The Business of Healthcare Podcast with Tara Humphrey

The Business of Healthcare Podcast in Partnership with Lantum Lantum is a workforce management software where you can schedule your workforce, find extra staff near you and shrink your admin load - all in one place. Used by 3063 practices and clinics across the country, Lantum is the tool that gives you transparency over your staffing and more efficiency in the way you manage it. This week on The...

I'm a big believer in making time for professional development. Continually learning and growing will help you be the best you can. It can be hard to find the time when the day job is so busy, which is why I wanted to share the ways I put time aside to read, listen and learn. Today I'm sharing how I am an audio learner and love to listen to build my knowledge. I talk about the areas I read about –...

Karen Middleton is the CEO of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. She was Chief Professions Officer at NHS England and Department of Health between 2007 and 2014. She then joined the CSP in 2014 and has been a regular commentator on health policy. I wanted to ask Karen on the podcast because of her honesty. She issued an apology to the organisation for a slow response to Black Lives Matter.  ...

Today I'm sharing my experiences of when Imposter Syndrome rears its ugly head – because it happens to me too. I share the times where it has been at it's worst for me: when I launched the Business of Healthcare Scholarship, when I meet people who inspire me and sometimes just when I'm walking on my own. But there are many things that I do to keep those voices at bay that I share with you today. I...

Nicholas Kelly is the Chairman and Co-founder of Axela – a company that combines healthcare technology and social care. At the time of recording, it is worth £5.1 million and has 1200 employees. Nick is a former RAF pilot and has worked for Apple and LinkedIn. Nick joins me for part two where we have pooled all of the business side of what Nick does. We talk about what goes into making a successfu...

Nicholas Kelly is the Chairman and Co-founder of Axela – a company that combines healthcare technology and social care. At the time of recording, it is worth £5.1 million and has 1200 employees. Nick is a former RAF pilot and has worked for Apple and LinkedIn. Nick joins me today to share what Axela are working on today and the new developments they have in the pipeline. He co-founded the company...

Dr Haidar Al-Hakim is former Chief Medical Officer (CMO), a Psychoanalyst, Ophthalmologist, Author and Podcast host. Haidar describes himself as an intuitive that has a passion for science, soul and spirit within people to help them. This is a very interesting and slightly different episode for you today. Haidar joins me to talk about people – how he works with them to discover what makes them tic...

When building a business or even establishing a new project or initiative, there are some things that you can do to help you have the best start. These are my insights and advice from the lessons I've learnt from building my own business. In this episode I share the importance of understanding the problem you are trying to solve and who you are trying to help. I talk about why you need to know who...

Rachael Crook is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lifted – who is a care provider that makes finding, organising, and managing care for your loved ones easier than ever, with industry leading technology. When Rachael's mum was diagnosed with dementia aged 56, she quit her job as a consultant to use her experiences of care and the power of technology to help others and make life better for families like h...

This episode will be particularly helpful to you if you are a Clinical Director working in a PCN. This episode will give you some tangible ways to use administrative support.   Having hired in the past and recently recruited a new PA, I am sharing ways I use the support including financial support, creating project action logs and personal tasks. I also share how I work with my PA and how I treat...

Chima Olugh is an award-winning pharmacist, Primary Care Commissioning Manager, Author, Speaker and Community Leader. Chima was also voted as one of the most outstanding Nigerian healthcare professionals in the UK in 2019. Chima joins me today to talk about the importance of relationships – what does a good relationship look like and how do you practically build and nurture them? We talk about how...

I often get approached by people because they would like to work with me, they have an opportunity for me or they are looking for some sort of partnership. And I find there are good ways and not so good ways those people go about asking me to work with them. In this episode, I share the best ways to approach others if you have a great opportunity for them. I share some commonly made mistakes. And...

Kris Maynard is the Founder, President and CEO of Glucose Revival, who are a medical technology company that make medical alert necklaces for people with type 1 diabetes. Kris is actually a Fire-fighter in his day job and is building his business in his own time for the love and the mission.   Kris joins me today to share why he started Glucose Revival and how he is growing his business to help ot...

