https://www.gponline.comrss/practice/networks News, information and advice for GPs and other staff working in primary care networks. en Copyright 2024, Haymarket Media Group support@gponline.com (GP Online) Fri, 07 Jun 2024 06:04:38 +0100 support@gponline.com (GP Online) https://www.gponline.com/funding-withdrawal-force-pcns-arrs-staff-redundant-lmcs-warn/article/1873355 PCNs will be forced to choose between making additional roles staff redundant or asking member practices for six-figure sums to subsidise their salaries after a change in funding rules, LMCs have said. Mon, 20 May 2024 10:03:32 +0100 https://www.gponline.com/article/1873355 Workforce https://www.gponline.com/orphan-gp-practice-financial-pressure-frozen-pcns/article/1871017 A GP practice unable to join or form a PCN despite several attempts has revealed the financial pressure that has come with its 'orphan' status. Tue, 07 May 2024 08:00:00 +0100 https://www.gponline.com/article/1871017 Practice News https://www.gponline.com/icbs-pilot-ways-optimise-general-practice-operating-model/article/1871244 ICBs will work with a small number of PCNs to pilot 'operational changes and improvements that would optimise the general practice operating model', NHS England has said. Thu, 02 May 2024 15:21:32 +0100 https://www.gponline.com/article/1871244 Practice News https://www.gponline.com/gp-supervision-role-arrs-staff-fully-funded-say-lmcs/article/1848815 GPs and ARRS staff need 'funded and protected time' for supervision and learning, and practices should face no new access targets until the overhaul is complete, LMCs have warned. Thu, 23 Nov 2023 17:02:41 Z https://www.gponline.com/article/1848815 Practice News https://www.gponline.com/arrs-model-turned-its-head-says-bma-gp-leader/article/1840946 The way additional roles staff are used in general practice should be 'turned on its head' so that GPs see patients first, the BMA England GP committee chair has said. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:42:01 +0100 https://www.gponline.com/article/1840946 Primary care networks https://www.gponline.com/pcns-demand-streamlined-gp-contracts-funding-2024-25/article/1840399 Primary care leaders have called for streamlined contracts, more local freedom and mechanisms to drive up the share of NHS funding spent on general practice in a report setting out a vision for primary care beyond the existing five-year GP contract. Wed, 11 Oct 2023 17:23:03 +0100 https://www.gponline.com/article/1840399 GP contracts https://www.gponline.com/gps-demand-new-supervision-rules-arrs-staff-patient-death/article/1829409 GPs have demanded new supervision rules for additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) staff after a patient died from a pulmonary embolism after twice seeing a physician associate. Mon, 10 Jul 2023 12:05:41 +0100 https://www.gponline.com/article/1829409 Workforce https://www.gponline.com/bma-defends-call-scrap-pcns-gps-leading-networks-push-back/article/1827947 Scrapping PCNs could help GPs focus on local patients' priorities, the BMA has said - after a group representing networks warned against the move. Tue, 27 Jun 2023 15:57:32 +0100 https://www.gponline.com/article/1827947 Primary care networks https://www.gponline.com/gp-practice-managers-moving-pcn-roles-better-pay/article/1827407 GP practices across England are losing practice managers to PCN roles offering higher rates of pay, GPonline has learned. Thu, 22 Jun 2023 14:48:26 +0100 https://www.gponline.com/article/1827407 Primary care networks https://www.gponline.com/pcns-failed-project-scrapped-warns-bma/article/1827536 PCNs are a 'failed project' that should be scrapped - with all their resources moved into core GP practice funding, according to a BMA document that sets out contract demands from 2024 onwards. Fri, 23 Jun 2023 12:13:59 +0100 https://www.gponline.com/article/1827536 Primary care networks https://www.gponline.com/government-right-claim-its-26000-additional-roles-target-met/article/1825137 Prime minister Rishi Sunak claimed last month that the government had met its manifesto pledge to recruit 26,000 extra primary care staff a year early - but is the claim accurate? Mon, 05 Jun 2023 11:16:35 +0100 https://www.gponline.com/article/1825137 Workforce https://www.gponline.com/unfunded-pay-rise-leaves-multi-million-pound-gap-arrs-funding/article/1825038 PCNs could be forced to scale back recruitment plans under the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) because funding will not increase to reflect this year's pay award for NHS staff. Fri, 02 Jun 2023 16:52:35 +0100 https://www.gponline.com/article/1825038 Primary care networks https://www.gponline.com/importance-continuity-lost-amid-focus-gp-access-warns-fuller/article/1822833 The importance of continuity of care has become 'a bit lost' in the current access-focused debate around general practice, the author of the landmark Fuller Stocktake report on NHS integration has said. Mon, 15 May 2023 15:06:10 +0100 https://www.gponline.com/article/1822833 Practice News https://www.gponline.com/nhs-england-official-sets-gp-contract-priorities-five-year-deal/article/1816086 The GP contract will shift towards driving integration between general practice and other community services after the current five-year deal - and access targets in 2023/24 will pave the way for that, the NHS director of primary and community care has suggested. Fri, 10 Mar 2023 16:25:04 Z https://www.gponline.com/article/1816086 News https://www.gponline.com/podcast-next-primary-care-networks/article/1815893 Talking General Practice speaks to Ben Gowland, whose company Ockham Healthcare works with PCNs across England, about what the future could hold for networks. Thu, 09 Mar 2023 12:44:40 Z https://www.gponline.com/article/1815893 Podcast https://www.gponline.com/gp-crisis-driving-rise-partnership-pcn-disputes/article/1813853 Spiralling pressure on general practice is driving a rise in disputes within GP partnerships and at PCN level, LMCs and primary care experts have warned. Fri, 17 Feb 2023 15:45:01 Z https://www.gponline.com/article/1813853 Practice News https://www.gponline.com/private-company-wins-91m-deal-six-gp-practices/article/1814358 Six GP practices in Essex will be taken over by a private provider under 15-year APMS contracts worth a total of £91m. Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:26:47 Z https://www.gponline.com/article/1814358 News https://www.gponline.com/gps-dont-believe-integrated-care-systems-will-improve-patient-care/article/1813466 Just one in six GPs in England believe that integrated care systems will improve NHS patient care, a GPonline poll has found. Wed, 15 Feb 2023 11:31:22 Z https://www.gponline.com/article/1813466 Practice News https://www.gponline.com/icb-draft-contract-spells-plan-move-enhanced-services-worth-millions-away-practices/article/1812984 GPs fear a draft contract that would strip enhanced services worth millions of pounds from individual practices and transfer them to PCNs risks heaping more pressure on overstretched GP services. Fri, 10 Feb 2023 12:07:54 Z https://www.gponline.com/article/1812984 GP contracts https://www.gponline.com/will-nhs-englands-core20plus5-model-help-gps-address-health-inequalities/article/1812839 GPonline explains what Core20Plus5 is, why it was introduced and how NHS England is hoping it will help integrated care systems and PCNs tackle inequalities in healthcare. Thu, 09 Feb 2023 12:51:45 Z https://www.gponline.com/article/1812839 GP Practice