Wessex LMCs Podcasts

Wessex LMCs Joint CEO Dr Laura Edwards talks to BBC Radio Solent about the significant threat to GP Practices with the rise in National Insurance contributions. Laura also highlights the existing financial pressures General Practice is already facing. You can read the accompanying online article featuring Wessex LMCs Joint CEO Dr Andy Purbrick 'Surgeries on 'precipice' ahead of tax hike, says GP'...

Wessex LMCs Joint CEO Dr Andy Purbrick talks to BBC Radio Solent (Dorset) about the huge potential threat the increase in National Insurance contributions will have to General Practice. Andy also highlights the other pressures facing General Practice including the workload crisis. You can read the accompanying online article 'Surgeries on 'precipice' ahead of tax hike, says GP' here: https://www.b...

In this podcast, Dr Andy Purbrick, Joint CEO at Wessex LMCs talks with: Dr Richard Hiskins, GP working in SWAG Cancer Alliance Dr Richard Roope, Wessex Rapid Investigation Service GP Kelly Spiller, head of faster diagnostics and Wessex Cancer Alliance They discuss: What is a Cancer Alliance? The evolution of NSS pathways The referral process: who can refer, how, and what pre-investigations are car...

Dr Andy Purbrick, Joint CEO at Wessex LMCs talks with the all age continuing care team at NHS Dorset to dispel some of the myths behind continuing health care, how the referrals process works and why it’s so important for patients.

Christopher Saunders (Patient) & Sarah Peters (Healthwatch) ask Dr Andy Purbrick (GP & Joint CEO, Wessex LMCs) the crucial questions that are at the front of so many people’s minds. Why can’t I ever see my own doctor? Why do I have to tell the receptionist what is wrong? Why are the surgery waiting rooms so empty? Listen in to a fascinating, honest and illuminating discussion.

Louise Greenwood (Director of Education and Training, Wessex LMCs) talks to Matt Perkins and Jayne Tabor , two of Wessex LMCs’ Practice Manager Supporters about the benefits of spending time with like-minded managers. It can be a huge benefit to sit down and share the challenges of the job, share some wisdom and ask for advice from peers, whether this is at a formal Practice Manage meeting or an i...

In this podcast, Zoe Tobin (Nurse Advisor at Wessex LMCs) is kindly joined by Dr Camilla Janssen (Hampshire GP and Vice Chair & representative for the HIOW LMC), who has an interest in women’s health and has explored innovative ways of delivery in General Practice. Topics covered include: What are the current challenges in the delivery of women’s health in general practice for both the patient...

Listen to Wessex LMCs Joint CEO, Dr Andy Purbrick talking to Dr Jonathan Marks, Consultant Rheumatologist at UHD Hospital, as they discuss the latest guidelines around osteoporosis management and how GPs can put them into practice. Please find links mentioned in the podcast: Summary of main recommendations | NOGG Fracture Risk Assessment Tool Royal Osteoporosis Society - Better Bone Health for Eve...

Our Joint CEOs Dr Andy Purbrick and Dr Laura Edwards together discuss the impending reforms to Death Regulations that come into place next week. They will run through the need to knows and our website guidance and decision-making flowchart to help you navigate the process and the changes. See all the guidance and the flow chart here: Death Certification - Wessex LMCs

Does your practice have a visa sponsorship licence already?   Do you know what it is or why you might want one?   This podcast will persuade you to push this up your practice list of priorities as something to have in place! Listen now to find out why. Our Joint CEO and GP Dr Laura Edwards talks with a panel around visa sponsorship and how it impacts international graduates particularly around the...

In this episode Dr Edd Rendell speaks with Business Manager Jo Farnworth and GP Partner Dr John Robertson from Prince of Wales Surgery, Dorchester. They have found a new way of working which includes creating additional administration time and offering more prebookable appointments. This has led to a happier practice for staff and patients and them no longer requiring a duty doctor. We talk throug...

This Wessex LMCs podcast is about an organisation called the GPDF – or General Practitioners Defence Fund. In this podcast Dr Will Howard (Medical Director of Wessex LMCs) is joined by Dr Chris Castle, a GP Partner in Southeast Hants, Chair of Wessex LMCs Board and a Board member of GPDF. Chris and Will discuss what GPDF is, what it does and how it is funded, as well as how you might be able to ac...

