How Healthy is your Partnership?

Yes = score as shown
No = zero

Question	Score
All partners meet regularly to discuss patients	4
Some partners meet regularly to discuss patients	2
All partners meet regularly (informally) with no agenda	4
Some partners meet regularly (informally) with no agenda	2
The partnership holds regular in-house cpd meetings	2
Some in-house cpd meetings have no visiting speaker	4
All partners attend the Christmas party	2
Each day, the Drs in the building will have coffee together	6
One or more partners are seen as less equal than the others	-2
It is normal for a partner to offer help with over-runs / visits	6
Partners will offer support on hearing of a partner’s complaint	6
Partners explicitly agree that we all practise differently	4
One or more partners resent a partner habitually leaving early	-6
If a partner needs more med sec time, partners will take action	4
Partners always speak before “delegating” work to a partner	4
Staff used as go-between when work is delegated between partners	-6
A Dr has felt the need to gather evidence about a partner’s workload	-10
The partnership holds awaydays	4
Awaydays are facilitated by someone outside the partnership	6
Do partners return from holiday with all their paperwork un-done?	-2
Partners regularly jointly meet with receptionists and other staff	4
If a partner is off sick, they simply let the PM know	-2
If a partner is off sick, they let a partner who is in, know first	2
All partners share in surgery buildings and other practice assets	6
Staff find one or more partners unapproachable	-4

Score:

More than 60 – you have excellent functioning as a partnership, well done!

Around 24 – you have adequate functioning, but it could improve!

Less than 10 – you are running into serious trouble and need to take action.

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