Robert Varnam's guest appearances

Robert Varnam

The General Practice Podcast

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Ben Scott

James Morrow

Mark Newbold

Steven Williams

Gary Hughes

Sarah Kay

Rebecca Rosen

Rebecca Thomas

Paul Gordon

Judy Oliver

Paul Deffley

Ben Gowland

Nick Sharples

Clare Allcock

Tara Humphrey

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In this episode  Primary Care Innovator and Executive Coach from England, Dr. Robert Varnam shares his insights into what is needed to unleash greater potential in primary care.Dr. Robert Varnam is a general practitioner (GP) in inner city Manchester, a strategist for change and a leadership coach. His background is in researching and leading quality improvement. Over the last decade, he has been a leader at the forefront of National Health Service, England policy for integrated care, primary care transformation and improvement leadership. Most recently he worked as national Director of Primary Care Improvement at NHS England and NHS Improvement. Currently he provides hands-on support to leaders, particularly in health care and community development. He remains passionate about supporting leaders and teams to improve what they do without working harder with interest both in small and large scale change.A few of his noteworthy accomplishments include:• Leadership across Manchester, helping to catalyze partnerships between the NHS and local government for public health.• At the University of Manchester, he worked in the National Primary Care Research &amp; Development Centre. His research focused on staff wellbeing, quality of care and patient safety, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. He helped establish a new system of research governance in the University. • At the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement he helped create and deliver new QI programmes for general practice, improving safety, quality and productivity. His role as an advisor to the English government on integrated care as part of the NHS Future Forum, and supported NHS England to create the support and assessment framework for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs).  He designed and led a new large scale change leadership programme for system leaders which was made available to every CCG. At the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) he led developments in policy, practice accreditation, quality awards and establishment of the Royal College of General Practitioner Centre for Commissioning. • At NHS England he contributed to the NHS Five Year Forward, the General Practice Forward View and the NHS Long Term Plan. He established Time for Care, one of the world’s largest primary care innovation programmes, overseeing new investment of £130m pounds.robertvarnam.coach

In this episode  Primary Care Innovator and Executive Coach from England, Dr. Robert Varnam shares his insights into what is needed to unleash greater potential in primary care.Dr. Robert Varnam is a general practitioner (GP) in inner city Manchester, a strategist for change and a leadership coach. His background is in researching and leading quality improvement. Over the last decade, he has been a leader at the forefront of National Health Service, England policy for integrated care, primary care transformation and improvement leadership. Most recently he worked as national Director of Primary Care Improvement at NHS England and NHS Improvement. Currently he provides hands-on support to leaders, particularly in health care and community development. He remains passionate about supporting leaders and teams to improve what they do without working harder with interest both in small and large scale change.A few of his noteworthy accomplishments include:• Leadership across Manchester, helping to catalyze partnerships between the NHS and local government for public health.• At the University of Manchester, he worked in the National Primary Care Research &amp; Development Centre. His research focused on staff wellbeing, quality of care and patient safety, using both qualitative and quantitative methods. He helped establish a new system of research governance in the University. • At the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement he helped create and deliver new QI programmes for general practice, improving safety, quality and productivity. His role as an advisor to the English government on integrated care as part of the NHS Future Forum, and supported NHS England to create the support and assessment framework for clinical commissioning groups (CCGs).  He designed and led a new large scale change leadership programme for system leaders which was made available to every CCG. At the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) he led developments in policy, practice accreditation, quality awards and establishment of the Royal College of General Practitioner Centre for Commissioning. • At NHS England he contributed to the NHS Five Year Forward, the General Practice Forward View and the NHS Long Term Plan. He established Time for Care, one of the world’s largest primary care innovation programmes, overseeing new investment of £130m pounds.<a href="https://robertvarnam.coach/coaching/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">robertvarnam.coach</a>

Unleashing the Potential of Primary care w/ U.K. Physician Quality Leader - Dr. Robert Varnam

Robert Varnam almost needs no introduction. He is a GP in Manchester and Head of General Practice Development at NHS England. He will be known to most people in general practice for his work around the national Time for Care Programme. In his second visit to the General Practice Podcast he talks to Ben about the development of Primary Care Networks and how the learning needs of PCN clinical leaders might be identified and met. Show Notes Robert describes the recent changes to his role – focussing on improvement (58secs) The introduction of Primary Care Networks (1min 54secs) Variations in the progress of PCNs (3mins 28secs) How delivering “improvement” to general practice is impacted by PCNs (4mins 44secs) Establishing the PCN – a collaborative opportunity (6mins 54secs) Making the best use of the development resources available (8mins 32secs) Networks using expert facilitation to support development (10mins 24secs) Developing the PCN clinical directors – a collective approach to leadership (12mins 40secs) The value of investing in leaders (14mins 30secs) A network of networks (15mins 04secs) Establishing the learning needs of clinical directors (15mins 44secs) Working with peers (17mins 29secs) Practical resources for networks (18mins 57secs) Contacting Robert (20mins 05secs) The website Source4Networks can be found here Robert can be contacted directly at robert.varnam@nhs.net The first podcast we ran with Robert can be accessed  here

Robert Varnam almost needs no introduction. He is a GP in Manchester and Head of General Practice Development at NHS England. He will be known to most people in general practice for his work around the national Time for Care Programme. In his second visit to the General Practice Podcast he talks to Ben about the development of Primary Care Networks and how the learning needs of PCN clinical leaders might be identified and met. Show Notes Robert describes the recent changes to his role – focussing on improvement (58secs) The introduction of Primary Care Networks (1min 54secs) Variations in the progress of PCNs (3mins 28secs) How delivering “improvement” to general practice is impacted by PCNs (4mins 44secs) Establishing the PCN – a collaborative opportunity (6mins 54secs) Making the best use of the development resources available (8mins 32secs) Networks using expert facilitation to support development (10mins 24secs) Developing the PCN clinical directors – a collective approach to leadership (12mins 40secs) The value of investing in leaders (14mins 30secs) A network of networks (15mins 04secs) Establishing the learning needs of clinical directors (15mins 44secs) Working with peers (17mins 29secs) Practical resources for networks (18mins 57secs) Contacting Robert (20mins 05secs) The website Source4Networks can be found <a href="http://www.source4networks.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> Robert can be contacted directly at robert.varnam@nhs.net The first podcast we ran with Robert can be accessed <a href="https://ockham.healthcare/episode-one-hundred-robert-varnam-view-from-the-top/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> here</a>

Robert Varnam – developing PCNs and their clinical leaders