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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…
The Strategic programme for primary care in Wales
We recently caught up with Alan Lawrie who is the national programme advisor (primary care) for the strategic programme for primary care. Alan updated us on the purpose of strategic programme, its key aims and functions and how the accelerated cluster development (ACD) work has been rapidly evolving in 2022/23 and the plans for 2023/24.
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…
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…
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…
Uncovering optometry’s valuable role within the NHS
The combination of an ageing population and technological advancements means that the optometry sector is experiencing its highest demand to date. Accounting for one of the four key pillars of primary care, optometry plays a not just a vital role but makes crucial financial efficiencies within the NHS.
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…
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…
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…
Can primary care rescue our failing NHS?
A big ask and funds are certainly needed up front as following the last few years of neglect, there is a serious service wide workforce crisis. Workforce shortages apply equally to primary care despite the previous secretary of state frequently berating GPs. Indubitably there is a short term NHS crisis to tackle but essentially there…
What we do
PCC is an independent, not-for-profit social enterprise that supports the development of health and care services; providing specialist advice with a focus on primary care, events, flexible expert support, and personal and team development services. For details of our services see consultancy and support, leadership development or training and development sections on this website. For…
Tackling health inequalities in Plymouth
In Plymouth we are planning to develop a health and wellbeing hub in the city. A single overarching aim informs all of this: we are determined to tackle health inequalities.
