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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.
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New NHS Networks
NHS Networks has launched its new website. For over a decade, NHS Networks has provided a free virtual networking platform and valued news portal for health and social care. NHS Networks, funded by PCC, is a free resource for anyone working in or with the health and care sector to use to share information, network…
No more quick fixes: how system ownership can foster stronger partnership working
The government’s Healthcare Infrastructure Plan (HIP2) will see significant investment in more than 40 hospitals across the UK – providing new and refurbished estate whilst transforming service delivery. This investment is broader than acute care and is dependent on demonstrating a sustainable delivery model that extends beyond the hospital front door, and into our communities….
Learning sustains CPCS at General Practice Solihull Healthcare PCN
The General Practice Solihull (GPS) Healthcare primary care network (PCN) serves a population of 44,000 patients in low-deprivation areas of Birmingham and Solihull. It became an early adopter site for referring to the Community Pharmacist Consultation Service (CPCS) in March 2021 when it began a month-long pilot at Tanworth Lane and Village Surgeries. Following the…
When your pharmacy can give you a headache: a prescription for dispensing practices
As with any change, the drive to deliver primary care at scale carries with it the risk of unintended consequences. For a dispensing practice looking to merge or to move to shiny new premises, the loss of a valuable income stream from dispensing can be one. PCC primary care adviser Charlotte Goodson cautions that the…
Are you holding yourself back?
Our studies around the lives and work of the happiest, most successful professionals – and we’ve worked closely with many hundreds over the last 30 years – have provided us with some fundamental insights which we can all press into service. Barring luck or just ‘accident’, two criteria need to be met for total success…
“Up against the wall”: barriers presented by the current GP estate
Writing this blog was a challenge. Between juggling a huge clinical workload, COVID vaccinations, constant deadlines and four young children; my free time is precious and scarce. But the issue of primary care estates has not gone away during the COVID-19 pandemic. If anything, it has become more pertinent. There are systemic issues with the…
Effective primary care networks have good governance
Primary care networks (PCNs) are now firmly established as an important part of the delivery of primary care across England. There continues to be significant central investment in PCNs which, of course, comes with an increasing number of objectives ranging from improving prevention and tackling health inequalities to delivering increased patient access, one part of…
Affordable expert support
Everyone needs help at some point. PCC can support you with affordable, experts that can work flexibly to deliver just the support you need. As a social enterprise we aim to make sure that the capability for the future is embedded in your team whenever that is possible, rather than developing a reliance on external…
Considering a commercial approach to your GP practice
As we learn how to multi-task dealing with the post pandemic and practice workload, many GP practices are focusing on their business strategies. With increasing pressure on the NHS, GP practices are considering how they can maintain excellent patient care, while maximising profits and drawings as well as improving work/life balance for partners.
Additional roles in primary care – so much more than an extra pair of hands
We know that the introduction of the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) for primary care networks (PCNs) will grow capacity in general practice to address the unsustainably high workload that has put so much pressure on GPs.
