The Business of Healthcare Podcast with Tara Humphrey

Lucy Thompson is a medical tattoo artist who specialises in 3D realistic and nipple tattoos joins Tara on the podcast this week.   Lucy founded the Nipple Innovation Project, a charity that provides realistic and permanent nipple tattoos for individuals who have undergone mastectomies.   Lucy's goal is to break down the stigma surrounding nipple tattoos and provide access to this important service for those who need it.   Join Lucy and Tara this week as they break down stigmas.   Reach out to Lucy on: Linkedin - Lucy Thompson Instagram - Lucy Thompson Nipple Innovation Project  

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I’m Tara Humphrey and I’m the founder of THC Primary Care, a leading healthcare consultancy. I provide project and network management to Primary Care Networks and consulting support to clinical leads. To date, I’ve worked with 11 Training Hubs and supported over 120 Primary Care Networks and 3 GP Federations.  

I understand and appreciate the complexity of healthcare and what it takes to deliver projects across multiple practices.   

I have over 20 years of project management and business development experience across the private and public sector and have an MBA in Leadership and Management in Healthcare. I’m also published in the London Journal of Primary Care and the author of over 250 blogs.   

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What if the challenges you face could transform into your greatest motivators?

In this episode, Tara provides an end of summer update on her business and personal endeavors. She discusses her ultra marathon challenge to raise money for the type one diabetes charity, JDRF UK.

Tara also shares updates on the Primary Care Network Members Club, the Business of Healthcare Consulting, and her presence on social media platforms. 

• To donate, visit Tara's fundraiser for JDRF here.
• Access the Primary Care Network Members' Club here. 
• The Business of Healthcare Consulting Newsletter - here
• Best Practice - at the NEC in Birmingham - register to attend here

Work with me    

I’m Tara Humphrey and I’m the founder of THC Primary Care, a leading healthcare consultancy. I provide project and network management to Primary Care Networks and consulting support to clinical leads. To date, I’ve worked with 11 Training Hubs and supported over 120 Primary Care Networks and 3 GP Federations.  

I understand and appreciate the complexity of healthcare and what it takes to deliver projects across multiple practices.   

I have over 20 years of project management and business development experience across the private and public sector and have an MBA in Leadership and Management in Healthcare. I’m also published in the London Journal of Primary Care and the author of over 250 blogs.   

For more weekly insights and advice sign up to my newsletter.    

Improving the Business of Healthcare – One Episode at a Time    

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Business of Healthcare Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, leave your honest review, and share your favourite episodes on social media. Find us on LinkedIn or visit our website:  THC Primary Care.   

Cheryl Samuels, the People and Culture Director at The Evelina, discusses her role in fostering a positive work environment and putting people at the heart of healthcare. Cheryl shares highlights from the NHS Confederation Conference and emphasises the importance of inspiring and empowering the workforce.   Cheryl also reflects on the experiences of patients and their families at The Evelina, highlighting the kindness, quickness, and partnership they experienced.   They discuss the challenges of creating a winning team and embracing diversity, as well as the importance of reflection and turning reflections into constructive action.   This weeks key takeaways:

• Fostering a positive work environment and putting people at the heart of healthcare is crucial for improving patient outcomes.
• Inspiring and empowering the workforce is essential for creating a winning team.
• Embracing diversity and creating a culture of compassion and respect leads to better outcomes.
• Reflection is important for personal growth and managing work pressures.
• Flexible working arrangements can support work-life balance and improve staff satisfaction. Flexible working is not just for specific groups, but for everyone in the workforce.
• Managers play a crucial role in implementing flexible working strategies.
• Being a role model is a humbling experience and involves inspiring and empowering others.

To find out more about the Primary Care Network Members Club visit our website here. 

Work with me    

I’m Tara Humphrey and I’m the founder of THC Primary Care, a leading healthcare consultancy. I provide project and network management to Primary Care Networks and consulting support to clinical leads. To date, I’ve worked with 11 Training Hubs and supported over 120 Primary Care Networks and 3 GP Federations.  

