This is the second in our short summer series of pharmacy-focussed podcasts. In this episode Ben talks to Duncan Petty who runs Prescribing Support Services, one of the largest suppliers of pharmacists to general practice. Duncan, who was one of the first clinical pharmacists to be employed in general practice, explains the prerequisites necessary for pharmacists to work well in general practice, the benefits they bring, how at-scale working impacts on them and how they can deliver prescribing savings. He also explains his vision for the future of primary care based pharmacy.
In the first of two pharmacy-focussed podcasts we talk to Ravi Chal who is a pharmacist and founder of Future Pharmacy, a company which is developing an app to work as a clinical decision support system for pharmacists. In this podcast Ravi explains how the app will work; offering doctors and pharmacists both a dosage calculator and access to the four largest pharmaceutical databases via the user’s phone. Ravi also has a company called Locum Passport; an automated document wallet for locums which facilitates the transfer of personal information between agencies. Ravi also considers how technology will develop within the NHS in the future.
This is the second part of our panel discussion looking at how the new models of care will impact on and change general practice (Part One is available here). In this final part of the podcast the panel consider what is motivating general practice to adopt the new models of care, about shifting the balance between secondary and primary care, how working at scale will impact and achieving a greater voice for general practice within the system.
Our fourth panel discussion on Millennial GPs will follow in a few weeks’ time.
This time Ben is joined by:
Nav Chana: GP and chair of the National Association of Primary Care
Nick Hicks: Ex-GP and CEO of COBIC an independent consultancy focussing on outcomes-based health and care
Tracey Vell: GP, Chief Executive of Manchester LMC and Associate Lead for Primary and Community Care in the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
This is the third in our series of panel discussions in which Ben is joined by a panel of renowned national experts. This time we discuss how the new models of care will impact on and change general practice. In this first part the panel considers the impact so far of the Five Year Forward View, closer integration of general practice with the rest of the system, what GPs should be doing now and whether choosing to lessen the independence of general practice would be a good or bad thing.
Part Two will follow next week.
This time Ben is joined by:
Nav Chana: GP and chair of the National Association of Primary Care
Nick Hicks: Ex-GP and CEO of COBIC an independent consultancy focussing on outcomes-based health and care
Tracey Vell: GP, Chief Executive of Manchester LMC and Associate Lead for Primary and Community Care in the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
Paula Wright is a GP in the North East of England and GP tutor for Newcastle, Health Education England – North East team. In this podcast Paula explains the origins and value of GP Learning Groups; what they are, how they work and how they can be set up locally.