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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?
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…
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.
Governance and the emerging integrated care board
An interview with Nicola King
Pancreatic cancer awareness month
If there was a cancer in the 21st century that killed one in four people within a month and where survival rates hadn’t changed over the last 50 years you would want to do something wouldn’t you?
Planning guidance 2022/23 – summary SlideShare
The priorities and operational planning guidance was released just prior to Christmas.
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.
Crunch time for patient involvement
There are new challenges for primary care, which could really do with patient input. Mike Etkind, chair of a PPG and founding member of his PCN’s patient group, recognises the size of the task clinical directors have managed over the last few months but identifies two particular issues where patients have a necessary and valuable…
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…
Moatfield Surgery – a more personalised care approach – our complex care team – creating a win:win
For a number of years, we’ve observed growing challenges familiar to everyone in primary care. The rapidly growing number of people needing support for their long term physical and mental conditions, their personal circumstances and the impact on their conditions and lives, the challenge of meeting demand which in part is a numbers game when…
Developing a primary medical care dashboard
There are many advantages for commissioners from having their primary medical care data in one location. The collection and display of all publicly available data using Microsoft (MS) Power BI and displayed via an app within the MS Teams system makes this data more accessible for commissioners, PCNs and practices, and builds efficiency. PCC supported…
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…
