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Episode 31: General practice on the edge – a GP tells all

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This week Ben is in conversation with a GP whose story epitomises the stark and seemingly insurmountable challenges facing many GPs across the country. He is beset with recruitment difficulties, relentless patient demand, a serious fall in income and challenges to the very viability of his business. His story became one of the reasons that Ben formed Ockham Healthcare – to help practices create the head-room to find different ways of working.

Show Notes

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71.8624638077419">The problems of a small practice are described (51secs)
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25.74687084288706">Five adverts in search of a doctor (1mins 13secs)
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27.2374848859679">Locum costs threaten the viability of the surgery (1mins 31secs)
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40.80516126764516">Using head-hunters as a last resort (2mins 46secs)
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46.6858997160645">The business suffers – a £15,000 drop in profits (3mins 14secs)
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16.8153544948226">Unable to earn non-NHS income (3secs 44secs)
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43.3141761859032">GPs recruited but problems with the bank increase (4mins 01secs)
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45.3959854443872">The practice must change to survive (4mins 49secs)
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65.50896527219345">150 telephone appointments a day to maintain access (5mins 23secs)
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58.3636325551615">A working day that stretches from 6.30am to 9.30pm (6mins 19secs)
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69.2700022660322">Partners are hard to find (6mins 48secs)
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80.8709020019194">Considering scale as a way of making the business viable (8mins 10secs)
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81.39635353529032">The practice’s role in a federation (9mins 10secs)
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75.34348390043544">Investing in a federation (10mins 02secs)
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58.2571351644838">Expectations of being in a federation (10mins 45secs)
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99.6315060581128">The challenge of creating head room to turn things around (11mins 24secs)
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31.05971406509678">Ockham Healthcare’s Practical Steps programme has been designed to support practices facing
24.97045475480638">similar problems (11mins 44secs)
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37.55150773330645">If you’d like more information about Ockham Healthcare’s Practical Steps programme visit our
56.154731673806445">website here.  If you’d like to talk to someone about how the Practical Steps programme might help your practice please e-mail Ben Gowland at ben@ockham.healthcare

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