#260 The Nature of Leadership with Dr Nick Merrifield

The Business of Healthcare Podcast with Tara Humphrey

Please be introduced to our latest Best Practice / Business of Healthcare podcast guest Dr Nick Merrifield; GP, Clinical Director, Federation Director, father, violinist, runner, and cyclist (amongst other things)!

Nick is a total breath of fresh air at (what can often feel like) a truly testing time for Primary Care and his infectious positivity and firm belief in the PCN agenda really shone through in this episode - and I am so happy he agreed to be interviewed.

Our conversation covered the following topics:

• Nick’s views on the Primary Care Network construct
• What Nick believes the future might hold for PCNs, at-scale working and Integrated Neighbourhood Teams
• The local Primary Care projects that Nick and his team are involved in
• Nick’s approach to leadership and management, and what the New Malden and Worcester Park Primary Care Network workforce looks like
• The value of great communications and engagement
• All about Nick’s personal motivations and what drives him as a Clinical Director

Enjoy!

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I’m Tara Humphrey and I’m the founder of THC Primary Care, a leading healthcare consultancy. I provide project and network management to Primary Care Networks and consulting support to clinical leads. To date, I’ve worked with 11 Training Hubs and supported over 120 Primary Care Networks and 3 GP Federations. I understand and appreciate the complexity of healthcare and what it takes to deliver projects across multiple practices.

I have over 20 years of project management and business development experience across the private and public sector and have an MBA in Leadership and Management in Healthcare. I’m also published in the London Journal of Primary Care and the author of over 250 blogs.

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