This episode I give you a glimpse into life behind the scenes of The Business of Healthcare Podcast. I've been asked a couple of times how I edit it and how I decided on topics to cover so I thought why not create a podcast on how I create the podcast. I share the process I use for editing, recording and promoting the podcast, how I find guests to interview and how I decide on the topic for my sol...

Dr Mohan Sekeram is the Regional Clinical Lead for Person-Centred Care for the RCGP. He is a London Deanery Trainer; is the Locality Lead for East Merton CCG and he is a GP Partner. Mohan's work has set the gold standard for social prescribing and introducing Link Workers to primary care.   Mohan joins me today to talk about social prescribing. He shares what the difference is between social presc...

Working with clients this week I realised they were using the word 'hope' a lot. In this podcast episode I share how we can take action instead of 'hoping'. I share how it's important to make concrete plans, put actions in place, make sure communications are in place in order to mitigate the things we don't want to happen. This week I also talk about the importance of language, especially when we...

Jane Vance is a Pharmacy Technician and a Trainer for Dispex. Jane has a wealth of knowledge about dispensing practices and has come on the podcast to share with me exactly how dispensing practices work. Jane joins me to share how dispensing practices are like running a business within a business. She talks about the nurse-led culture of her practice, the impact Covid-19 has had on her practice an...

Sharing my best bits of my week and the lessons I've learnt – in this episode I talk about a great book to help you get to know your strengths and weaknesses. I share how important it is to sometimes say 'no' and it's also ok if someone says 'no' to you. And I also talk about the importance of friends and making sure we make time for them. "Sometimes people are going to say no to you, it's ok. You...

Tash the Medic is a Student Doctor and Mental Health Advocate with a huge social media following. At the start of lockdown she set up her social media accounts to document a day in the life of a student doctor and to talk about and breakdown the stigma around mental health. She now has over 6000 followers on Instagram. Tash joins me this week to share her experiences of using social media to help...

If you are trying to build trust or trying to develop a rapport with your team, client or colleagues, sometimes a structured agenda isn't always helpful. In this episode, I talk about the benefits of having a loose agenda to try and make your meetings more productive. We often think an agenda brings structure, but it can actual be a barrier. I share how sometimes loosening the reins can be very fr...

Dr Nav Chana has been a GP Partner for 29 years, has previously been the Chairman for the National Association of Primary Care, and is currently the Clinical Director for them and involved in projects currently running. Nav has a passion for education and training and has previously been Director for Education and Quality with Health Education England South London. It is an amazing privilege to ha...

In my experience, I have found that a positive mindset and a willing to think positively will get you far. So in today's episode, I share some of the key things that I do to keep me thinking positively and have the day I want to have – lots of them are inspired by the book 'How to Have a Good Day' by Caroline Webb. The steps I take include being prepared, affirmations, setting behavioural goals an...

This was recorded back in September 2019 before lockdown, but it has so much goodness we wanted to share this again.  Jemma Fairclough-Haynes is a Human Resources Specialist and the owner and CEO of Orchard Employment Law, a firm that provides valuable HR insights to help employers manage their staff more effectively. Jemma is a public speaker on topics surrounding HR, employment law, and related...

This is the second Tuesday episode in our new format, and I hope you are enjoying it. This Tuesday I'm talking about the importance of auditing your time. I know that you need to make time to fit an audit in, but it is so worth it in the long run. I share how to do it, how to use the data once you've done it and the best steps to take to make your workload more manageable. I also share what's been...

Clare Fuller is a Nurse and Lead Practitioner for Palliative and End of Life Care with over 30 years of experience in this area. She is a mum and yoga enthusiast and is also a good friend of mine, and I wanted to talk about this topic with a friend and someone I really trust because it's close to my heart. Clare joins me this week to share her experiences of working in End of Life Care. Unfortunat...