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Regular listeners will remember Paula Wright from Episode 117 when she talked to Ben about GP learning groups. In this episode Paula (who is a GP in the North East of England and GP tutor for Newcastle, Health Education England – North East team) highlights the retained GP scheme, designed to keep GPs who are at risk of leaving, in the workforce. Paula explains how the scheme works, the financial support for both GPs and practices, the application process and much more.

Show Notes

Paula explains her involvement in the scheme (1min 02secs)

The retained GP scheme explained (1min 33secs)

Creating posts specific to individuals who might otherwise leave (2mins 42secs)

Financial support for both GPs and practices (3mins 58secs)

Making it worthwhile for practices (5mins 22secs)

Making it worthwhile for GPs (6mins 05secs)

The eligibility criteria (7mins 01secs)

Defining “at risk of leaving” (7mins 48secs)

The application process (8mins 57secs)

Could practices be generally “approved” to take retained GPs? (9mins 39secs)

No additional GP locum work (11mins 15secs)

Building an effective job plan (12mins 11secs)

Individual job plans including mentoring time and CPD (13mins 56secs)

Is there the potential for resentment towards retained GPs (15mins 19secs)

Finding out more (16mins 20secs)

Ben explains more about the flexibility of the scheme (17mins 36secs)

The NHS England guidance on the scheme can be found here

The Retention Scheme FAQs can be found here

The BMA guidance for the scheme can be found here

Paula’s YouTube video on the scheme can be found here