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Louise Greenwood is responsible for training and education at Wessex LMCS; an umbrella body covering LMCs across a large swathe of south-central England. In this podcast Louise tells Ben about the activities that have been put in place to support practice managers in the area including a new appraisal system that strengthens PM appraisal and provides productive and motivating time for the appraisees (and their appraisers) whilst also identifying learning needs and allowing planning for the future.

Show Notes

What area is covered by Wessex LMCs? (37secs)

An umbrella body (1min 04secs)

The team working in Wessex (1min 23secs)

Support for PMs comes via Scotland (1mins 38secs)

Previous experience of appraisals (2mins 56secs)

Isolated, stuck in the middle, difficult role… (3mins 48secs)

PMs appraising PMs (4mins 35secs)

Learning needs analysis (5mins 35secs)

Covering the strategic role (5mins 54secs)

The appraisers (6mins 24secs)

Recruiting the appraisers (6mins 49secs)

Choosing the appraisers (7mins 19secs)

Sharing personal details (8mins 02secs)

Who sees the results? (9mins 08secs)

Informal feedback (9mins 40secs)

Will this help PM turnover? (10mins 11secs)

What learning needs have been identified? (11mins 23secs)

Meeting the learning needs in Wessex (12mins 42secs)

How is the programme funded? (13mins 53secs)

PM money from the GPFV (14mins 37secs)

Sharing the information from Wessex (15mins 20secs)

Contacting Louise (16mins 27secs)

The Wessex LMCs website is www.wessexlmcs.com

Contact Louise louise.greenwood@wessexlmcs.org.uk