NextGen+ Reads

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  • What does the 10-year plan mean for GP Leaders?

    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…

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  • The Prestige of Being Busy

    By Dr Nish Manek Ask a leader how they are, and you’ll often hear: “Good… just busy.” It’s become our default setting- almost a badge of honour. But somewhere along the way, busy stopped being a description and became part of our identity. In medicine, where pressure and pace are constant, busyness can feel like proof of…

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  • “Next Gen Scotland: Inspiring Future GP Leaders”

    Our piece this week is from Dr Ros Morrin, a GP in Scotland and amazing leader of our Scottish Next Gen GP programme. Ros has been a tireless supporter of Next Gen, and recently ran a virtual programme in Scotland on almost no budget, with phenomenal feedback.

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  • Leadership Lessons: Rachel Steen

    Rachel Steen(GP trainee and Next Gen GP leader) joins us to talk about her leadership journey What role(s) do you hold at the moment? I’m Rachel and I am a GP ST3 in Sheffield. I do a number of things alongside clinical work. I run the Trailblazer GP scheme, supporting GPs working in areas of…

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  • Leadership Lessons: David Haslam

    “Regrets? I’ve got a few – haven’t you?” –David Haslam “What do you wish you had done differently?”  It’s such a great question, and a challenge that I was asked at one memorable Next Generation GP evening. It really set me thinking. Outside medicine the answers are relatively simple. The one that really bugs me…

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  • Leadership Lessons: Will Owen

    Will Owen (GP trainee and Next Gen GP leader) reflects on developing a ‘portfolio career’ as a trainee. “DEVELOPING A PORTFOLIO WORKING PATTERN I recently had the slightly surreal pleasure of being asked to share a few thoughts on setting up a ‘portfolio career’ for a short article in the BMJ. To be honest I’d never really made…

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