The tables are turned and Ben Gowland is interviewed about his latest White Paper, “Five Years to the End of General Practice?”.

The White Paper, which makes three recommendations designed to protect the future of General Practice, is underpinned by in-depth interviews with GPs and a survey of GPs across the country.

Show Notes

Ben begins to describe how he feels the urgency of the GP crisis has been underplayed (1min 03secs)

Does anyone really understand General Practice? (2mins 10secs)

Should GPs just “shut up and get on with it?” (3mins 10secs)

The true complexity of the problems (4mins)

A single top down solution won’t work (5mins 15secs)

The government haven’t yet got the answer – and seven day opening is not the solution (6mins 9secs)

The Ockham Healthcare recommendations (6mins 50secs)

Clinical leadership out of commissioning and into the integration agenda (8mins 30secs)

Is it the end for General Practice? (9mins 49secs)

What would the collapse of General Practice mean? (10mins 15secs)

Adequate resourcing for the NHS – with no strings attached (10mins 44secs)