Leading Primary Care Tales from the Leadership Hikers

‘I am truly delighted to be recommending this book and suite of resources to you – I trust that you will find them as inspiring and thought provoking as I have done’Prof Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard DBE PhD FRCGP FLSWChair of the Academy of Medical Royal CollegesThis new book of leadership narratives fleshes out the reality of working to achieve change in primary care and will be relevant to a wide primary care audience, empowering both clinicians and non-clinicians to recognize and use their leadership qualities. The book draws together stories from a wide range of primary care practitioners who work at different levels from junior to senior, and both in practice and at scale, to show how they used their leadership in primary care, the difficulties they faced and the lessons they learned. To maximize the insights the reader might gain, to each contribution the editors have added their own thoughts on the leadership story and what the wider community can learn, referencing back to the editors'' companion book The Leadership Hike rather than repeating the theory.Key FeaturesTransforms theoretical leadership principles into practical applications through real-life experiences in contemporary primary careAppeals to individuals at all stages of training and practice by offering real-world examples from a diverse array of primary care professionals.Addresses a wide range of subjects to empower a cross-section of the primary care team.Highlights areas of significant change within the primary care workforce, motivating current and future leaders to shape the future.Encourages self-reflection through thought-provoking questions, prompting readers to apply the lessons in their own leadership journeys.Complementing the book, podcast interviews with the authors can be found at https://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/mod/page/view.php?id=13316.When read independently or in conjunction with The Leadership Hike, this is an ideal reference for all members of the team, clinicians and non-clinicians alike, and is particularly relevant to GP trainees and trainers following the introduction of leadership and quality improvement as part of the licensing qualification for general practice (MRCGP).