Illuminating Primary Care

Dr. Janki Patel joins us for a casual discussion of her journey into qualifying as a GP and her decision to work alongside the NHS in a Private GP role.

This includes a look at what you might expect from working as a private GP and the benefits of a portfolio career. You can find out more about private roles on our website https://menloparkrecruitment.com/jobs/

Timings:

• 1:03: Journey to qualifying as a GP

We speak to Dr Stephen Katebe, Director and co-founder of Tekihealth Solutions, who explains why and how Tekihealth Solutions came about and the benefits of leasing his software to GPs and practices in the UK.

Timings:

00:43 What is Tekihealth Solutions?

02:21 Why did you set up Tekihealth Solutions?

03:30 What are the benefits of leasing remote software through Tekihealth Solutions for both GPs and Practices?

07:37 What Challenges have you faced so far?

09:04 How is it going so far?

09:57 What is the long-term plan?

We speak to Juliette Norton, the Managing Partner of Greensand Health, a pioneering general practice based in Maidstone. Employee and Patient wellbeing is the driving force for their innovation, Juliette tells us more about the inspiration behind their fantastic new practice.

01:13     Tell us more about the facilities in the new building

02:07     When was the initial idea for a new practice?

04:04     Tell us more about the GP Breakout areas – social and otherwise

05:45     Genuinely social group

06:30     ‘Customer service’ approach to patient care, and patient involvement in the development of the vision for the new practice. Development of social initiatives for patients and carers

08:30     Is this the future of general practice and will others follow suit?

10:12     Why wood GPs work for you?

11:35     What’s next for the practice?

We speak to Dr. Hasnain Abbasi, Clinical Director and founder of AT Medics, who reveals how he and his co-founders started what is today the biggest primary care provider in the UK, the challenges since its 2004 inception, how technology has played a key role in growth, their merger with Operose Health and response to media criticism, and a look ahead to the next 10 years in primary care.

Timings:

01:44 How did AT Medics start?

10:48 How did you learn how to run a GP practice?

17:30 What state have the practices been in when you’ve acquired them?

21:50 What are the first things you change at a new practice?

24:45 What are the biggest challenges of growing AT Medics?

32:00 Achievements of AT Tech

42:30 What did you merge with Operose Health?

48:10 Is any of the criticism you’ve received from the press justified?

54:10 Driving change in the NHS – exciting or scary?

1:01:52 What do the next 10 years of primary care look like in the UK?

1:04:30 Why should you join AT Medics/Operose Health?

In the first episode of Illuminating Primary Care we talk to David Clark, Managing Partner at Mendip Vale Medical Practice, a traditional GP Partnership which has grown from a one-site 11,000 patients to a six-site 70,000 patients in just seven years.

We discuss:

• How MVMP has grown

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03:32 What was the size of the practice in 2015 and how does it differ today?

07:20 Why did you decide to grow the practice and what are the benefits?

14:00 How have you grown to the size you are now?

16:40 What are the key learns for other surgeries going through growth?

18:23 What specific challenges have there been?

21:40 How do you lead and manage 300 staff?

28:45 How do you make working at MVMP sustainable for clinicians?

34:58 What is the best thing about working at MVMP?

39:00 What is the future of primary care?