Next Generation GP

By Dr Nish Manek

The NHS’s new 10-Year Health Plan is a bold and sweeping vision – and for Next Generation GPs, it presents a real opportunity.

I was proud to contribute to the People Workstream of this plan, and what’s clear is this: GPs are no longer being seen as just part of the system – 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀.

Neighbourhood Health Services will only succeed with confident, values-driven leadership from general practice. That means clinical leaders who can bring people together across boundaries, design care around real patient needs, and steward resources in ways that are equitable and innovative.

Digital tools like AI scribes, shared care records and a transformed NHS App hold promise – but they need to be shaped by frontline insight. GP leaders have a vital role in ensuring these tools truly help both patients and clinicians.

We’ll also see more focus on personalised and preventative care – with care planning, risk stratification and community engagement at the centre. Once again, general practice is best placed to lead.

𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 – 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿. With NHSE being abolished and significant ICB headcount reductions, it’s hard to see where the capacity and clarity for implementation will come from. Many of the system enablers this plan relies on are, right now, in flux.

Still, for too long, health system leadership has been shaped largely by secondary care voices. This plan feels like a turning point.

 If we want an NHS built around people and communities, it must be led from where those relationships are strongest – 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲.

And the next generation of GP leaders is ready: full of purpose, energy and ambition to make that happen.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. 𝗟𝗲𝘁’𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱.