Nick Harding Explained

Professor Nick Harding OBE BSc FRCGP FRCP HonMFPH DRCOG DOccMed[1] PGDIP (Cardiology) SFFLM,[2] born 21 December 1969, is a British general practitioner and Chief Medical Officer at Operose Health.

Education

Prof Harding qualified in medicine from the University of Birmingham in 1994. Before, during and after this time he undertook research in a number of areas which formed a basis for his future interest in continuous improvement of quality and safety in clinical settings.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Career

Harding has worked in inner-city Birmingham for more than 20 years. As a general practitioner and a medical educator, Harding has been an RCGP examiner and trainer for many years, involved in assessing national standards for general practice. He has held a number of national roles, including Senior Clinical Advisor to NHS England and NHS Improvement for RightCare and Integrated Care,[8] a member of the Health Education Advisory Group, member of the Nuffield Trust Leadership Panel[9] and co-chair of the Specialised Commissioning task force.[10] He is a member of the General Advisory Panel for the King's Fund. He has had a number of regional roles including being a member of the West Midlands Clinical Senate[11] and he carried out a role for the Birmingham Crematorium from 1999 to 2018.[12]

In 2015 he created and sourced funding from Health Education West Midlands to support delivery of a new type of Primary Care Leadership development programme for future GP leaders.[13] More than 120 GPs successfully completed this one-year programme.[14] This programme has been positively evaluated, and has been picked up nationally and implemented across England as the 'Next Generation GP' leadership programme. This has run 41 programs in 26 cities with more than 1,750 participants in 3 years, with further programmes planned using resource support from NHS England and other organisations. Learning from the programme has been featured in a range of publications and podcasts, including a 2017 paper in Innovait, an RCGP journal aimed predominantly at GP trainees.[15]

Harding has published a range of clinical papers on radiation safety, application of cost-benefit analysis, patient communication, and on the threat of measles for the British Journal of General Practice.[16]

Commissioning role

Harding was the Chair of the Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), which covers two local authority areas: the whole borough of Sandwell and the western part of the City of Birmingham.[17] The CCG is a membership organisation involving 99 GP practices serving around 547,400 patients across the area. It is broken down further into five Local Commissioning Groups – Black Country, Healthworks, ICoF, Pioneers for Health and Sandwell Health Alliance – that address the needs of the population on a local level. The CCG has won Health Service Journal CCG of the Year 2013[18] and 2015;[19] and General Practice Commissioners of the Year 2014.[20] It was rated as outstanding under NHS England's Improvement and Assessment Framework in 2016.[21]

Modality Partnership

He was a founding Partner in Modality Partnership[22] (formerly known as Vitality), which brings together 46 practices for almost 400,000 patients . The partnership has invested in technology so that patients are supported with advice from their healthcare team in a range of ways, including online, over the phone, on their mobile or by Skype.

This new type of super-partnership was referred to in the Kings Fund & Nuffield Trust's reviews of potential primary care models for the future[23] and became a vanguard new model of care (MultiSpeciality Community Provider).[24] [25] The partnership has worked to improve primary care integration and at-scale quality of care in general practice. It is widening this local model for integration with community, mental health and social care services. Professor Harding continues to retain his clinical practice.

Operose Health

Harding joined Operose Health as Chief Medical Officer, his current role, in August 2019.[26] Operose Health provides primary care, mental health and community services to patients across the UK and works with complex health systems to transform quality of care and patient experience.[27]

Honours

Harding was recognised with a Queen's award OBE in June 2015 for services to primary care,[28] [29] [30] and was awarded an honorary professorship from Aston University[31] [32] for his work in helping to establish the Aston Medical School. He was also named in the Health Service Journal top 100 clinical leaders of 2015,[33] 2016[34] and 2017.[35] He has an honorary Membership of the Faculty of Public Health and an honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians (June 2016).

