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The General Practice Podcast

Ben Gowland
General Practice
NHS
Primary Care Networks
Pcns
Primary Care
Practice Index
Patient Care
Healthcare Funding
Healthcare Innovation
NHS England
GP Reimbursement Scheme
NHS Plan
CQC Inspections
Funding
Neighborhood Health Services
Healthcare Compliance
Healthcare Policy
Healthcare Workforce
Genomic Medicine
Carr-Hill Formula

Ben Gowland talks to those making real change happen in healthcare, getting underneath what they did, how they managed to do it, and the challenges they faced along the way

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Latest Episodes

GP list cleansing is having a significant impact on general practice, with practices across England reporting falling patient numbers, reduced funding and growing concerns about staffing and financial sustainability.

In this week's episode, brought... more

This week, Ben is joined by Dr Jane Harvey, GP and Clinical Director of Healthy Hyde PCN in Greater Manchester, to explore how eight practices have come together to deliver proactive, community-centred care.

Jane explains how the PCN has developed ... more

This week, Ben is joined by Dr Hannan Chaudery, CTO & Co-founder of GP Triage, for an update on how autonomous AI triage and booking is being used across primary care.

Returning to the podcast nine months after his previous appearance, Hannan expla... more

Flu clinics are a familiar part of the general practice calendar, but are they becoming increasingly difficult for practices to deliver?

In this week's episode, brought to you in partnership with Practice Index, we welcome back Claire Houston from ... more

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Robyn Clark
General practice managing partner and representative of the Institute of General Practice Management
Institute of General Practice Management
Episode: Podcast – Practice Index – GP List Cleansing: The Funding Crisis Facing General Practice
Alison Daff
Practice Index contributor who supports general practices with practical resources
Practice Index
Episode: Podcast – Practice Index – GP List Cleansing: The Funding Crisis Facing General Practice
Jane Harvey
GP and Clinical Director of Healthy Hyde PCN
Healthy Hyde PCN
Episode: Podcast - Jane Harvey - Healthy Hyde PCN: Building a Proactive, Community-Centred Model of Care
Hannan Chaudery
CTO of GP Triage
GP Triage
Episode: Podcast - Hannan Chaudery - GP Triage: How AI is Transforming Access, Capacity and Care
Nicky Walker
Practice manager from RIL
RIL
Episode: Podcast – Practice Index – Is There Still a Place for Flu in General Practice?
Claire Houston
Representative from Practice Index
Practice Index
Episode: Podcast – Practice Index – Is There Still a Place for Flu in General Practice?
Ceri Chaplin
Managing partner at Hereford Medical Group
Hereford Medical Group
Episode: Podcast - Ceri Chaplin & Robert McCartney - PCNs to Neighbourhoods: What Happens Next?
Robert McCartney
Partner at Hempsons
Hempsons (legal firm)
Episode: Podcast - Ceri Chaplin & Robert McCartney - PCNs to Neighbourhoods: What Happens Next?
Katie Collin
Partner at Ramsay Brown
Ramsay Brown
Episode: Podcast - Katie Collin - Neighbourhood Provider Contracts: What Do They Mean for General Practice?

Host

Ben Gowland
Healthcare innovation professional focused on change in general practice

Reviews

4.5 out of 5 stars from 51 ratings
  • Great topics and wise voices. But please could they be slightly shorter?

    Great topics and wise voices. But please could they be slightly shorter?

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    Busy GP partner
    United Kingdom2 years ago
  • Great GP learning resource

    Fantastic resource for GPs as well as PMs and other leaders in primary care. Well informed speakers. All relevant subjects. Manageable length podcasts for squeezing a bit the week!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    DrLScott
    United Kingdom7 years ago
  • Useful resource

    Excellent source of information, particularly around new PCNs

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    UKGPMother
    United Kingdom7 years ago
  • Your good

    Your good

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    thathathrustra
    United Kingdom7 years ago
  • Physician Associate episodes

    I found this podcast as a means of learning about the Physician Associate role in the U.K. I am a Physician Assistant in the US, with hopes of moving to the U.K. While I haven't listened to all of the episodes, I found the episodes #40, 43, and 52 regarding Physician Associates to be extremely valuable. I appreciate the information given, as well as the interview with GP Joanna Munden regarding her PA and how the PA functions.

    Thank you, Ben, for a wonderful podcast! I will continue listening... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    redhead48814
    United States9 years ago

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Podcast – Practice Index – GP List Cleansing: The Funding Crisis Facing General Practice
Q: What type of things can practices do to try and rebalance it, especially if they're losing a lot of patients?
Daff recommends making registration easy to find on practice websites, using social media to showcase practice and community activities, and sharing health awareness information to encourage patients to contact the practice.
Podcast – Practice Index – GP List Cleansing: The Funding Crisis Facing General Practice
Q: Why do you think it's happening now, Robyn?
Clark says the stated reason is a discrepancy between population data and practice lists, but the process has accelerated and the response period has been shortened from six months to three. She describes unreliable letter delivery and unclear criteria as further problems.
Podcast - Jane Harvey - Healthy Hyde PCN: Building a Proactive, Community-Centred Model of Care
Q: And how do you look at the impact of those things?
Healthy Hyde measured fewer hospital admissions among people with dementia and fewer A&E attendances among moderately frail frequent attenders. However, the savings benefit the wider system and do not return to the PCN, making services difficult to sustain.
Podcast - Jane Harvey - Healthy Hyde PCN: Building a Proactive, Community-Centred Model of Care
Q: When PCN started, did you have an idea as a group of practices, well, this is how we want the PCN to work?
The practices already had experience working together and wanted to shift toward prevention, starting with vulnerable people and care-home residents. The PCN structure and funding gave them room to develop proactive services.
Podcast - Hannan Chaudery - GP Triage: How AI is Transforming Access, Capacity and Care
Q: What changes have you seen since the contract updates affected daytime online consultations?
The contract updates accelerated adoption and drove practices to engage with GP Triage more actively, as the software is well-suited to handle shifted capacity and streamline triage to protect appointment availability.

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What is The General Practice Podcast about and what kind of topics does it cover?

Conversations with people changing how UK general practice and primary care are organized and delivered. Hosted by Ben Gowland, discussions draw on the practical experience of GPs, practice managers, clinical and system leaders, legal experts, and healthcare technology specialists. They examine topics such as primary care networks, neighbourhood models, NHS contracts and funding, integrated care, practice operations, and new approaches to access and patient support. Guests explain what they have put into practice, how governance and relationships shaped the work, and what obstacles they encountered, often with lessons for other practices and local health systems. The focus is distinctive for its close attention to implementation: policy and... more

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1. Robyn Clark
2. Alison Daff
3. Jane Harvey
4. Hannan Chaudery
5. Nicky Walker
6. Claire Houston
7. Ceri Chaplin
8. Robert McCartney

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