Edd Rendell, talks to Dr Simon Wright, GP and Chair of the Dorset LMC, and Lisa Harding, about ‘Our Values’.  They discuss what the Values mean, why they are so important and how they apply to the work of the LMC. See more on our website here .

In this podcast Ed Kennedy who is a Managing Partner at the Wickham Surgery in Hampshire, reflects on his own personal experience of the challenges dispensing practices are currently facing and why these are occurring.  Ed also introduces his role with the Institute of General Practice Management (IGPM) and the support that is available for Dispensing Managers through this. With our Conference for...

Pertussis – the latest infectious disease to make the headlines, but also to cause real risk to the most vulnerable patients in our population. Listen to Dr Sanjay Patel, Consultant in Infections disease at Southampton Hospital talk Dr Will Howard, a Wessex LMCs Medical Director, about pertussis, what’s going on, how to recognise and treat it, and how we might minimise its future impact through pr...

In this podcast Zoe Tobin (previous Nurse Advisor) is joined by Angie Hack, Assistant Director of Nursing Programmes at the Queen's Nursing Institute, and Chair of the Association of Academic General Practice Nurse Educators. They discuss the ever-developing role of the General Practice Nurse in primary care. This podcast is aimed at GPNs, anyone interested in becoming a GPN and other members of t...

In this podcast our Nurse Advisor Zoe Tobin is joined by Emma Ray (Respiratory Nurse Specialist in General Practice & Clinical Practice Educator: Children and young people with Asthma HIOW) to discuss all things respiratory. They talk through effective paediatric asthma care in primary care, staff training and development, and resources and support for the practice team in the delivery of resp...

In this podcast Dr Laura Edwards discusses with Dr Katie Warburton and Dr Jo Hunter their work around health inequalities, and the surprising factor and difference that we can make with our approach as professionals in our daily work. Sometimes solving health inequalities can feel totally out of our reach, but Katie and Jo explain that by the way we approach our consultations, we can make a differ...

In this podcast, Jan Harley-Doyle from Lifestyle Options explains the importance of practices being aware of the ramifications of staff taking late retirement from the 1995 section of the NHS pension scheme. Please read the handout and share it with your colleagues to ensure that moving forward, all staff take their 1995 pension at a time that is most financially beneficial to them, taking into ac...

In this podcast, Zoe Tobin (previous nurse advisor) is joined by Julia O Mara and Julia Judd, trainers from J2S training, who provide valuable comprehensive training for HCAs in general practice for Wessex LMCs, to discuss the role of the HCA in general practice and will cover- Overview of the HCA role and role development Clinical supervision / Accountability and Delegation Extended roles, such a...

Laura Edwards and Sarah Cotton discuss Pharmacy First a new initiative that has been rolled out across the country. They discuss how the new service is going including what conditions are covered, the funding and some of the myths surrounding it. There are also some top tips of how to get the most from this service for your patients and what future developments there might be. Find out more here:...

Shared care is a term used within the NHS to describe the situation where a specialist doctor wishes to pass some of the patient’s care, such as prescription of medication, over to their general practitioner (GP). This is something that can be requested but the guidance for all medications is that this may only be done if the GP agrees. The GP will need to consider a number of factors to decide if...

Michelle Lombardi, Director of Primary Care, talks with Amelia Davis, Operational Service Lead at Malmesbury Primary Care Centre. They discuss how the General Practice Improvement Programme can help practices in development of the modern General Practice concept. Amelia explains what it has been like to undertake the programme in her practice and shares her learning with us. For more information s...

Dr Andy Purbrick (Joint CEO, Wessex LMCs) discusses the thorny issue of why a GP Partnership may consider handing back its contract and closing the practice, the implications, liabilities and practical considerations involved, and the potential alternatives to this Armageddon situation. Andy is joined by solicitors Robert McCartney (Hempsons) & Rachel Crean (VWV), Sally Sidaway ( Morris Crocke...

This podcast is exceptional in many ways. It is a deeply personal story of a family carrying out their mothers rather unique end of life wishes. We hear from Dr Julia Hempenstall about her professional and personal experience.