Jun 24, 2026
In this solo episode, Tara Humphrey opens up on a good day, after recording her last two solo episodes on harder ones. She shares the context that grief continues to give to how she shows up, and reflects on hearing Emilie Kiser on the Jay Shetty podcast speak about navigating work and life after losing her son. Tara wanted to record this episode in the hope it might help someone in her audience who is moving slowly forward too.
From there, Tara shares what's going on behind the business, starting with a milestone she's genuinely excited about: the podcast's first ever paid sponsor.
About the sponsor, Lexacom
Tara is delighted to welcome Lexacom as the first paid sponsor of The Business of Healthcare. She explains why she waited for the right partner rather than taking the first offer. Lexacom has been trusted for more than 25 years and was designed by a GP specifically for healthcare. Its clinical documentation platform brings digital dictation, ambient AI voice technology, speech recognition (Lexacom Echo), customisable workflows and patient messaging into one place, all built to NHS standards with data held securely in the UK. The aim is simple: less admin, more time with patients, across the whole practice team rather than per individual licence.
Find out more: https://bit.ly/THCLexacom
In this episode, Tara shares:
- Why she's recording on a good day, and the context grief gives to how she shows up
- Welcoming Lexacom as the podcast's first paid sponsor, and why she chose them rather than taking the first offer
- Gary Hughes joining THC Primary Care as an associate writer, bringing the general practice voice alongside Tara's PCN voice, and the ambition to add pharmacy, optometry and dentistry over time
- Every Move Counts: the friendly movement challenge she runs with Dr Dan Bunstone and Phin Robinson, free on the GoJoe Aapp, with one aim, getting a million health and care professionals moving more
- Her role as interim business manager at North & East Isle of Wight PCN, why she loves being operational, and the line she keeps coming back to: everyone wants to be a leader, no one wants to be a manager
- Her interim neighbourhood lead role for CVD on the Isle of Wight, and the challenge of bringing stakeholders together with a compelling why but little time or funding
- Going back to being a student with a Level 2 certificate in public health, and joining the NHS AI Ambassadors
- Made in Health: the community Tara started for people building non-clinical, admin and managerial AI tools, and her honest struggle with being looked to as the expert when she just wants to learn
- Reflections on PCN Plus Live, run in partnership with Ben Gowland, Dr Hussein Gandhi and Dr Andy Foster, including a moment of frustration she regrets
- Her upcoming keynote at the South London PCN Leaders Conference: "This is where we are now. What are you going to do about it?"
- Asking Dr Ursula Montgomery to mentor her, the story of how mentorship changed her career, and why being a good mentee means doing the work, not waiting to be led
Connect with Tara:
- THC Primary Care: https://www.thcprimarycare.co.uk/
- The Business of Healthcare: https://thebusinessofhealthcare.org/