Going into partnership and realising success as a GP Partner can be a difficult enough landscape to navigate but when you are from a black, Asian, or other minority ethnic background, simply finding the opportunity to apply and establish yourself within a partnership can be a challenge in itself, for a variety of reasons. In this week’s episode, Ben welcomes Drs Onyi Okonkwo and Mo Sattar, who provide insight into the barriers and issues both they, and colleagues within the black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) GP network have faced (and continue to face) - and share their personal reflections from their respective journeys into senior partnership whilst offering practical advice for those considering taking on partnership on what to expect, how best to prepare and why a difference in culture shouldn’t be a hinderance to achieving success.

Introductions (15 secs)

A meeting of minds (40 secs)

Going into GP Partnership – Onyi’s story (1 min 35 secs)

Mo’s journey to partnership (2 mins 43 secs)

Transitional challenges (3 mins 37 secs)

Making the jump from salaried GP into partnership (5 mins 17 secs)

Dealing with a steep learning curve – advice from Mo (5 mins 59 secs)

Mo’s lessons learned (7 mins 49 secs)

Being propelled into senior partnership (8 mins 30 secs)

Access to formal support (10 mins 25 secs)

The benefit of coaching and mentoring (11 mins 13 secs)

Clinical versus management (13 mins 25 secs)

Issues facing GPs from a BAME background – from Mo’s perspective (14 mins 47 secs)

Onyi’s view (17 mins 12 secs)

Advice from Onyi for BAME GPs considering going into partnership (20 mins 52 secs)

A final word from Mo (22 mins 14 secs)