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When 87 practices get together to work at a truly mammoth scale, what benefits can accrue? How does communication work and what problems can occur? Ben talks to John Tacchi, CEO of Birmingham Integrated General Practice (BIG Practice) and finds out whether BIG is beautiful.
Show Notes
John describes what BIG Practice is (49secs)
The difference between BIG and a federation (1min 16secs)
Super partnerships and how they form (2mins 10secs)
Single entity within a joined entity (2mins 57secs)
BIG is a company limited by shares (3mins 14secs)
One entity for your clinical business and one entity for the provider business (4mins)
How big is BIG? (5mins 36secs)
The relationship between BIG and Our Health Partnership, the “clinical business” in Birmingham (6mins 11secs)
How does the funding work? (6mins 46secs)
What is BIG taking on? (7mins 06secs)
Forming a buyer’s club (7mins 40secs)
Setting up a locum service (8mins 04secs)
Retaining GPs (9mins 15secs)
Links with commercial companies (9mins 41secs)
Savings from operating at scale (10mins 35secs)
Support for practices with challenges (11mins 19secs)
The end of the “single-hander”? (12mins 35secs)
How BIG focus on education and learning (13mins 14secs)
Building partnerships or supporting competition? (14mins 02secs)
The early lessons (14mins 56secs)
How do you engage 87 practices? (15mins 32secs)
More information and the videos mentioned in the podcast are available at www.bigpractice.co.uk
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