I understand and appreciate the complexity of healthcare and what it takes to deliver projects across multiple practices.   

I have over 20 years of project management and business development experience across the private and public sector and have an MBA in Leadership and Management in Healthcare. I’m also published in the London Journal of Primary Care and the author of over 250 blogs.   

For more weekly insights and advice sign up to my newsletter.    

Improving the Business of Healthcare – One Episode at a Time    

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Business of Healthcare Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, leave your honest review, and share your favourite episodes on social media. Find us on LinkedIn or visit our website:  THC Primary Care.   

Building on from episodes 312 & 314, Tara returns to discuss the importance of considering outside help from consultants for healthcare leaders facing challenges.   Tara provides a list of important questions for leaders to reflect on and determine if they would benefit from external support..   Tara's key takeaways:

• Consider hiring a consultant if you consistently miss targets, have the same recurring issues, lack clarity on strategy, or face staffing and morale problems.
• Be ready and committed to investing time and resources to improve the situation before seeking outside help.
• Think about the potential impact of resolving the issue and consider if it can be resolved internally or if outside help is needed.
• When looking for a consultant, seek referrals from trusted sources and prioritise expertise and experience over cost.
• Consultants should deliver on the agreed scope of work and stay focused on the brief.

Episode 312 & 314 - download here

The book - The Five dysfunctions of a team

Questions asked in the episode

1. Are you collectively ready and commited to invest in the time and resources to improve the situation?
2. What is the cost of doing nothing and everything remaining the same?
3. What could things look like if they were different? and if the situation improved, what would be the impact if things got better?
4. Do you truly think that the issues can be resolved internally?
5. If not, who might this person/team be?

Facilitation offered at THC Primary Care

 

Work with me    

I’m Tara Humphrey and I’m the founder of THC Primary Care, a leading healthcare consultancy. I provide project and network management to Primary Care Networks and consulting support to clinical leads. To date, I’ve worked with 11 Training Hubs and supported over 120 Primary Care Networks and 3 GP Federations.  

I understand and appreciate the complexity of healthcare and what it takes to deliver projects across multiple practices.   

I have over 20 years of project management and business development experience across the private and public sector and have an MBA in Leadership and Management in Healthcare. I’m also published in the London Journal of Primary Care and the author of over 250 blogs.   

For more weekly insights and advice sign up to my newsletter.    

Improving the Business of Healthcare – One Episode at a Time    

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Business of Healthcare Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, leave your honest review, and share your favourite episodes on social media. Find us on Instagram and LinkedIn or visit our website:  THC Primary Care.   

 

Ever felt the sting of comparison and insecurity in the business realm? We get it. Join Tara Humphrey, as she delves deep into her personal brush with these feelings. Using her experience with her website and blog performance as a measure, Tara unearths the pitfalls of sizing up our success with others'.

The focus of this episode is to remind you to celebrate your victories and not to be swayed by others' accomplishments.

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Work with me    

I’m Tara Humphrey and I’m the founder of THC Primary Care, a leading healthcare consultancy. I provide project and network management to Primary Care Networks and consulting support to clinical leads. To date, I’ve worked with 11 Training Hubs and supported over 120 Primary Care Networks and 3 GP Federations.  

I understand and appreciate the complexity of healthcare and what it takes to deliver projects across multiple practices.   

I have over 20 years of project management and business development experience across the private and public sector and have an MBA in Leadership and Management in Healthcare. I’m also published in the London Journal of Primary Care and the author of over 250 blogs.   

For more weekly insights and advice sign up to my newsletter.    

Improving the Business of Healthcare – One Episode at a Time    

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Business of Healthcare Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, leave your honest review, and share your favourite episodes on social media. Find us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn or visit our website: THC Primary Care.    

