Ben welcomes two special guests, Minal Bakhai and Sheinaz Stansfield, to discuss the General Practice Improvement Programme. Minal delves into the details of GPIP and elaborates on the support it offers to PCNs and Practices. Sheinaz shares her personal experiences with the programme and discusses the transformative impact of data and support on PCNs and Practices. The episode also unveils key insights gained thus far, valuable advice for moving forward, and future programme plans. Discover who can benefit from this program and learn how to get involved in GPIP..

Introduction & why the programmes been introduced (0:09)

Introducing modern General Practice.. (3:05)

Information about the programme.. (4:47)

How much funding for practices? (6:45)

Sheinaz' support in the programme.. (7:39)

Telephony data (9:23)

What difference were you able to make? (10:14)

Staffing changes due to data.. (11:15)

Does the Practice feel different? (12:09)

Supporting GPIP implementation across the PCN.. (12:49)

What is failure demand? (14:43)

Sharing resources throughout PCN's (15:29)

Learnings so far & advice for moving forward.. (16:14)

Disconnect between PCN's and Practices.. (17:56)

Plans for the programme.. (18:52)

Signing up to GPIP.. (20:07)

Is this for everyone? (21:13)

Choosing the support for you.. (21:50)

Visit the National General Practice Improvement Programme here.

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