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Mark Spencer is a GP from Fleetwood with what he describes as a portfolio career; as well as being a GP he is Medical Director of an urgent care provider, clinical lead for primary care transformation across his local STP and involved in NHS Collaborate – a primary care leaders network. In this episode Mark outlines his vision of a new model for general practice within a wider, collaborative primary care environment with the aim of empowering local communities. He also explains how NHS Collaborate can support primary care leaders who are engaged in making such change happen.

Show Notes

Mark’s portfolio career (53secs)

Mark reflects on the future for the current model of general practice (1mins 46secs)

Mark’s vision of a collaborative future for general practice working with other agencies (3mins 48secs)

Size allows for small enough teams but large enough skill mix (5mins)

Moving away from illness to wellness and hope (6mins 07secs)

Empowering communities (8mins 19secs)

A wider role for general practice (9mins 14secs)

How can general practice cope with this bigger role? (10mins 05secs)

A practical example of empowering a patient (11mins 12secs)

Enabling the scale of change that is needed (12mins 41secs)

A role for NHS Collaborate (14mins 38secs)

Taking risks to move from A to B (15mins 26secs)

NHS Collaborate offers support for “brave” leaders (16mins 29secs)

Finding out more (17mins 31secs)

The NHS Collaborate website is available here

You can contact Mark directly at mark.spencer1@nhs.net