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

Meetings are one of the most expensive things PCN leaders do. A practical guide to making them worth the time and money they cost, plus a checklist to take away.

ost GP practices work hard to deliver excellent patient care, but being a good practice does not automatically mean being a good business. Gary Hughes explores the seven ingredients that help create stronger, more resilient practices and introduces the Business Strength Model.

This blog explores whether business principles have a place in running a primary care network. Not profit. Not customers. But vision, intentional decision-making, and a long-term view. With the average PCN managing over £1 million in staffing funding, the accountability is significant, and the approach that got you here may not get you there. This blog sets out what business thinking actually looks like in a PCN context.

Eight pieces to help PCN Clinical Directors, PCN managers and practice managers understand neighbourhood health policy, contract architecture and governance readiness. Start here.

The Neighbourhood Health Framework, published 17 March 2026, is a different kind of document to the neighbourhood health guidelines that came before it. Where the 2025 guidelines provided a framework for local action, the Framework sets named national targets, a formal delivery architecture, and a structured planning timeline. For PCN leadership teams, the most immediately relevant section is the five national goals, each with specific metrics and timescales running to March

We've all been there. You leave a meeting thinking something's been agreed, only for someone to ask at the next one: "But did we actually agree?