3,000 to 600,000 patients – how the UK’s biggest primary care provider was born, with Dr. Hasnain Abbasi

We speak to Dr. Hasnain Abbasi, Clinical Director and founder of AT Medics, who reveals how he and his co-founders started what is today the biggest primary care provider in the UK, the challenges since its 2004 inception, how technology has played a key role in growth, their merger with Operose Health and response to media criticism, and a look ahead to the next 10 years in primary care.

 

Timings:

01:44 How did AT Medics start?

10:48 How did you learn how to run a GP practice?

17:30 What state have the practices been in when you’ve acquired them?

21:50 What are the first things you change at a new practice?

24:45 What are the biggest challenges of growing AT Medics?

32:00 Achievements of AT Tech

42:30 What did you merge with Operose Health?

48:10 Is any of the criticism you’ve received from the press justified?

54:10 Driving change in the NHS – exciting or scary?

1:01:52 What do the next 10 years of primary care look like in the UK?

1:04:30 Why should you join AT Medics/Operose Health?