The SHaRP Focus Podcast

Thanks for joining us for another podcast focusing on primary care! In this episode, we speak with the fabulous Heather White about her roles as the practice manager for two surgeries, Helmsley Medical Centre and Terrington Surgery, and as the lead manager for the South Hambleton and Ryedale Primary Care Network. Heather walks us through her multifaceted career, offering a behind-the-scenes look a...

Our guest for this episode is Dr Frances Butler. Dr Butler is the Advanced Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist in Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Respiratory Outpatients and Head of Allied Health Professional (AHP) Research for the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We talk with Dr Butler about her work in pulmonary rehab and respiratory outpatient as well as the research s...

In this episode, we discuss the Urgent Care Service or UCS that is part the South Hambleton and Ryedale Primary Care Network (SHaR PCN). Dr. William Robertson talks us through the development and structure of the UCS that serves the remote area of South Hambleton and Ryedale in North Yorkshire. Dr. Robertson is the Clinical Director of the SHaR PCN and has been instrumental in the formation and im...

In this episode, we speak with Rosie O'Connell, the Digital and Transformation Lead for the South Hambleton and Ryedale Primary Care Network (SHaR PCN). In 2024, the SHaR PCN received funding as participants of a two-year NHS Pilot Project designed to increase health care delivery and capacity in the primary care setting. Rosie is the key lead on the effort to plan and implement innovations SHaR h...

In this episode, we chat with Dr. Will Robertson, Clinical Director for the South Hambleton and Ryedale Primary Care Network (SHaR PCN), about the basics of Primary Care Networks (PCN), as well as the challenges and benefits. We discuss the unique South Hambleton and Ryedale region and the innovative services established by the SHaR PCN. We talk about how patients can get involved in their PCN and...