Full Name
Kay Keane
Job Title
Practice Manager and Director
Practice Name/Company (Place of work)
Urban Village Medical Practice, IGPM
Speaker Bio
Kay is the Practice Manager at Urban Village Medical Practice in Ancoats, Manchester. As well as the usual suite of NHS General Practice services the practice also specialises in addressing those patients facing health inequalities, they run a specialist service for those people experiencing homelessness, an in-house substance misuse service, tissue viability care and have specialist clinicians focussing on those people who find it difficult to access healthcare.
Having been employed within the NHS since being a teenager she has seen lots of changes and developments and worked in various parts of the service. Kay was awarded the National Association of Primary Care “Practice Manager of the Year” in 2017 and has since helped to set up The Institute of General Practice Management, the registered body for all Managers in Primary Care.
Outside of work Kay is a keen allotmenteer where she prefers to grow flowers for the vase. She enjoys weekends away in a campervan and may also occasionally be found dancing in a field at a music festival.
Having been employed within the NHS since being a teenager she has seen lots of changes and developments and worked in various parts of the service. Kay was awarded the National Association of Primary Care “Practice Manager of the Year” in 2017 and has since helped to set up The Institute of General Practice Management, the registered body for all Managers in Primary Care.
Outside of work Kay is a keen allotmenteer where she prefers to grow flowers for the vase. She enjoys weekends away in a campervan and may also occasionally be found dancing in a field at a music festival.
