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Our Health Partnership (OHP) in Birmingham is one of the country’s largest super-practices. We’ve been following its progress since we began the podcast and this week we catch up again with Managing Director Mark Newbold. The organisation has grown again including a new locality in Shropshire. OHP is now recognised as a single entity for the purposes of CQC assessment and a single accounting system is in place with a single set of accounts. Mark explains how these milestones have been achieved and looks to the future and an integrated care system.

Show Notes

Mark summarises the previous six months progress (43secs)

The super-practice is now 42 practices – including a group from Shropshire (1min 36secs)

How the addition of a new locality has changed things (3mins 09secs)

Has the central team grown? (4mins 21secs)

Self-sufficient with £1m of funding from practices (5mins 44secs)

The challenge of working across two STP footprints (7mins 53secs)

Has OHP stopped growing? (9mins 7secs)

A single entity for the CQC (10mins 40secs)

Will the CQC still visit practices? (12mins 48secs)

Peer support around quality (14mins 12secs)

A single accounting system and a single set of accounts (14mins 59secs)

The business plan for this year (16mins 58secs)

Engagement in the STP (18mins 10secs)

Developing an integrated services programme (19mins 17secs)

OHP leading on integrated care (20mins 46secs)

A stronger voice in the system (21mins 59secs)

Moving in a clear direction (23mins 59secs)

The future can be based on the independent GMS model (25mins 05secs)

REMEMBER: Mark is one of the speakers at our first General Practice Podcast LIVE Event. So if you want to hear more of Mark visit our website here for more information and to book tickets.