Clinical Partners isn’t simply growing for growth’s sake. Barny Guthrie, CEO of a large mental healthcare provider, describes a purpose grounded in reducing human distress. Today, Clinical Partners has around 400 staff and partners with a further 450 self-employed clinicians.
In this episode, Barny reflects on leading the organisation through a high-pressure phase of transformation — including the surge in demand and the operational leap required when waitlists increased. He shares a deeply personal journey into leadership and explains how strategy became a tool for focus. Further, Barny shares how technology can improve both cost effectiveness and clinical quality, and what it really takes to build trust, governance, and performance in a service that will always be, at its core, deeply human.
Supported by Norman Broadbent: https://www.normanbroadbent.com/
Barny Guthrie