The Future of Primary Care – latest episode of Healthy Conversations Podcast with Dr Kathy McLean
The latest episode of our podcast series Healthy Conversations with ICB Chair Dr Kathy McLean is now available.
The podcast will now feature experts from across the new cluster system of Derby and Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire (DLN).
The latest episode takes a deep dive into primary care, thinking about where it fits into the ten year plan, how we can motivate the workforce and the opportunities and challenges for the coming year.
Her guests this week are: Clive Newman, Derby and Derbyshire ICB Director of Primary Care, Dr Sunil Hindocha, Medical Director, Lincolnshire ICB and Dr Stephen Shortt, Deputy Medical Director, Nottinghamshire and Nottinghamshire ICB.
In this podcast series, Kathy talks to people working in a range of organisations across the DLN system from hospitals to the local authority and voluntary sector. Kathy leads discussion on the challenges and opportunities of providing healthcare, what’s already working well and how best we can work together to improve our population’s health.
Subjects in this podcast include access to general practice, stewardship, examples of best practice and the role of Primary Care Networks.
Kathy says: “Primary care is at a critical point in its history with potential for the future. We don’t have to reinvent, we can share things across the cluster. We have to give people hope that it can be achieved.”