Listen "Taking a different approach to GP retention"
Episode Synopsis
This week Emma talks to GP Dr Lucy Henshall and healthcare consultant and former practice manager Penny Flack about their initiative Welcome Back to Work, which helps support GPs back into the workplace if they’ve had less than two years away.In this conversation they explain how Welcome Back to Work helps GPs, the importance of tailoring support to individual doctors, and why we need a much more flexible approach to GP retention than is currently available.They also talk about what GP practices can do to support GPs returning to work and those who may need more flexibility in the way that they work - and the benefits for both employers and doctors of doing this. And how they hope their approach could be scaled up to work across local healthcare systems – or even nationally – to help ensure experienced GPs are not lost to the NHS.Lucy and Penny primarily work in Suffolk but they also work with GPs in other parts of the country as well.This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina DeenUseful linksWelcome Back to Work website
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