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Using ongoing learning to drive patient safety – how one CCGs approach to seeing the bigger picture created a novel approach to geographical hosting responsibilities
What happens when things go wrong with an independent provider operating in your CCG patch where CCG itself has no contracts with the provider?
Community-Oriented Integrated Care
Community-Oriented Integrated Care (COIC) provides a vision for society where people of all backgrounds contribute to the health of whole populations. We think of it as whole system integration for health and care where everything comes together through geographic areas of about 50,000 population – in the UK, this is primary care networks.
NHS Networks ..the results so far
In April, we launched the new NHS Networks website. NHS Networks has provided a free virtual networking platform and valued news portal for health and social care for over a decade.
2023/24 Network Contract DES and associated guidance
The 2023/24 Network Contract DES and associated guidance, was published on 30 March 2023 and contains a number of significant developments to the directed enhanced service (DES) that integrated care boards (ICBs) and primary care networks (PCNs) should be aware of. Many of the changes to the documentation relate to the move from CCGs to…
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Eye care
PCC can help and support commissioners navigate their way through commissioning and contracting matters. Support is provided via our national events programme, locally delivered workshops, and specialist helpdesk advice service which includes access to ask the expert sessions. Local workshops and one to one support The eye health services team are able to locally deliver…
Virtually medical: a new normal for training
With Covid-19 compelling many of us to work differently, PCC has moved to virtual platforms and the rollout of the revised and reworked suite of medical contracting sessions is no exception. The pre-lockdown staple events and workshops based on the NHS England Policy and Guidance Manual (PGM) have been revamped into blocks of three virtual…
Planning guidance 2022/23 – summary SlideShare
The priorities and operational planning guidance was released just prior to Christmas.
New rules will help but commissioners and practices need to keep talking about premises
In updating rules that guide the funding of GP premises, NHS England has been stretching the definition of “imminent” for more than two years. PCC premises and finance adviser Mike Simpson argues that even if the new premises costs directions (PCD) were available, they would not resolve all the issues commissioners and primary care providers…
Environmental and sustainability
PCC is committed to sustainability and considers it in all relevant decision making. The Company’s sustainability and environmental policy is based upon the following principles: PCC is committed to implementing initiatives and policies to reduce our impact on the environment. In February 2022 we reduced our office requirements and now maintain a small serviced office…
Network contract directed enhanced service
PCC has summarised the key points of the recently issued primary care network (PCN) directed enhanced service (DES) guidance in this SlideShare. With the funding increasing substantially for PCNs this year ensuring the requirements are met is essential to maximise PCN income. PCC is supporting a number of PCNs, if you would like to discuss…
Can the voluntary sector be successfully embedded in integrated care systems?
Integrated care systems (ICS) will become formalised in July, with the statutory incorporation of integrated boards and integrated care partnerships in the 42 system areas across England. This reform aims to create a better system of health and care where the patient or service user receives more timely and efficient care, delivered seamlessly across organisations…