 

Welcome Dr Neil Modha; Peterborough-based GP Partner, ICP lead, GP Federation Chairman and Deputy Lieutenant to the King (no less for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough!

In this episode, Tara and Dr Neil Modha discuss:

1.     The expansion of his surgery to now fully own a pharmacy

2.     Why his chooses to remain positive

3.     The impact of Pharmacy Closures

4.     His role as a Deputy Lieutenant to the King (!)

5.     Balancing feedback with self-assurance

6.     His approach to building a long-term plan

7.     The language of "them" and "us", and why he works hard to break these barriers

 

Want to learn more about the Primary Care Network Members Club, please do get in touch, we would love to hear from you.

Connect with Dr Neil Modha on linkedin

 

Work with THC Primary Care

I’m Tara Humphrey and I’m the founder of THC Primary Care, a leading healthcare consultancy. I provide project and network management to Primary Care Networks and consulting support to clinical leads. 

To date, I’ve worked with 11 Training Hubs and supported over 120 Primary Care Networks and 3 GP Federations.  I understand and appreciate the complexity of healthcare and what it takes to deliver projects across multiple practices.

I have over 20 years of project management and business development experience across the private and public sector and have an MBA in Leadership and Management in Healthcare. I’m also published in the London Journal of Primary Care and the author of over 250 blogs.

For more weekly insights and advice sign up to my newsletter.

Improving the Business of Healthcare – One episode at a time…

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Business of Healthcare Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, leave your honest review, and share your favourite episodes on social media. 

 

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Jemma Bella joins us on The Business of Healthcare podcast to share her experiences of living with long covid.

What is long COVID? Most people with COVID-19 feel better within a few days or weeks of their first symptoms and make a full recovery within 12 weeks. For some people, symptoms can last longer. This is called long COVID or post COVID-19 syndrome. Long COVID is a new condition which is still being studied.

 

Jemma and I discussed:

 

1. Mental Health

2. Stigma associated with the condition

3. Feelings of blame, guilt, acceptance and the importance of control

4. Access support via the NHS

5. The importance of community

6. Mindset

7. What it means to be healthy

8. The purpose of the long covid collective

9. The support from her family

10. Financial considerations moving forward

 

Blog: https://www.jemmabellablog.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_jemma_bella/

 

Work with me

I’m Tara Humphrey and I’m the founder of THC Primary Care, a leading healthcare consultancy. I provide project and network management to Primary Care Networks and consulting support to clinical leads. To date, I’ve worked with 11 Training Hubs and supported over 120 Primary Care Networks and 3 GP Federations.  I understand and appreciate the complexity of healthcare and what it takes to deliver projects across multiple practices.

I have over 20 years of project management and business development experience across the private and public sector and have an MBA in Leadership and Management in Healthcare. I’m also published in the London Journal of Primary Care and the author of over 250 blogs.

 

Improving the Business of Healthcare – One Episode at a Time

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Business of Healthcare Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, head over to  Apple Podcasts to subscribe, leave your honest review, and share your favourite episodes on social media. Find us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn or visit our website: THC Primary Care.

319 Dr Bola Owolabi - Health Inequalities & spheres of influence

Welcome back to The Business of Healthcare Podcast.  This week I have the absolute pleasure of speaking with Professor Bola Owolabi who is the Director of Health Inequalities at NHS England and NHS Improvement.  She also works as a General Practitioner in North East Derbyshire. 

It is an inspirational conversation with Dr Bola speaking about who has help her in her career journey, the positive impact it has made and how she has helped others.

 

This week on the Business of Healthcare 

• GP to Director in a short space of time 
• The benefits of Sponsorship & Mentorship 
• Starting a new role and how to listen
• Circles of Concern & Circles of Influence
• How do we not make it a ticked box exercise 
• Wisdom not being a function of age 

 

How to Connect with Dr Bola Owolabi 

LinkedIn 

Twitter 

 

Work with THC Primary Care

I’m Tara Humphrey and I’m the founder of THC Primary Care, a leading healthcare consultancy. I provide project and network management to Primary Care Networks and consulting support to clinical leads. 