Personal life and influences

Harding has supported charity work in Malawi, working with local communities to improve health through education and sustained development.[36] He attributes his interest in public health, patient safety and the provision of quality healthcare to his parents and grandfather, all of whom were in the medical profession. Harding's grandfather, Dr Colin Starkie, was the director of public health for Kidderminster[37] and worked with political leaders to introduce the Clean Air Act 1956.[37] His father, Dr Keith Harding, founded the Nuclear Medicine Department at Birmingham City Hospital in 1973.[38]

Harding has written a book on playing the guitar.[39]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: DOccMed. www.fom.ac.uk. 2016-10-13.
  2. Web site: Senior Fellowship | Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. www.fmlm.ac.uk.
  3. Taurine and its potential in the treatment of tinnitus . Harding NJ . Donaldson I . Davies WE . Aran JM . Dauman R . Tinnitus 91- proceedings of the 4th International Tinnitus Seminar . Amsterdam . Kugler . 123–126 . 1992.
  4. Thomson . WH . Harding . NJ . Mills . A . Warren . H . Harding . LK . Two waiting rooms or one? . Eur J Nucl Med. . 1989 . 15 . 570.
  5. What is the radiation hazard in nuclear medicine waiting rooms? . Harding . LK . Harding . NJ . Mills . A . Warren . H . Thomson . WH . Nuclear Medicine Communications . 10 . 252–253 . 1989.
  6. Harding. L. K.. Harding. N. J.. Warren. H.. Mills. A.. Thomson. W. H.. The radiation dose to accompanying nurses, relatives and other patients in a nuclear medicine department waiting room. Nuclear Medicine Communications. 1 January 1990. 11. 1. 17–22. 0143-3636. 2338965. 10.1097/00006231-199001000-00004. 20975840.
  7. Book: Radiation doses in nuclear medicine waiting rooms . Thomson WH . Harding NJ . Mills A . Warren H . Harding LK . Hoefer R . Bergman H . Sinzinger H . Radioaktive Isotope in Klinic und Forschung . Stuttgart . Schattauer . 151–157 . 1991.
  8. Web site: Professor Nick Harding OBE joins NHS RightCare. 14 August 2018. NHS England. 2020-05-18. 11 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210411000733/https://www.england.nhs.uk/rightcare/2018/08/14/professor-nick-harding-obe-joins-nhs-rightcare/. live.
  9. Web site: Health leaders' panellists . Nuffield Trust . 2014-11-04 . 2016-11-11.
  10. Web site: SHCA BRIEFING - SPECIALISED COMMISSIONING TASKFORCE – MAY 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181023195807/http://www.shca.info/perch/resources/shca-specialised-taskforce-briefing-201405.pdf . October 23, 2018 . dead.
  11. Web site: West Midlands Strategic Clinical Network and Senate :: Clinical Senate . Wmscnsenate.nhs.uk . 2016-11-11 . 12 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161112025817/http://www.wmscnsenate.nhs.uk/clinical-senate/ . dead .
  12. Web site: Archived copy . 21 June 2016 . 12 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161112023755/https://hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/Birmingham%20and%20Solihull%20LETC%20-%20Council%20Members.pdf . dead .
  13. Web site: West Midlands | Health Education England . Hee.nhs.uk . 2016-09-27 . 2016-11-11 . 28 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160628211018/http://www.hee.nhs.uk/hee-your-area/west-midlands . dead .
  14. Web site: Step forward for a new kind of leadership programme. Primary Care Leadership Programme. Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group. 27 June 2016. 19 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161119060436/http://primarycareleaders.co.uk/. dead.
  15. Web site: Press for Next Generation GP. nextgenerationgp.wixsite.com. 2 November 2018. 4 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181104045945/http://nextgenerationgp.wixsite.com/2017/press. dead.
  16. 2018. Measles: is it still a threat?. British Journal of General Practice. 68. 674. 404–405. 10.3399/bjgp18X697961. 29970395. 6104891. Moten. M.. Phillips. A.. Saliba. V.. Harding. N.. Sibal. B..
  17. Web site: Home - Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG . Sandwellandwestbhamccg.nhs.uk . 2016-11-11.
  18. Web site: HSJ Awards 2013 winners announced | News | Health Service Journal . 21 June 2016 . 16 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161116230255/https://www.hsj.co.uk/home/hsj-awards-2013-winners-announced/5065465.fullarticle . dead .
  19. Web site: Winners 2015 | HSJ Awards 2015 . 22 August 2016 . 26 December 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151226023458/https://awards.hsj.co.uk/winners-2015 . dead .
  20. Web site: 2014 Evening . General Practice Awards . 2011-05-26 . 2016-11-11 . 8 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160708165500/http://www.generalpracticeawards.com/previous-awards/2014-evening/ . live .
