Category: Primary care networks

GPs have voted for the BMA to continue to represent the profession in talks with NHS England over the future of the multi-billion pound primary care network (PCN) programme.

LMCs have demanded a ballot of GPs on the primary care network (PCN) DES before BMA leaders enter talks on the 2021/22 contract – and called for further flexibility on PCN recruitment funding.

Plans to ask primary care network (PCN) staff to work longer hours during the pandemic could put them at risk of burnout – and won’t solve capacity problems in primary care, GPs have warned.

Plans to ask primary care network (PCN) staff to work longer hours during the pandemic could put them at risk of burnout – and won’t solve capacity problems in primary care, GPs have warned.

Plans to ask primary care network (PCN) staff to work longer hours during the pandemic could put them at risk of burnout – and won’t solve capacity problems in primary care, GPs have warned.

GPs in rural areas are struggling to deliver primary care network (PCN) targets because national policy is built around ‘leading light’ networks in urban areas, a study has found.

GPs in rural areas are struggling to deliver primary care network (PCN) targets because national policy is built around ‘leading light’ networks in urban areas, a study has found.

GPs in rural areas are struggling to deliver primary care network (PCN) targets because national policy is built around ‘leading light’ networks in urban areas, a study has found.

Primary care networks (PCNs) should be allowed to hire GPs to prevent the loss of millions of pounds in funding for general practice and ease the workforce crisis, GP leaders have warned.

Over half of GP partners believe primary care networks (PCNs) will have a positive impact on patient care in their area over the next year, a GPonline poll shows.

NHS chiefs have added ‘nurse associates’ to the list of roles PCNs can hire this year through the £430m additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) and offered greater flexibility on spending.

NHS chiefs have added ‘nurse associates’ to the list of roles PCNs can hire this year through the £430m additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) and offered greater flexibility on spending.

Primary care networks (PCNs) must not be forced to wait until 2021 to recruit mental health staff, GPs have warned, as practices face a surge in mental health problems linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Primary care networks (PCNs) must not be forced to wait until 2021 to recruit mental health staff, GPs have warned, as practices face a surge in mental health problems linked to the COVID-19 pandemic.

GPs fear millions of pounds in primary care funding could be lost because rising workload in general practice has left primary care networks (PCNs) struggling to recruit.

GPs fear millions of pounds in primary care funding could be lost because rising workload in general practice has left primary care networks (PCNs) struggling to recruit.

Primary care networks (PCNs) have been offered funding in a bid to accelerate the recruitment of social prescribers, but clinical directors have warned it could create an ‘uneven playing field’ for those not hiring through the voluntary sector.

Primary care networks (PCNs) have been offered funding in a bid to accelerate the recruitment of social prescribers, but clinical directors have warned it could create an ‘uneven playing field’ for those not hiring through the voluntary sector.

Primary care networks (PCNs) have been offered funding in a bid to accelerate the recruitment of social prescribers, but clinical directors have warned it could create an ‘uneven playing field’ for those not hiring through the voluntary sector.

Primary care networks (PCNs) could struggle to recruit mental health practitioners next year because of competition from secondary care – affecting their ability to function, a report warns.

Primary care networks (PCNs) could struggle to recruit mental health practitioners next year because of competition from secondary care – affecting their ability to function, a report warns.

Primary care networks (PCNs) could struggle to recruit mental health practitioners next year because of competition from secondary care – affecting their ability to function, a report warns.

Primary care networks (PCNs) could struggle to recruit mental health practitioners next year because of competition from secondary care – affecting their ability to function, a report warns.

PCNs have been urged employ first contact physiotherapists (FCPs) to reduce pressure on GPs and combat a backlog of musculoskeletal appointments that have arisen as a result of the pandemic.

PCNs have been urged employ first contact physiotherapists (FCPs) to reduce pressure on GPs and combat a backlog of musculoskeletal appointments that have arisen as a result of the pandemic.

PCNs have been urged employ first contact physiotherapists (FCPs) to reduce pressure on GPs and combat a backlog of musculoskeletal appointments that have arisen as a result of the pandemic.

Primary care network (PCN) development is being undermined because they lack the flexibility to tackle local health needs and inequalities, network leaders have warned.

Primary care network (PCN) development is being undermined because they lack the flexibility to tackle local health needs and inequalities, network leaders have warned.

Hundreds of millions of pounds could be lost to primary care if primary care networks (PCNs) fail to recruit ‘additional roles’ staff in 2020/21 despite the ongoing pandemic, NHS England has warned.