June 1, 2021

Overwhelming patient demand – the elephant in the waiting room?

klinik_health_dev / June 1, 2021

Martin Eades is managing partner at Priory Medical Group primary care network, which serves almost 60,000 people across Yorkshire. The group has developed numerous award-winning patient initiatives, and is using Klinik software to power its prioryCARE online consultation system. A keen advocate of organisational development and process improvement, Martin seeks to identify and align individual strengths with service redesign to achieve optimal outcomes. …

"We understand our patients like never before. We now have data on the true demand we face in general practice. We have the tools to share that workload across the whole primary care network."

"Now we know what the demand is, we can see what changes need to be made, and we can manage expectation and optimise the journey for every patient. We can assign the right level of resources to deal with the enquiry, and use the most expensive resource where it’s most effective."

"We understand our patients like never before. We now have data on the true demand we face in general practice. We have the tools to share that workload across the whole primary care network."