  21. Web site: CCG Assurance Annual Assessment 2015/16 . 11 July 2024.
  22. Web site: Modality . www.modalitypartnership.nhs.uk . 2016-06-21 . 1 July 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160701193232/https://www.modalitypartnership.nhs.uk/ . live .
  23. Web site: New Models of Primary Care – Future General Practice The Nuffield Trust. www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk. 2016-06-21.
  24. Web site: Vanguard sites to have seven-day service and merge GP and social care funding GPonline. www.gponline.com. 2016-06-21. 18 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161118223850/http://www.gponline.com/vanguard-sites-seven-day-service-merge-gp-social-care-funding/article/1358399. live.
  25. Web site: NHS England » New care models – vanguard sites. England. NHS. www.england.nhs.uk. 2016-06-21. 11 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240711043926/https://www.england.nhs.uk/2017/02/new-care-models/. live.
  26. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-harding-49b01130
  27. Web site: Home . operosehealth.co.uk . 22 May 2020 . 14 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200514061303/https://www.operosehealth.co.uk/ . live .
  28. Web site: The Queen's Birthday Honours 2015 - Press releases. GOV.UK. 2016-06-21. 20 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150720003617/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-queens-birthday-honours-2015. live.
  29. Web site: Queen's birthday honours list 2015: OBE. Press Association. 2015-06-12. The Guardian. 2016-06-21. 4 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220304060328/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jun/12/queens-birthday-honours-list-2015-obe. live.
  30. Web site: GPs recognised in 2015 Queen's birthday honours including seven-day GP pioneer. GPonline. 2016-06-21. 19 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160619143116/http://www.gponline.com/gps-recognised-2015-queens-birthday-honours-including-seven-day-gp-pioneer/article/1351393. live.
  31. Web site: Chair of Sandwell NHS Clinical Commissioning Group takes up role at Aston University. 2016-02-13. Great Barr Observer. 2016-06-21. 18 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161118223957/http://www.greatbarrobserver.co.uk/passionate-building-better-nhs-8211-sandwell/story-28724284-detail/story.html. dead.
  32. Web site: Honorary Professorship for Birmingham GP for services to primary care - Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG. 2016-06-21. 19 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161119055140/http://sandwellandwestbhamccg.nhs.uk/news-a-events/1334-honorary-professorship-for-birmingham-gp-for-services-to-primary-care. dead.
  33. Web site: HSJ Clinical Leaders 2015 | Supplements | Health Service Journal . 24 June 2016 . 16 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160316042845/http://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-knowledge/top-leader-lists/clinical-leaders/hsj-clinical-leaders-2015/5087348.fullarticle . dead .
  34. Web site: HSJ100 - the annual list of the most influential people in health. Health Service Journal. 2016-10-13. 19 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161119055738/https://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj-knowledge/top-leader-lists/hsj100. dead.
  35. Web site: HSJ100: The list in full. Health Service Journal. 4 November 2018. 4 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181104165930/https://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj100/hsj100-the-list-in-full/7021245.article. live.
  36. Harding. Nick. 2011. Dalitso Health. Aesculapius. 26 . 67–70.
  37. Group. British Medical Journal Publishing. 2016-08-17. Nick Harding: Happiest working for health in Malawi. BMJ. en. 354. i4445. 10.1136/bmj.i4445. 1756-1833. 27535585. 42419127. 31 August 2016. 6 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161006013900/http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i4445. live.
  38. Web site: Opening of £1.4 million gamma camera suite | Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals . Swbh.nhs.uk . 2013-11-26 . 2016-11-11 . 12 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161112021044/http://www.swbh.nhs.uk/media/news/opening-of-1-4-million-gamma-camera-suite/ . live .
  39. Web site: Nigel Briggs, Nick Harding - Play: A Brief Guide To Playing The Guitar Buy online at Cross Rhythms Direct. direct.crossrhythms.co.uk. 2016-06-21. 24 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161124024849/http://direct.crossrhythms.co.uk/product/Play-A-Brief-Guide-To/Nigel-Briggs-Nick/122334. dead.

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