New to Partnership Training Bursary
The new to partnership scheme has an attached £3,000 bursary attached to it for new partners. It's meant to teach new partners the non-clinical skills that should serve them well in their new role. It requires you to pay for the course, and then NHS England will pay your practice back on your 1 year anniversary of being a partner. There are several options available that I'm aware of, listed below.
The very useful website helping doctors with their financial affairs are bringing out a course, all online with 11 webinars over 12 months. Each webinar is half a day, it will be all recorded in case you miss it. My only gripe is that it costs the full bursary which seems a bit steep for an online webinar series.
Very similar to the money medics one, it too costs the full bursary amount. This one involves a mix of virtual and face to face meetings. They say the course will be structured around the 3 pillars of leadership, strategy and operations. I don't have much knowledge of Qualitas but it seems that they provide consultancy services and they also help GP practices get more efficient.
Practice Managers UK is an organisation that helps practice managers and non-clinical staff in primary care. What is good about what they are offering is that it is modular. If you feel you know enough about finance but would like some information on human resources, then you can just do that module. Each module costs £125 so you can do all modules if you want with money to spare.
Delivered by the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), this is a post-grad qualification teaching that aims to teach candidates primary care management at scale. It states it is £2,800 + VAT but if you contact them, they will do it for the £3,000 bursary. One bonus is that it counts as 60 academic credits which with further study, will lead to a masters degree. One potential negative is that none of the tutors appear to be GPs (but that could be seen as a positive).
Getting a qualification in a related field may be useful. You won't get much for £3,000 at most universities but some of the PGCerts at the open university fall in that price range. Hard to know how useful it could be but a bit atypical and you'll get a proper qualification out of it (with letters after your name).
Coaching
Coaching is a bit of foreign concept to doctors but in corporate fields, it's used for professional development and advancement. The emphasis in coaching is on self-awareness and taking responsibility for yourself and your life. I don't know how much it costs but I'm sure you could organise a coach for £3,000. One that was recommended was Fiona Day, who was a public health consultant and seems to have glowing reviews.
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