To date, I’ve worked with 11 Training Hubs and supported over 120 Primary Care Networks and 3 GP Federations.  I understand and appreciate the complexity of healthcare and what it takes to deliver projects across multiple practices.

I have over 20 years of project management and business development experience across the private and public sector and have an MBA in Leadership and Management in Healthcare. I’m also published in the London Journal of Primary Care and the author of over 250 blogs.

For more weekly insights and advice sign up to my newsletter.

Improving the Business of Healthcare – One episode at a time…

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Business of Healthcare Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, leave your honest review, and share your favourite episodes on social media. 

Find us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn or visit our website: THC Primary Care.

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Join Tara for an enlightening discussion with Dr Anish Kotecha, General practitioner and Director of Education at Learna, as they explore the world of anti-aging.

Dr Anish Kotecha shares his unique insights into maintaining cellular and biological health to age gracefully, going beyond conventional cosmetic treatments. 

Tune in to learn practical, sustainable lifestyle changes that can improve cardiovascular health and potentially reverse biological age.

Key Takeaways:

• Anti-aging is about helping people grow old youthfully
• Lifestyle factors such as chronic inflammation, weight management, and social connectedness play a significant role in the aging process.
• Healthcare professionals should present evidence-based advice in a practical and sustainable way to empower patients to make positive changes.
• Individuals can prioritise purpose, movement, and acts of kindness in their daily lives to promote healthy aging.

Get in touch with Dr Anish Kotecha via Facebook, X, LinkedIn, and Instagram.

Work with THC Primary Care

I’m Tara Humphrey and I’m the founder of THC Primary Care, a leading healthcare consultancy. I provide project and network management to Primary Care Networks and consulting support to clinical leads. 

To date, I’ve worked with 11 Training Hubs and supported over 120 Primary Care Networks and 3 GP Federations.  I understand and appreciate the complexity of healthcare and what it takes to deliver projects across multiple practices.

I have over 20 years of project management and business development experience across the private and public sector and have an MBA in Leadership and Management in Healthcare. I’m also published in the London Journal of Primary Care and the author of over 250 blogs.

For more weekly insights and advice sign up to my newsletter.

Improving the Business of Healthcare – One episode at a time…

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Business of Healthcare Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, leave your honest review, and share your favourite episodes on social media. 

Find us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn or visit our website: THC Primary Care.

This week, Tara is joined by Laura Norton, Chief Operating Officer at North West Leicestershire GP Federation. Laura talks to Tara about the intricate workings of GP federations and their collaboration with primary care networks. 

They discuss Laura's extensive background in primary care, shedding light on the complexities and responsibilities of being a commissioner. 

Laura also discusses how data-driven decisions shape service commissioning and emphasises the need for services to meet local population needs. Laura also explores the financial sustainability of primary care, the importance of embracing a business mindset, and the vital role of relationships and trust in delivering effective healthcare.

Work with THC Primary Care

I’m Tara Humphrey and I’m the founder of THC Primary Care, a leading healthcare consultancy. I provide project and network management to Primary Care Networks and consulting support to clinical leads. 

To date, I’ve worked with 11 Training Hubs and supported over 120 Primary Care Networks and 3 GP Federations.  I understand and appreciate the complexity of healthcare and what it takes to deliver projects across multiple practices.

I have over 20 years of project management and business development experience across the private and public sector and have an MBA in Leadership and Management in Healthcare. I’m also published in the London Journal of Primary Care and the author of over 250 blogs.

For more weekly insights and advice sign up to my newsletter.

Improving the Business of Healthcare – One episode at a time…

Thanks for tuning into this week’s episode of the Business of Healthcare Podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe, leave your honest review, and share your favourite episodes on social media. 

Find us on Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn or visit our website: THC Primary Care.