General Practice (9.06)   The future of continuity of care in General Practice (12.44)   Awaiting Government's response.. (14.59)   Thoughts on the recommendations of the Stocktake review (15.48)   How to watch ‘It’s a (GP’s) Wonderful Life’ (16.51)   What’s next for Jamie Hynes? (17.32)   Final words (20.36)   To watch 'It's a (GP's) Wonderful Life', click here.    To watch any further videos mentioned by Jamie today, see links below;   The National Health   GPKipling   StartTheFire   For all enquiries about the Ockham podcast, please contact Ben Gowland here.

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