Group Visit Series Part 11: Transforming the NHS

Welcome to the Evolution of Medicine podcast! In this episode, James sits down with Dr. Asfia Aftab, a GP partner in the National Health Service in the UK and founder of the Birmingham Functional Forum meetup group. She is also one of the heroes of James’s book, The Community Cure. Dr. Aftab is a dynamic person, with an energy and passion for her work that is inspiring. Her commitment to her practice and to her patients is leading the charge toward a new era of the NHS. There is so much to learn from her in this episode, and we think you’ll really enjoy it. Highlights include:

• What inspired Dr. Aftab to pursue medicine and join the NHS
• How Dr. Aftab is creating change in the NHS
• Why the term “social prescribing” is trending in the NHS right now, and what it means for all functional medicine practitioners
• How Dr. Aftab uses online tools to create offline connections with her patients and colleagues
• How she implements group visits in her practice, and how she continues to grow and develop these groups with her patients
• How Dr. Aftab has built a community around the Functional Forum meetup group she founded—and how this can be a model for all meetup groups to follow
• And so much more!

Resources mentioned in this episode:

January 2020 Functional Forum
Prescribing Functional Medicine
Group Visit Series on EvoMed Podcast