PRIMARY CARE NETWORKS - THE FUTURE OF GENERAL PRACTICE
From 1 July 2019, all GP practices - including ours - will start to work together in ‘Primary Care Networks’ (PCNs), to share their expertise and resources over wider geographical area.
The NHS’s Long Term Plan, published in January 2019, aims to integrate a lot of services which have traditionally worked separately - like mental health services, physiotherapy and social care. By working together in a PCN, practices like ours can offer you a wider range of services than we can on our own, and give you much faster and more efficient access to the right care and support.
Each PCN will develop teams of healthcare professionals, including GPs, pharmacists, district nurses, community paramedics, physiotherapists and other health workers, to provide tailored care for patients in their community. A ‘Social Prescriber’ will be appointed in each PCN to help direct people to a whole range of nonmedical services, like social clubs, community support groups and exercise activities, that will help them take greater control of their own health and stay well.
Within the South Eastern Hampshire CCG area, PCNs will deliver personal care valued by patients and GPs, and allow better collaboration between us and other practices. Locally, our PCN details are as follows:
South Eastern Hampshire CCG
Primary Care Networks | Practices | Clinical Lead | Managing Lead |
East Hants PCN | Badgerswood Surgery Pinehill Surgery Swan Medical Group The Grange Surgery Liphook and Liss Surgery Riverside Partnership Clanfield Practice Rowlands Castle Surgery Horndean Surgery | Dr Richard Kershaw | Dr Richard Kershaw |
Havant & Waterlooville PCN | Bosmere Medical Practice Park Lane Surgery Staunton Surgery Denmead Practice Oaks Healthcare Village Surgery | Dr Anthony Renton Dr Jake Oates Dr Ben Bracegirdle | Susie Myhill |
Hayling Island & Emsworth PCN | Emsworth Surgery The Elms Practice Waterside Medical Practice | Dr Hannah Morgan | Dr Hannah Morgan |
Strawberry Health PCN | Homewell Practice Vine Medical Group | Dr Dominic Davis Dr Duncan Pickup | Jo Lush Elaine Korab |