{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5eac750887dc7ce068895523/6a18635e8fd07475b57e8ccf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 54: Backstage with Amanda Doyle","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5eac750887dc7ce068895523/1781623413698-aa8a6e31-ef65-4d16-92b1-2b3cdc021f20.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>What really happens behind the scenes when NHS policy is made?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode, Nish speaks with<strong> </strong><a href=\"https://hsjsummit.hsj.co.uk/amanda-doyle\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dr Amanda Doyle</strong></a> OBE,<strong>&nbsp;National Director for Primary Care and Community Services for NHSE</strong>, to unpack how national decisions are actually negotiated, challenged, and delivered into frontline care.</p><p><br></p><p>From GP partner in a deprived practice to shaping national primary care policy, Amanda shares a rare inside view of leadership, pressure, and influence at the top of the system - and how it really works when ministers, money, and medicine collide.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><h2>⏱️ Timestamps</h2><p><br></p><p><strong>00:00 - Role overview</strong></p><p><strong>03:00 - Early life &amp; medicine</strong></p><p><strong>06:00 - Becoming a GP</strong></p><p><strong>09:00 - Life as a GP partner</strong></p><p><strong>13:00 - Leadership emerges</strong></p><p><strong>17:00 - Family &amp; career balance</strong></p><p><strong>21:00 - From local to national roles</strong></p><p><strong>26:00 - Imposter syndrome &amp; confidence</strong></p><p><strong>30:00 - National leadership reality</strong></p><p><strong>34:00 - Ministers &amp; policy</strong></p><p><strong>38:00 - Criticism &amp; scrutiny</strong></p><p><strong>42:00 - GP contracts &amp; access</strong></p><p><strong>46:00 - PCNs &amp; neighbourhoods</strong></p><p><strong>49:00 - Advice for future leaders</strong></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><h2>💡 Key Themes</h2><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Leadership often emerges, not planned</li><li>NHS decision-making is shaped by tight constraints</li><li>Clinical grounding matters at senior level</li><li>Policy is negotiation, not control</li><li>Opportunity comes from saying yes, not chasing titles</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><h2>🎧 Listen if you want to understand:</h2><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>How NHS decisions are really made</li><li>Primary care and GP contract politics</li><li>Leadership at national level in healthcare</li><li>Real-world career progression in medicine&nbsp;</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><h2>💡 Follow Next Gen GP:</h2><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Sign up to the <a href=\"bit.ly/NGGPbulletin\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>monthly newsletter</strong></a> to learn how to join one of our funded GP leadership programmes coming soon</li><li><a href=\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/next-generation-gp-030598398/?originalSubdomain=uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LinkedIn</strong></a></li><li><a href=\"https://x.com/NextGGP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Twitter/X</strong></a></li></ul>","author_name":"Nish Manek"}