The Business of Primary Care Networks
Over 250 blogs to support the leadership and management of primary care networks 

As neighbourhood working evolves, provider-to-provider contracting is helping some areas move faster without waiting for new national contracts. Discover how the approach works, where the opportunities lie, and the key legal and organisational risks PCNs should consider before getting started.

Frailty is top of the list for nearly every neighbourhood, and there is pressure to move quickly. But in most areas, several services are already assessing the same frail patients. Community teams are going in. OTs are going in. FCPs are doing assessments in primary care. Hospital discharge teams are picking up frail patients on the way out. Before commissioning anything new or stopping a service, the first step is to map what already exists. This is how to do it. Step 1: Get