Tara Humphrey, our 'almost' resident Project Management expert supporting the development of Primary Care Networks and GP Federations, returns for a third episode in a series of podcasts covering the pandemic from a management and support perspective. This week Tara and Ben reflect on where they are up to in their own roles, within their own areas, with their focus shifting towards life after Covid and more traditional priorities – but with the added benefit and experience of the best practice that has taken place during recent times.

Introductions (14 secs)

Drive through immunisations (1 min 14 secs)

What has been happening in Tara’s world? (2 mins 35 secs)

Planning for life after Covid? (3 mins 6 secs)

Considering new priorities in a GP Federation schedule (4 mins 6 secs)

The Care Home challenge (4 mins 56 secs)

Modelling a new Care Home scheme (5 mins 47 secs)

Ben’s experiences of aligning care homes to practices and PCNs (6 mins 46 secs)

The network mindset (8 mins 19 secs)

Tara and Ben discuss the PCN DES more broadly (9 mins 14 secs)

Positive impacts as a result of the pandemic? (9 mins 57 secs)

Building on the positives; opportunities for further partnership working (11 mins 1 sec)

The theory of change and maintaining momentum (13 mins 16 secs)

Th effect of crisis working (14 mins 43 secs)

Learning lessons (15 mins 27 secs)

What’s next for Tara? (16 mins 6 secs)

…and for Ben? (16 mins 58 secs)

 

Find out more about Tara Humphrey:

• THC Primary Care https://www.thcprimarycare.co.uk/
• Listen to The Business of Healthcare Podcast with Tara Humphrey for a behind-the-scenes look at the business side of healthcare.
• Connect on Twitter and Linkedin