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Tara Humphrey, our ‘almost’ resident Project Management expert supporting the development of Primary Care Networks and GP Federations, returns for a third episode in a series of podcasts covering the pandemic from a business and management perspective. This week Tara and Ben reflect on where they are up to in their own roles, within their own areas, with their focus shifting towards life after Covid and more traditional priorities – but with the added benefit and experience of the best practice that has taken place during recent times.

Introductions (0:14)

Drive through immunisations (1:14)

What has been happening in Tara’s world? (2:35)

Planning for life after Covid? (3:06)

Considering new priorities in a GP Federation schedule (4:06)

The Care Home challenge (4:56)

Modelling a new Care Home scheme (5:47)

Ben’s experiences of aligning care homes to practices and PCNs (6:46)

The network mindset (8:19)

Tara and Ben discuss the PCN DES more broadly (9:14)

Positive impacts as a result of the pandemic? (9:57)

Building on the positives; opportunities for further partnership working (11:01)

The theory of change and maintaining momentum (13:16)

Th effect of crisis working (14:43)

Learning lessons (15:27)

What’s next for Tara? (16:06)

…and for Ben? (16:58)

Find out more about Tara Humphrey:

• THC Primary Care https://www.thcprimarycare.co.uk/
• Listen to The Business of Healthcare Podcast with Tara Humphrey for a behind-the-scenes look at the business side of healthcare.
• Connect on Twitter and Linkedin