
Derek Sumner
Practice Manager
Running the practice so clinicians can care for patients
Practice manager with thirteen years running the business side of healthcare practices in Leeds, the last six managing a busy GP surgery. Keeps the practice running — staff, finances, compliance, patient services and the systems behind good care — so clinicians can focus on patients. Led a service redesign and appointment-system overhaul that cut waiting times and lifted patient-satisfaction scores. Manages budgets and contracts, leads the admin and reception team, ensures CQC compliance and information governance, and handles HR, complaints and the day-to-day that keeps a practice working. Strong on the operations, the regulations and the people, and calm at the centre of a demanding environment. Trusted by partners and staff alike. Looking for a practice-manager or healthcare-operations role with a practice or clinic that wants its business side run well.
Leeds Medical Practice - Leeds, UK
Practice Manager
Led a service redesign and appointment-system overhaul that cut the waiting times and lifted patient satisfaction.
Manage all the practice budgets, all the NHS contracts, the finances and the income streams.
Lead the whole admin and the reception team across the HR, the rotas and performance.
Ensure the CQC compliance, the information governance and the patient-safety standards across the practice.
Handle all the complaints, the patient services and the whole day-to-day running of the practice.
Yorkshire Healthcare Group - Leeds, UK
Assistant Practice / Healthcare Administrator
Managed the reception, the patient services and reporting across the practice.
Learned the NHS operations, contracts and practice management on the job.
Gained the diploma and then moved up into a practice-manager role.
Yorkshire Healthcare Group - Leeds, UK
Medical Receptionist
Learned NHS systems, patient services and the front desk on the job.
Built up the grounding that good practice administration is built on.
Then earned the move into a full healthcare-administrator role from there.
University of Leeds
BA (Hons) Business Management
Institute of Healthcare Management
Diploma in Primary Care & Practice Management
English (UK)
Native or Bilingual ProficiencyFrench
Limited Working ProficiencyPrimary Care & Practice Management
Institute of Healthcare Management (June 2014 to Present)
Healthcare Finance & CQC Compliance
Institute of Healthcare Management (April 2019 to Present)
Shorter waits, happier patients
Lets clinicians be clinicians
Patient Access Redesign
Practice Manager (January 2019 to September 2019)
CQC Readiness Programme
Practice Manager (February 2020 to June 2020)
- Practice Management
- Healthcare Operations
- Budgets & NHS Contracts
- Team Leadership
- CQC Compliance
- Information Governance
- Patient Services
- HR & Rotas
- Complaint Handling
- Service Improvement
- Organisation
- Leadership
- Composure
- Communication
- Discretion