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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?
Annual contracts
For over a decade PCC has provided support to the NHS by helping organisations to improve services with the emphasis on quality of care and value for money. Many of our clients take out new contracts year on year through an annual contract. “PCC has been able to provide me and my primary care commissioning…
Commissioner support
Helping you to work with primary care With our expertise in primary care contracting, finance and premises we have an unrivalled record of support for commissioners. Find out why so many rely on PCC for long-term support with our events, helpdesk, team development services, webinars, bespoke local workshops and virtual training options. Our team of…
Annual contracts offer
Many CCGs and local offices across the country take advantage of the support we deliver through our annual contracts. We offer two types of annual contract, a subscription offer which contains set elements for use during the period of the contract, and a credits option which gives our clients flexibility to decide what support they…
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.
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…
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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Tips for managing a practice managers workload
The workload for all practice manager’s is challenging, Jen Gough, an experienced practice manager shares her top tips.
Top tips and timely articles
In this edition of PCC insight we consider the questions that may be raised as integrated care boards prepare to take on more responsibility for the commissioning of primary care contracts. Joanna Fox offers advice on time management.
Our carbon journey
PCC is delighted to provide support to various public sector bodies, in particular the NHS. To facilitate this, PCC is required to meet procurement requirements, including those contained in Procurement Policy Note (PPN)06/21. The Policy Note was published to support the UK government’s target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The Policy Note set…
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.
