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Ben talks to Dr Maureen Baker, Chair of the Royal College of General Practitioners about the future of collaborative working and the role of General Practice in the integration agenda. In a wide-ranging discussion following the recent publication of an RCGP report on the subject, she also touches on the GP Forward View, the future of the GP partner model and the idea of practices working at scale.

Show Notes

Maureen explains the rationale behind the RCGP report on collaborative working (43secs)

The report exists for GPs, CCGs or any local body leading integration (1mins 42secs)

The role of GP, as expert medical generalist, is pivotal to integration (2mins 25secs)

GPs don’t need to drive integration – but it won’t work without them (3mins 18secs)

Is “integration” just another burden for GPs? (4mins 49secs)

The support that practices should be given to enable integration (6secs 30secs)

The synchrony between this report and the General Practice Forward View (7mins 07secs)

Good evidence about new roles including practice based pharmacists (8mins 09secs)

The role of mental health workers in General Practice (9mins 14secs)

What will integration mean for the traditional model of General Practice? (11mins)

A range of differing models (13mins 16secs)

Will all practices need to get bigger? (13mins 42secs)

Building on the strengths of General Practice (14mins 14secs)

One size doesn’t fit all (15mins 31secs)

Maureen’s advice for practices (15mins 59secs)

Making integration work is dependent on local issues (16mins 40secs)

What’s in it for our practice and our health economy (17mins 44secs)

The RCGP report entitled The Future of Collaborative Working can be found here.