With UK patients used to free or 'no-cost' healthcare services on the NHS, introducing a level of payment introduces a new dynamic for clinicians.
In an NHS setting, patients often enter the room with a sense of entitlement (despite making no direct financial contribution) - and so private sector charge introduces a new dynamic.
And whilst collecting payment for a consultation might be straightforward enough, private consulting introduces other challenges, such as:
Learning how to handle this dynamic is a fresh challenge for GPs. Our clinical team at FastTrack GP are on hand to provide you with training and support as you start your career and transition to offering services within the private sector.
Additionally, as a Franchisee, we'll help you deliver all of the necessary ongoing training and support to your clinicians and administrators to ensure that your practice remains complaint and safe - whether this be the latest handwashing guidance, or how to safely store immunisations.
We're experts in delivering high-class private GP services. As a FastTrack Partner you'll be equipped with the FastTrack Practice Suite - everything you need to build and operate a successful private GP service.
As a starting point, you'll need a to be fully qualified GP with good clinical experience. You'll need to make a financial commitment for at least 12 months and you'll need to demonstrate that you have what is takes to build a practice from the ground up. You'll also need to source and pay for a premises - although we can help you with this.