It’s an exciting week because we are so pleased to have our first PCN Manager to feature on the Ockham podcast! Tara Dawson, PCN Manager for the Lytham St Annes network, takes us through her journey to becoming PCN Manager, her experiences, her achievements, the key relationships she has formed and then, what she hopes to achieve going forwards and more broadly, why having a manager is instrumental in establishing the setup of the network, driving the key commitments and priorities - and managing  the wellbeing of the relationships between practice and PCN.

 

Introduction (30 secs)

 

All about Tara and how she became a PCN Manager (47 secs)

 

Has Tara’s prior experience helped? (2 mins 7 secs)

 

Organisational setup (2 mins 58 secs)

 

Incorporated status and NHS pensions implications (3 mins 54 secs)

 

Managing the incorporation process (4 mins 56 secs)

 

What does a typical working week look like for Tara? (6 mins 21 secs)

 

Recruitment and staffing (7 mins 28 secs)

 

The relationship between PCN Manager and Clinical Director (8 mins 38 secs)

 

Has having a PCN Manager in post allowed the Clinical Directors to drive the clinical priorities? (9 mins 43 secs)

 

The PCN demographic and practice engagement (10 mins 57 secs)

 

PCN Managers and Practice Managers (13 mins 5 secs)

 

The best things about being a PCN Manager (14 mins 55 secs)

 

Support network (15 mins 53 secs)

 

The forward view (17 mins 5 secs)

 

Lessons learned so far (17 mins 53 secs)

 

Following up in a year (19 mins 52 secs)

 

Getting in touch (20 mins 24 secs)

 

 

Tara is contactable at: [email protected]