Transforming the NHS
One Rota at a Time
Realising the potential of primary care and integrated neighbourhood working.
Tempo Vision
By 2035 Primary care and Integrated Neighbourhood teams will improve patient care, staff satisfaction and productivity. Enabling the right patient to see the right clinician at the right time. Supporting primary care teams to continue working independently whilst allowing collaborative working with teams of teams.
Optimising models of care by creating integrated working with general practice, community services and voluntary sector working together sharing staff and capacity. Data driven change will enable organisations to share best practice, ensuring staff are valued, working to the top of their capabilities and transforming patient care.
Early days
At Foundry Healthcare Lewes, we knew these challenges first hand. In 2020, we merged three GP practices to form a single primary care network serving over 28,500 patients. While working at scale brought opportunities, it also introduced new levels of complexity—a bigger team, multiple sites, and new service demands. We wanted to redesign our clinical model to match the right clinicians to the right patients. Using a Red-Amber-Green patient segmentation approach, we aimed to ensure that our most experienced general practitioners focused on the most complex patients who needed continuity, while the wider practice team handled other cases. But this kind of workforce planning was incredibly difficult. Spreadsheets and disconnected tools weren’t enough. They could help us manage what we were already doing—but they couldn’t help us plan for what we could do better. That’s when we realised: the missing piece wasn’t just rostering. It was planning.
The Evolution of GPNetworks
GP Networks is a company that had been running a locum booking service for over 15 years in Sussex. It had evolved to create a flexible workforce platform that was being used for Extended Hours Care in Brighton and was quickly scaled to support the covid vaccination hubs in Brighton. Recognising a common goal for digital Transformation of primary care Foundry Partnered with GP Networks and spent the next 2 years creating Tempo a collaborative workforce platform.
Our Team
Dr Phil Wallek
CEO
GP for 20 years, former PCN Clinical Director of Foundry PCN, NHS Clinical Entrepreneur.
Dr James Annis
CCIO
GP with over a decade of experience and a background in digital transformation, data, and service redesign. Now Head of Customer Experience at Tempo, focused on helping practices and PCNs get real value from digital tools by combining deep frontline insight with system-level thinking.
Geraldine Hoban
MD
MD of Foundry PCN, former CCG Accountable Officer and Chief Executive, 30 years experience in Senior NHS management, MBA from Cass Business School, Chair and NED supporting third sector organisations in healthcare.
Joe Aliferis
CTO
25 years experience developing digital and leading change, co-founder of GPNetworks a leading workforce solutions tool adopted across South East England.
Tom Brown
Chief Developer
20+ years experienced and passionate programmer. Full stack web/mob apps and framework developer, software engineering, scripting, infrastructure and DB design.
Interested in Tempo?
Tempo saves time, money and effort for your practice. Chat with us to realise the full potential of the software.
