Episode 271 - Podcast – Taurus Healthcare – Inspiring great leadership in the dawn of Integrated Care Systems
The healthcare landscape is once again changing, and it is expanding rapidly. The age of integrated care systems (ICSs) is almost upon us and with it heralds a new set of challenges for general practice, particularly when it comes to establishing and maintaining effective leadership and enabling sound and unified decision making (which truly represents all local parties). This week, we introduce Dr Mike Hearne and Nisha Sankey, Managing Director and Director of Strategy and PCNs respectively, from the GP federation Taurus Healthcare based in Herefordshire. Both Mike and Nisha have been instrumental in setting up and running the Herefordshire General Practice Leadership Team; a single, decision-making body incorporating Herefordshire’s PCNs, federation, LMCs and CCG teams. Our podcast this week explores their journey; their infrastructure and resources, the decision-making processes in place, the obstacles and challenges they have faced along the way and how and why a single, unified leadership team will be instrumental in the new, integrated world.
Introductions (45 secs)
Taurus Healthcare background and achievements to date (52 secs)
Nisha’s role (2 mins 7 secs)
Relationships between PCNs and federation (2 mins 52 secs)
Taurus infrastructure (3 mins 55 secs)
The General Practice Leadership Team (4 mins 58 secs)
Establishing a recognised decision-making forum (6 mins 56 secs)
Managing pushback and obstacles (7 mins 41 secs)
Non-clinical chairmanship (9 mins 10 secs)
Nisha’s view on impartiality (10 mins 14 secs)
Manging tensions when it comes to decision making (10 mins 47 secs)
Facing future challenges (12 mins 5 secs)
Preserving the views of the group within individual representation (12 mins 54 secs)
Maintaining proactivity in the new world (15 mins 23 secs)
Resourcing and representation within the ICS environment (17 mins 16 secs)
Financial considerations (19 mins 41 secs)
Funding channels (20 mins 24 secs)
Getting in touch / finding out more (21 mins 40 secs)
The team at Taurus Healthcare are more than happy to talk and to share their experiences with others. All their main contact points are shown below:
LAST CALL FOR REMAINING PLACES! Information about the New to General Practice Partnership Training Programme, for those new to partnership or considering going into partnership, can be found here.