Podcast – Richard Wood – Establishing local GP leadership groups

In this week's episode, Ben is joined by guest, Dr Richard Wood, co-CEO of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire LMC. Richard discusses his day-to-day role, directing the teams which execute the LMC’s agenda. He shares his thoughts behind the Integrated Care System and what the move means for General Practice and also the thinking behind the GP Leadership groups. Richard took over as co-CEO in 2018, on the podcast he explains what he felt was important at the time, what route he went down and how the groups look today. Finally, Richard shares the lessons he has learnt along the way and any advice he has for others on the same journey.   Introduction (0:09)   Richard Woods day to day role (0:25)   Place based Leadership routes within an Integrated Care System... (0:45)   The thinking behind needing GP Leadership groups (2:09)   LMC or system request? (3:05)   Is there a potential for LMC to grow? (4:21)   What locations are you connected with currently? (5:59)   Tell us about the process you went through… (7:32)   Any surprises from the principles? (9:36)   What route did you go down? (10:10)   How to prevent the smaller groups from being isolated? (11:29)   PCN CD’s… (12:41)   How does funding work? (13:51)   What is involved in the meetings? (16:15)   What does success look like within the groups? (18:02)   How do the groups work together to have an influence? (19:10)   Dr Woods' advice.. (20:10)   Final words.. (21:16)   For all enquiries about the Ockham podcast, please contact Ben Gowland here.