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This week sees the return to the General Practice Podcast of Tara Humphrey, Managing Director of THC, a group of project managers who aim to influence and support positive change in primary care. With the introduction of new roles into Primary Care Networks many are asking detailed questions about how to guarantee successful implementation and ensure the people in the new roles are happy, effective and want to stay. In this episode Tara answers those questions.

Tara updates her role since she last appeared on the podcast in 2017 (0:48)

The new roles (1:21)

Clinical Fellowships (1:56)

Is this new role needed and why? (2:43)

Should we just use the guidance that exists? (3:20)

The practical considerations of introducing a new role (4:14)

What makes an organisation introduce new roles effectively? (5:13)

Networks making new roles feel integrated (6:16)

Host practices? (7:20)

Evolving roles and flexibility (8:00)

Developing a workforce plan (8:58)

Overcoming resistance to new roles (9:53)

Setting realistic expectations (10:59)

The value of ongoing communication (13:02)

Practically introducing link workers (13:50)

The challenge of introducing new roles to networks (15:02)

Look at the precedents (16:03)

Focus on the here and now and then develop a clear vision (17:07)

Meaningful measurement of outcomes (18:04)

Other resources (19:13)

Find out more about Tara and the work she does via her website which is here