Utilise latest initiatives to your advantage
Understand how to hit your objectives
Learn from real-world examples of success
Soaring waiting lists and staff shortages don’t have to be the norm
When you’re swamped with work you can forget what day it is, never mind find the time to work out how to boost your practice services, relieve workload pressure and improve patient experiences. Considering the unprecedented challenges facing Primary Care Networks and GP practices right now, that is frustrating. You need a fast track to identify the initiatives that will cut your backlogs, relieve pressure on your team, ensure smooth running of your network and get patients treated fast.
Supporting your PCN or GP Practice to optimise opportunities
The NHS can be a minefield of jargon, acronyms and insider language. Navigating that language is tough enough. Utilising the various schemes, initiatives and funding opportunities to reduce workload burden feels out of reach entirely. That’s why, as an NHS Management consultant experienced in rolling out NHS programmes and devising best practice solutions, I offer a 12-month support programme to help you make the most of the Direct Enhanced Service (DES) and the Investment and Impact Fund (IIF) through regular workshops, coaching and consultation time designed to fast-track your success.
What’s included:
- Quarterly workshop and review for your team
- 1-2-1 coaching time
- Planning and management consultation
- Process mapping and tracking of progress against targets and objectives
- Process templates
- Ongoing updates on projects and ideas for you to consider
- Same-day email and telephone support
Take the pressure off and start making progress toward your goals
Whether you’re running a rural GP practice or a sprawling urban PCN, our workshops are designed to guide you through the forest of legislation straight to the heart of what you need to be doing. With more than 18 years experience as an NHS Management Consultant I’ve worked with dozens of clients including PCNs, GP Federations and many General Practices. I’ve devised foolproof best practice techniques to cope with rising waiting lists and an overworked team.
Ready to make real progress?
Have a sustainable organisation that leaves patients delighted
Our workshops are ideal for:
If you’re struggling to identify your main areas of focus, what your priorities are and how you’re going to achieve them, we can help. Our workshops cover every aspect of NHS primary care management. We can show you what GP practices and PCNs in your shoes have done and introduce the structures you need to make this happen so you can refine your practice development ideas, focus on operational capabilities and devise realistic plans to meet your objectives.
Case Study For Primary Care Warwickshire Ltd
With changes to General Practice and the way the NHS worked, it was recognised that a GP federation was needed across NHS Warwickshire North CCG to serve the 183,000 patient population there and ensure a model of primary care for the future. Scott McKenzie helped establish and nurture a Primary Care Network that is now a thriving £multi-million business delivering excellent services for its community.
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Ready to move your GP practice, PCN or GP Federation forward?
It’s time to stop feeling helpless and confused about how you can make headway with your practice. Get the tools to feel empowered to hit your objectives, cut your waiting lists and deliver patients the treatment they deserve.
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