Transforming Primary Care Podcast
Primary care teams across the region are working hard to deliver improvements that not only make it easier and quicker for patients to get the help they need, but also reduce the pressure on staff.
Listen to primary care colleagues including GPs, practice managers, and community pharmacists explain why they are using new ways of working, how they are introducing them to staff and patients and why they are making a difference.
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The links below will take you directly to each of the 4 series of the podcast hosted on this page:
Series 4
Discussion topics for our fourth series include same day, urgent respiratory care in the run-up to winter, a discussion around frailty and how it is identified, innovative work in the management of menopause and perimenopause and an exploration of the benefits of online consultation.
S4 Episode 2: Modern General Practice – using online consultation
Series 4 of the Transforming Primary Care podcast continues with an exploration of online consultation, which practices are required to offer to patients during core hours from 1 October.
In this episode, Dr Tim Caroe, Medical Director for Primary Care Transformation in the NHS England South East region, is joined by a panel of GP and GP practice team colleagues sharing their experiences of introducing online consultation at their practices, including practical implementation advice.
For more information on online consultation within the modern general practice model visit the Modern general practice model section of the NHS England website.
S4 Episode 1: Same-day urgent respiratory care in the community – a breath of fresh air?
This discussion – chaired by head of primary care in the cross sector area in the North East and Yorkshire region, Liz Spice – covers the development and evolution of our acute respiratory infection hubs in our local communities, their importance during periods of high demand and the considerations involved when setting them up.
The panel – including Dr Cath Monaghan, Medical Director of the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board – also explores the role of ARI hubs in the NHS response to winter, their impacts in previous winters, and how they align with the key shift from hospital to community outlined within the 10-year plan.
With neighbourhood health being firmly on the horizon, what can we learn from those who have been pioneering respiratory care closer to home?
Series 3
Our third podcast series explores a range of topics that feature in the 10 year plan for England.
Subjects include a discussion around neighbourhood health, a deeper dive into the NHS App, a spotlight on work underway to deliver urgent dental care and an exploration of cardiovascular disease.
S3 Episode 4: Improving access to dental care services
The Department of Health and Social Care announced a renewed focus on dental care earlier this year, with a commitment to provide an additional 700,000 urgent dental care appointments during 2025/26.
Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean and Local Dental Network Chair Jason Atkinson chairs a panel of dentists and public health professionals to discuss the work already underway in the North East and Yorkshire region, which is providing better patient access to dental services.
S2 Episode 3: Cracking down on cardiovascular disease
In the UK there are currently about 7.2 million people diagnosed with cardiovascular disease, which amounts to about 10% of the population.
In this third episode of series three of the Transforming Primary Care podcast, Dr Jonathan Slade, GP and Medical Director for NHS England North East and Yorkshire, leads a discussion around the current focus on cardiovascular disease and the very real opportunities for prevention presented within primary care.
The panel includes consultant pharmacist Dr Rani Khatib, National Specialty Advisor for CVD Prevention at NHS England.
S3 Episode 2: The NHS App: Behind the front door
The NHS App features prominently in the 10 Year Health Plan for England as a front door to NHS services. In the second episode of the third series of the Transforming Primary Care podcast, a panel of NHS App Ambassadors plus guest speaker Dr Shanker Vijay, GP and digital transformation lead within the London region, talk about their amazing work advocating for the NHS App, helping people in our communities understand what they can access through this door and helping primary care teams better understand what lies behind it.
S3 Episode 1: Neighbourhood working and general practice
In this first episode of series three of the Transforming Primary Care podcast, recorded in June 2025, Queens Nurse and Churchill Fellow Sarah Monks is joined by panel of GPs and healthcare practitioners to discuss the concept of neighbourhood health including the role of integrated neighbourhood teams.
Find out about the community-based work already being delivered in the North East and Yorkshire region and hear about hopes for the future – including that neighbourhood working should feature prominently in the ambitions laid out in the 10 Year Plan for England.
Series 2
Topics include the multidisciplinary team within primary care and the wider community, how new ways of working are addressing health inequalities, triage techniques, and the benefits of new NHS services within community pharmacy.
S2 Episode 6: Managing Long Term Health Conditions within primary care
S2 Episode 5: Greener General Practice
S2 Episode 4: Modern General Practice – Top tips for successful triage
S2 Episode 3: NHS community pharmacy services – what are the benefits for practices and patients and how could they evolve?
S2 Episode 2: Addressing Health Inequalities: Do digital technologies make the difference?
S2 Episode 1: Creating the multidisciplinary team
Series 1
Our first podcast series was part of our wider Primary Care Month, where we showcased how, in the past year, teams across our region are making a difference.
Hear GPs, practice managers, programme team colleagues and pharmacists discuss the benefits of online GP registration, Pharmacy First, the NHS App and the modern general practice model for patients, GP practices and the wider NHS.
S1 Episode 4: What does Modern General Practice mean?
S1 Episode 3: Getting the most out of the NHS App
S1 Episode 2: Pharmacy First – reflections on the first 9 months
S1 Episode 1: What difference does a national registration service make?