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Regular listeners will know Dr Mark Newbold well. He is the Managing Director of Our Health Partnership (OHP), the Birmingham and Shropshire based super-practice covering 38 practices and a population of over 340,000. We have been following the progress of OHP since we began the podcast and you can find the previous episodes here: Episode 79, Episode 41 and Episode 13. In this new episode, two years on from the formation of OHP, Mark describes how the partnership is developing, how practices are being engaged, the development of their seven localities, their major integration project and their approach to risk…and much more.

Show Notes

The establishment phase is over and the underpinning “twin pillars” are in place (39secs)

Bench-marking the performance of practices (1min 22secs)

Trade-offs in some loss of individual practice autonomy (2min 22secs)

Engaging the practices in the seven localities (3mins 58secs)

Videos of the Board Meetings (4mins 42secs)

Feedback from the Shropshire locality (5mins 16secs)

Their own project supported by OHP and working with non-OHP practices (6mins 10secs)

The impact of the physical distance (7mins 24secs)

Size and further growth (8mins 37secs)

Paying the subscription versus size (9mins 28secs)

Growth is steady (9mins 44secs)

The integration project (10mins 45secs)

Extended access (11mins 57secs)

Where is integration going? A collaborative of local providers (12mins 36secs)

Relationship with the CCG and the STP (14mins 08secs)

Transferring the resource (15mins 32secs)

Relationships with the non-OHP practices (16mins 27secs)

Keeping the benefits of OHP to the practices who buy in – possible franchise (16mins 51secs)

The net cost of membership of OHP (17mins 38secs)

A significant demand for virtual consultations (18mins 54secs)

Maintaining the value of the partnership model (20mins 23secs)

However, at-scale general practice is essential (21mins 34secs)

Managing risk and personal liability (22mins 37secs)

Managing the bigger risks (24mins 51secs)

Change through collaboration (26mins 36secs)

What’s next? (27mins 22secs)