Podcast - Pramit Patel & Katherine Saunders - Innovative PCN

The General Practice Podcast

In another of our series focused on Primary Care preparations for Integrated Care System (ICS) go-live in July and working alongside partners both old and new, we speak to Alliance for Better Care (ABC) Chair, Surrey Heartlands ICS Primary Care Leader and PCN Clinical Director Dr Pramit Patel, and ABC CEO Katherine Saunders, on the role of GP federations, and how they can both support and springboard practices and networks in making the most of the opportunities available in the new world. From establishment of meeting forums and well-balanced structures, to managing and maintaining effective communication across much wider remits, and the role of federations going forwards, ABC offer a best practice view of where we should be challenging our energies over the coming weeks and months, in the lead up to ICS launch.

Meeting Pramit (17 secs)

Introducing Katherine (44 secs)

The ICS / Primary Care Leader role (1 min 7 secs)

Executive Structure (2 mins 12 secs)

Reaching consensus across a large area; meetings and formal structures (2 mins 56 secs)

Summarising the existing setup (5 mins 28 secs)

How does engagement work, particularly at place level? (6 mins 14 secs)

A lone GP voice in the room? (7 mins 37 secs)

Getting a sense of how other parts of the system view general practice (8 mins 33 secs)

External perceptions of Primary Care (9 mins 41 secs)

How does the federation work to support general practice operations within the ICS? (10 mins 38 secs)

The role of the federations in the ‘new world’ (11 mins 56 secs)

Joint working between federations (12 mins 53 secs)

What should the objectives be for general practice, moving forwards? (14 mins 19 secs)

Communication of the positive possibilities (15 mins 49 secs)

What differences will we see and what impacts will we feel at ICS go-live? (17 mins 41 secs)

Readying practices, networks, and federations ahead of July (19 mins 23 secs)

Pramit’s top tips for others (20 mins 32 secs)

Advice from Katherine (21 mins 44 secs)

Further resources, support, and information, as advised by Pramit and Katherine, can be found within the dedicated Primary Care NHS Confederation webpage here

Katherine and Pramit are happy to speak to anyone who would like to learn more about the Surrey Heartlands / Alliance for Better Care journey towards integrated care. Please visit the ABC website for information and contact points.