How Healthy is your Partnership?
Yes = score as shown
No = zero
| Question | Score |
|---|---|
| All partners meet regularly to discuss patients | 4 |
| Some partners meet regularly to discuss patients | 2 |
| All partners meet regularly (informally) with no agenda | 4 |
| Some partners meet regularly (informally) with no agenda | 2 |
| The partnership holds regular in-house cpd meetings | 2 |
| Some in-house cpd meetings have no visiting speaker | 4 |
| All partners attend the Christmas party | 2 |
| Each day, the Drs in the building will have coffee together | 6 |
| One or more partners are seen as less equal than the others | -2 |
| It is normal for a partner to offer help with over-runs / visits | 6 |
| Partners will offer support on hearing of a partner's complaint | 6 |
| Partners explicitly agree that we all practise differently | 4 |
| One or more partners resent a partner habitually leaving early | -6 |
| If a partner needs more med sec time, partners will take action | 4 |
| Partners always speak before "delegating" work to a partner | 4 |
| Staff used as go-between when work is delegated between partners | -6 |
| A Dr has felt the need to gather evidence about a partner's workload | -10 |
| The partnership holds awaydays | 4 |
| Awaydays are facilitated by someone outside the partnership | 6 |
| Do partners return from holiday with all their paperwork un-done? | -2 |
| Partners regularly jointly meet with receptionists and other staff | 4 |
| If a partner is off sick, they simply let the PM know | -2 |
| If a partner is off sick, they let a partner who is in, know first | 2 |
| All partners share in surgery buildings and other practice assets | 6 |
| Staff find one or more partners unapproachable | -4 |
Score:
More than 60 - you have excellent functioning as a partnership, well done!
Around 24 - you have adequate functioning, but it could improve!
Less than 10 - you are running into serious trouble and need to take action.
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