Podcast - Livi - Increasing GP capacity

In the latest of our Livi-sponsored podcast episodes, Ben speaks to Dr Harriet Bradley, GP, and Medical Director at Livi, and Dan Kane, GP Federation Chief Executive Officer at Northampton General Practice Alliance, about the widespread shortage of GPs across the country, and how Livi are working with local systems to support them in meeting patient demand and increasing capacity. Harriet talks to us about the Livi ethos, their work and how they operate as a service and also, from the perspective of local practices and networks, Dan is able to offer valuable insight into the impact that employment of Livi’s services has made on them in not only increasing the availability of doctors but as to how the service has been received by primary care staff and the benefits felt by the patients they serve.    Introductions (1 min 4 secs) Meeting Livi’s Harriet Bradley (1 min 20 secs) Meeting Dan Kane, Northampton General Practice Alliance’s CEO (1 min 49 secs) The relationship between Livi and GPA (2 mins 15 secs) How does the service work in practice and how are the Livi GPs embedded within existing local systems? (3 mins 24 secs) Tailored support models for each individual area (4 mins 22 secs) The response from practices (5 mins 34 secs) Support at federation level (7 mins 26 secs) Building trust and effective communication channels (8 mins 30 secs) Dan fills us in on the GPA journey with Livi and why they decided to use their services (9 mins 36 secs) How do local GPs feel about Livi? (10 mins 40 secs) Getting buy-in from the get-go (11 mins 50 secs) Integration with EMIS and SystmOne (12 mins 57 secs) Building up the reserves of doctor capacity from Livi’s perspective (14 mins 21 secs) IT access and requirements (15 mins 26 secs) Funding and payment to Livi (15 mins 58 secs) Who typically commissions Livi’s services? (16 mins 55 secs) What’s next for Dan and GPA? (17 mins 37 secs) What are Livi’s aims and aspirations, going forwards? (19 mins 5 secs) Advice from Dan on key considerations and what works (20 mins 1 sec) Getting in touch with Livi and finding out more (21 mins 39 secs)     To find out more information about Livi, their services and how to get in touch, check out their website here.