PRIMARY
CARE NETWORKS
What is a Primary Care Network (PCN)?
A Primary Care Network (PCN) is a collaborative alliance of GP Surgeries and other health and care providers who work together to enhance health services for their community. PCNs provide integrated, proactive and personalised care with the aim of improving patient services by coordinating efforts among various health, social care, local government and voluntary organisations. This approach allows for a wider range of services to be delivered to our local population than could be provided by individual practices alone.
Derby City North Primary Care Network covers the Derby North area and included the GP Practices at:
Derwent Medical Centre
Over 65,000 residents are covered by these Practices in Derby city.
What are PCN’s
designed to do?
PCN’s will work with their core GP Practices to provide proactive, coordinated care to their patients, in different ways to match different people’s needs, with a strong focus on prevention and personalised care. This means supporting our patients to make informed decisions about their own health and care and connecting them to a wide range of statutory and voluntary services to ensure they can access the care they need first time.
The PCN will also have a greater focus on population health and addressing health inequalities in their local area, using data, digitalisation and technology to support the delivery of care at scale.
Primary care networks also help ensure that the NHS designs support and services to get the best possible value out of their funding for their local communities.
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To the residents of Derby City North where a large area is designated as an area of deprivation this means we are building links with Public health, with the City Council and the voluntary sector. We are actively working with the mental health and substance misuse services to create new ways of delivering primary care which is fit for the future. We are strengthening our links with our communities and are excited by the opportunities which the PCN contract presents.
The People
Clinical Director
Dr Drew Smith
PCN Manager / Digital and Transformation Lead