Robert McCartney and Stephen Kemp specialise in supporting and developing innovative and sustainable primary care services. Here, they take us through their experiences of setting up Covid ‘hot’ sites in the south Kent area, in response to the global pandemic; how the projects were mobilised, what were the key consideration factors and what they learned along the way.

Introductions (9 secs)

The network set up (1 min 54 secs)

When did the planning for a ‘hot’ hub begin? (3 mins 1 sec)

Overcoming the logistical challenges (4 mins 56 secs)

From idea to go-live (6 mins 12 secs)

Staffing a ‘hot’ site (6 mins 42 secs)

The cost implications for a practice or network (8 mins 23 secs)

Activity levels so far (9 mins 6 secs)

Boosting the numbers (9 mins 54 secs)

Lessons learned (11 mins 24 secs)

Internal versus external spaces (12 mins 24 secs)

Can there be a centralised model? (14 mins 20 secs)

Planning for the future of Covid (15 mins 39 secs)

Getting in touch (17 mins 19 secs)

Robert’s email: [email protected]

Stephen’s email: [email protected]

McCartney Healthcare Associates website here

Twitter: @McCartneyHealth

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