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Two years ago we spoke to Chris Ash from Southern Health in Hampshire. Southern Health are a NHS Foundation Trust running community services and when we last spoke they were working with general practice in the county as a vanguard developing a Multi-Specialty Community Provider model. Two years on and nothing has quite proceeded as Chris predicted. In this fascinating episode Chris describes progress in the partnership – with all its highs and lows.

Show Notes

Two years since we last spoke to Chris he reflects on whether things have gone as he expected (1min 22secs)

The Willow Group – a partnership with four GP practices (2mins 35secs)

GPs are salaried and on a Southern Health contract (3mins 56secs)

Early days of the staffing model (4mins 43secs)

The same day access service explained (5mins 45secs)

Learning from introducing change across the county (7mins 27secs)

The opportunities for general practice and community trusts working together (8mins 14secs)

Do large institutions slow things down? (10mins 23secs)

Success dictated by presence of a local leader and the state of general practice (11mins 56secs)

An example of institutional processes getting in the way (12mins 43secs)

Making it work as flexible partners (13mins 48secs)

The Trust’s relationship with general practice and progress with the partnership (14mins 28secs)

The provider model is emerging differently than originally anticipated (16mins 07secs)

Decision to focus the Trust on mental health – and shed community services (18mins 19secs)

Clinician to clinician relationships drive the innovation (19mins 16secs)

Financial model and risk taking (21mins 12secs)

Will other practices join the model? (22mins 01secs)

The federations are working (22mins 59secs)

Advice for other areas (23mins 43secs)

In his introduction Ben mentions an event in central London focused on becoming a GP partner. This is aimed at GP trainees, salaried GPs or new GP partners and is being held on July 4th and more information can be found here.