Sharing Best Practice - Practical ideas. Local learning. Stronger general practice

Join GP colleagues and practice leaders from across Cornwall and Devon for a practical, Cornwall-focused day shaped by the priorities identified by our shareholder practices. 

The Cornwall Sharing Best Practice Event will bring together people working across general practice to share what is working, explore common pressures, discuss national direction and learn from approaches that can be adapted locally. 

The event will focus on real examples, practical discussion, and useful connections rather than broad system updates or theory. 

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Why attend? 

General practice is under significant pressure, but practices across Cornwall are also developing new approaches, solving problems and finding better ways to work. 

This event is an opportunity to step away from the day-to-day pressures and hear directly from colleagues about: 

  • what they have introduced; 
  • what has worked; 
  • what they have learned; 
  • what they would do differently; 
  • what other practices could adopt or adapt. 

Delegates will be able to explore practical responses to some of the biggest issues facing general practice, contribute to discussion and help shape the support and collaboration needed across Cornwall. 

You will also have time to meet colleagues, visit focused information stands and speak directly to people who may be able to support your practice. 

Who is the event for? 

The event is primarily for representatives from Kernow Health shareholder practices, including: 

  • GP partners; 
  • shareholder representatives; 
  • practice leaders; 
  • other senior colleagues nominated by their practice. 

Each shareholder practice is initially invited to register up to three representatives. 

Additional places may be requested. 

Selected Kernow Health, LMC, and partner representatives will also attend where they are contributing directly to the programme, a practical workshop, a case study, or a relevant support offer. 

Sharing Best Practice – What to expect 

Sharing Best Practice Cornwall is designed to be a day of ideas, practical examples and honest conversations about what general practice can do, influence, and change as the NHS continues to evolve. 

The programme has been shaped by the priorities practices told us matter most to them. You’ll hear from national leaders, but the focus will keep coming back to Cornwall, to what is already working and to what we can learn from each other. 

Our speakers 

We’re bringing together three different perspectives on leadership, change, and the future of general practice – from the journey of a GP into national leadership and policy, to the wider NHS leadership challenge and the practical changes already happening across the system. 

Claire Fuller 

GP and former national primary care leader 

Claire Fuller brings a unique perspective on what general practice can achieve when it steps beyond the boundaries of an individual practice and leads at system and national level. 

A GP by background, Claire has held senior leadership roles across the NHS and has played a significant role in shaping the national conversation around primary care, integrated care and neighbourhood working. 

Claire will share her own journey from general practice into national leadership and policy, exploring what she learned about influencing change, building relationships and ensuring the voice of general practice is heard. 

Her session will ask a simple but important question: how can general practice use its leadership to influence the wider system and improve care for its communities? 

Ed Smith, CBE 

Chair, NHS College of Leadership and Management 

Ed Smith brings a national perspective on leadership, governance and organisational change, drawing on extensive experience at the highest levels of the NHS and wider public and professional life. 

As Chair of the NHS College of Leadership and Management, Ed is closely involved in the developing conversation about what effective leadership and management need to look like across the NHS. 

Ed will explore what it means to lead through change, how leaders can create the conditions for people and organisations to succeed, and the role that clinical and practice leaders can play in shaping the future NHS. 

For GP partners and practice leaders, this is about leadership not simply as a job title, but as the ability to influence, collaborate, and make change happen. 

Roy Lilley 

Writer, broadcaster, commentator and NHS provocateur. 

Roy Lilley will be our compere and guide throughout the day. 

Known for his sharp observations, infectious curiosity and willingness to challenge conventional thinking about the NHS, Roy will help connect the different perspectives across the programme. 

Rather than simply introducing speakers, Roy will draw out the practical questions: So what does this mean for general practice? What can we learn from it? What needs to change? And what can we do differently in Cornwall? 

His role is to keep the conversation moving, challenge our speakers and help turn the ideas shared during the day into something useful for the people in the room. 

A practical look at AI and digital transformation 

We’re also hoping to welcome a speaker from NHS England to give a practical national and regional perspective on AI, digital transformation, and shared systems in general practice. 

Digital transformation was the strongest priority identified by practices when we asked what they wanted from the conference. 

This session will focus on what is changing, what is already possible and, most importantly, what it means for general practice in practical terms. 

Cornwall in practice 

The afternoon brings the focus firmly back to Cornwall. 

We’ll hear three short examples of things that are already working in practices and services across the county. 

These will cover areas including: 

These aren’t intended to be polished success stories or presentations about having all the answers. 

They’re about sharing what people have actually tried, what has worked, what hasn’t, what they’ve learned and what other practices might be able to take from it. 

The aim is simple: what could you take back to your own practice? 

Choose your workshops 

There will also be two opportunities to join practical workshops, giving you the chance to explore some of the issues practices told us matter most. 

Sharing what works 

Later in the afternoon, we’ll bring together examples of work supporting people and patients in primary care. 

What does general practice need from the system? 

We’ll finish the main programme by stepping back from individual examples and asking a bigger question: 

If general practice is going to lead, influence and work differently, what does it need from the wider system to make that possible? 

The LMC, collaborative board, and Kernow Health will help lead this conversation, with the aim of turning the day’s discussions into a small number of practical system asks. 

We want this to be a constructive conversation about both sides of the relationship: 

What should general practice lead? What does the system need to do differently? And what can we do differently ourselves? 

From ideas to action 

The day will close with Roy Lilley bringing the conversation together and asking the question that matters most: 

What are we actually going to do differently? 

The aim is not simply to leave with a notebook full of ideas. 

It’s to leave with something you can take back to your practice, something you can share with colleagues and, collectively, a clearer sense of what general practice in Cornwall can achieve when it leads together. 

The full programme and speaker details will be added as they are confirmed.

 Share your best practice here.

 

Register 

Places are limited, and we would like every shareholder practice to be represented. 

Please register your practice representatives using the link below or scan the QR code. 

Register here for the event.

For registration queries, please contact: 

Lorna Curnow
lorna.curnow@nhs.net

Venue 

Tregenna Castle Hotel
Treloyan Avenue
St Ives
Cornwall
TR26 2DE 

Further practical information, including parking, accommodation and arrival arrangements, will be shared with registered delegates. 

Further updates 

This page will be updated as, sessions and workshop details are confirmed.