About Us
What is a Primary Care Network?
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Groups of general practices working together to focus on local patient care, established July 2019.
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Working with other health and care organisations and their communities to provide better and more integrated services to improve population health and wellbeing.
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Vehicles for investment eg. improving patient access to health and wellbeing services. NHS England workforce and development funding to support GP resilience and improve patient care.
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Alleviate workload pressures on existing practice staff, so that general practice can be sustainable and thrive.
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Deliver the Government’s commitment to improving patient access to quality healthcare services.
3 Valleys Health Primary Care Network
8 GP Practices (11 sites) in rural North East Somerset with 68,000 patients and c400 staff.
Focus for 2022…
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Deliver NHS England service specifications: Early Cancer Diagnosis, Medication Reviews, Health in Care Homes.
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Continue to grow our practice based PCN support workforce.
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Projects; Green/Social Prescribing, Group Consultations, Time for Care - improving patient access to health services, Services for Young People and links with local schools, Clinical Patient Research.
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Building strong relationships with local community and organisations.
