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Getting the model right – Trusts working with primary care
For this issue’s interview, we talk to Dr Berge Balian who is Medical Director of Symphony Healthcare Services (SHS), an NHS organisation that operates and supports 20 GP surgeries covered by 16 GP contracts in Somerset and Devon.
The establishment of ICBs – where does primary care fit?
In the second of our interviews with those working to set up integrated care boards (ICBs), we spoke to Sheena Cumiskey. Sheena is Chief Executive of Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP) and joined the Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership in September on an interim basis for three months, as chief…
Integrated care board support
Understanding primary care for integrated care boards Integrated care boards (ICBs) have responsibility for the commissioning of primary care services (medical, dental ophthalmic and pharmaceutical services). Understanding primary care contracts is crucial to enable good decision making. PCC has supported numerous ICBs to understand their responsibilities relating to primary care contractors, and the detail of…
Access in the new normal
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way in which patients access primary care services in England and revolutionised the definition of access in 2021/22. We have all been through two and half years of different health related peaks and troughs in health care experiences.
Dental services
PCC is able to help commissioners navigate their way through commissioning and contracting matters. Support can be provided via our national training events, at local workshops or through our helpdesk facility. To support this we are placing links to some essential resources below. Local workshops and one to one support The dental services team can…
Medical services
PCC helps commissioners navigate their way through commissioning and contracting matters. Support can be provided via our national training events, at local workshops or through our helpdesk facility. To support this, we are placing links to some essential resources below. Local workshops and one to one support The medical team can deliver a number of…
The future must be primary care
Well the NHS has a new CEO in Amanda Pritchard to replace Simon Stevens whose legacy not only gave us a strong management of the COVID -19 crisis for the NHS, but more visionary and hopefully long lasting primary care networks (PCNs) and integrated care systems (ICS). A much overdue initiative to bring together the…
Primary medical services training and support for commissioners – 2024
The PCC medical team have a series of workshops covering the management of primary medical service contracts (GMS, PMS, APMS) for 2024. These training sessions have been designed to support commissioners involved in the management of primary medical services, including anyone working on their behalf. All courses are designed for those who are new in…
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…
Strengthening relationships in primary care and community services
The government’s recent Health and Care white paper, sets out the ambition for more integrated, innovative strategies to address the challenges posed from populations presenting with multi-morbidity. This, together with primary care networks (PCNs) having access develop the primary care workforce through the additional roles recruitment scheme (ARRS), presents an opportunity for community providers to…
What does the Fuller Stocktake and Hewitt Review offer primary care?
Professor David Colin-Thomé’s reflections on the recently published Hewitt Review and Fuller Stocktake identified that the recommendations and quotes on primary care contracting are commendably potentially far reaching. The development of teams and considerations on their effectiveness as well as the future of the GP contract model are discussed in this blog.
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