Recruit and Retain
What are primary care flexible staff pools?
The primary care flexible staff pool arrangements reflect the People Plan commitment to establish GP banks, and replaces the Locum Support Scheme commitment made in keep reading
primary care networks
Health & Patient Care
Structuring a PCN social prescribing service for the post-COVID world
Nick Sharples, PCC associate, discusses how practices can structure a PCN social prescribing service The two additional roles are those of care co-ordinator and health keep reading
Management
Structuring a PCN social prescribing service for the post-COVID world
Nick Sharples, PCC associate, discusses how practices can structure a PCN social prescribing service With the increased flexibility offered by the GP Contract Update of keep reading
Management
New social prescribing roles – new opportunities for PCNs
It is scarcely believable that, only 20 months ago, primary care networks had not yet seen the light of day. So much water has passed keep reading
Health & Patient Care
Pandemic threatens primary care for long term conditions
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, attention was diverted away from primary care’s key roles in early detection of disease and management of long keep reading
Management
Why primary care needs more attention in order to manage COVID-19
More emphasis on primary care in the management of COVID-19 would improve outcomes for patients, argue Sophie Park and her colleagues CREDIT: This is an keep reading
Comment
Does place-based care matter in a post-COVID digital age?
Thomas Beaney, a GP registrar and academic clinical fellow in primary care at Imperial College, and Jonny Clarke, Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow and former surgical keep reading
News
Continuity of primary care has worsened with GP expansions, study finds
As reported EurekAlert, a new study published by the British Journal of General Practice has found that patients’ abilities to see their preferred GP has keep reading
Management
Why primary care needs more attention in order to manage COVID-19
More emphasis on primary care in the management of COVID-19 would improve outcomes for patients, argue Sophie Park and her colleagues CREDIT: This is an keep reading
Uncategorized
PCNs: the impact of COVID and the challenges ahead
Are the pressures of COVID threatening network development? CREDIT: This is an edited version of an article that originally appeared on The BMJ In 2019 keep reading