The Business of Primary Care Network Blog

Over 200 blogs to support the leadership and management of primary care networks

An Introduction to Primary Care Network Enhanced Access

This blog aims to provide new Primary Care Network Managers and administrators with an introduction to enhanced access, which is a...

4 Top Tips To Help You Implement The Directed Enhanced Service (DES) in Your Primary Care Network

I was recently contacted by a PCN Manager who shared that they were looking to become more effective in implementing the primary care...

The 2022/23 Network Contract Directed Enhanced Service Update

AKA The 2022/23 Primary Care Network (PCN) DES Update What to focus on in Q1 As always, I write these updates with new PCN Managers and...

PCN DES Updates and the Introduction of Management Funding

On the 23rd of August , NHS England and Improvement released their updated plans for 2021/22 and 2022/23. The documents can be found...