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Sandeep Kapur was a fullt-ime NHS GP but gave up his full-time role to join a private GP service called Qured, operating in Central and South West London. Sandeep became Qured’s Chief Medical Officer and in this episode he explains what made him move from an NHS partnership role. He explains the role that he believes the private sector should be playing within the healthcare system and describes what he thinks the NHS should be doing to work more closely with alternative providers. If you’d like to contribute to the debate then Tweet @benxgowland or e-mail him ben@ockham.healthcare

Show Notes

Sandeep explains his new role (42secs)

Why leave a practice after 14 years? Joining Qured (1min 02secs)

Sandeep feels his passion for primary care was not valued (2min 12secs)

What could the NHS have done to retain Sandeep? (2mins 48secs)

Access to “safe areas” for GPs (3mins 37secs)

Where do overwhelmed GP partners go? (4mins 01secs)

What do Qured do? (4mins 40secs)

Is there really a role for private healthcare? (5mins 22secs)

Doesn’t private healthcare create a two-tier health service based on ability to pay? (6mins 17secs)

Where does Qured work and who is involved? (7mins 30secs)

Diagnostic technology in the patient’s home (8mins 33secs)

How does this work with patient records? (9mins 57secs)

Do private companies drain the NHS pool of GPs? (10mins 56secs)

Is primary care more vulnerable to approaches from private healthcare? (11mins 53secs)

Sandeep’s personal view on the future of primary care (13mins 23secs)

Should the NHS be worried? (14mins 39secs)

What should the NHS be doing differently? (15mins 17secs)

Innovation driven by the private sector (16mins 14secs)

Contact Sandeep at sandeep@qured.com