For twelve and a half years Liz Phillips was a salaried GP with a portfolio career and then, during a Primary Care Improvement event in London, she had a revelation. She decided then and there to become a GP partner, with a focus on quality improvement. In this episode she describes her journey, the work she has begun with her new practice and the benefits the quality improvement process is delivering. She also explains how partnership has exceeded her expectations and changed her life.

Show Notes

Liz decides to move from salaried GP with a portfolio career to become a partner (46secs)

The Primary Care Improvement community (1min 37secs)

A moment of revelation (2mins 05secs)

A quality improvement project in the practice pushes Liz to consider partnership (2mins 33secs)

Ethos and shared purpose is a driver (3mins 54secs)

Liz’s new practice (4mins 26secs)

Partnership brings joy and satisfaction (4mins 43secs)

Quality improvement and the new practice (5mins 08secs)

Establishing a shared purpose in the practice (6mins 19secs)

Don’t assume you know people’s “why” (7mins 58secs)

A weekend away as a practice (9mins)

The value of the process (10mins 06secs)

An upward spiral (10mins 38secs)

Joint conversations take time (11mins 41secs)

Compassionate leadership (12mins 34secs)

Knowing yourself (13mins 27secs)

Building relationships at work (13mins 43secs)

Introducing a well-being pilot the in the practice (14mins 26secs)

The benefits of the pilot (15mins 24secs)

Difference in the first six months (16mins 09secs)

A more confident practice (17mins 39secs)

Being in a Primary Care Network and sustaining partnerships (18mins 20secs)

The reality of being a partner (19mins 24secs)

Advice to current partners – be brave and do something different (20mins 50secs)

Advice to prospective partners (21mins 47secs)