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Here is the first part of our fourth expert panel discussion. This time we are looking at what will be the impact of millennials on general practice. In this first part the panel considers what a millennial is, what is driving them to be different to the older generation and how the system might need to change to accommodate this new generation.

Part Two will follow next week.

This time Ben is joined by:

Surina Chibber: a GP and founder of My Locum Manager

Aisha Malik: a GP, social media strategist and founder of Doctors in Business

Mayur Vibhuti: a GP and Visiting Reader in Medical Leadership at Canterbury and Christchurch University

Show Notes

Ben starts by asking for a definition of millennials (1min 03secs)

Mayur responds with a definition and provides some attributed characteristics (1min 24secs)

Surina admits to being a millennial and links the definition to general practice (2mins 07secs)

Aisha looks at the positive and negative connotations of the term (3mins 03secs)

Ben asks what is creating the idea of the millennial GP (3mins 57secs)

Aisha believes that pressure on GPs is driving millennials (4mins 35secs)

Mayur talks about the technological revolution (5mins 03secs)

Ben raises the idea of a tension between millennials and the previous generation (6mins 51secs)

Surina talks about a change of mind-set driving GPs rather than a difference in generations (7mins 20secs)

Ben asks whether concerns about a difficult future are pushing millennials to demand more now (8mins 45secs)

Aisha agrees and talks about morale in the profession (9mins 12secs)

Mayur agrees and talks about role-modelling (10mins 11secs)

Ben asks what this means for GPs in the future (11mins 09secs)

Mayur believes general practice will adapt but needs to change the way in works (11mins 50secs)

Surina talks about developing My Locum Manager and how this was influenced by millennials  (12mins 59secs)

How do we change the system? (14mins 02secs)

Ben asks whether the partnership model will survive millennials (15mins 23secs)

Yes, says Aisha, but must be flexible to retain millennials (15mins 53secs)

Ben queries who will be the partners for the future if everyone wants flexibility (17mins 13secs)

Surina talks about her husband – who is a partner and father (17mins 31secs)

Aisha recognises a lack of GPs is key (18mins 57secs)

Mayur wants to create a new partnership model based on networks of staff and patients (19mins 30secs)

Ben talks about the vanguards and differing models of general practice (21mins 11secs)

Mayur believes the culture of general practice must change for millennials to step up to be partners (22mins 17secs)

Ben asks what needs to be different and Mayur responds (23mins 20secs)

Aisha believes GPs must be at the centre of describing a new future (24mins 12secs)