Primary Care Network – our impact

We continue to support members to respond to the challenges facing the health and care system, and to advocate on your behalf for the changes you need. Here are just some of our key areas of impact so far this year through the Primary Care Network.

• We met with the government and senior health care offi­cials to support a shift to a ‘Neighbourhood Health Service’ and launched a new partnership with Local Trust to promote and test community-led approaches to health and wellbeing in some of England’s most deprived neighbourhoods. 
• In partnership with KMPG, we published a report on the development of primary care provider collaboratives, their future ambitions and recommendations to support their development. It was informed by 20 leaders in collaboratives and two roundtables with wider partners including ICB directors of primary care. 
• We engaged with key offi­cials within DHSC and NHS England post-election, providing briefings on specific topics including GPs in the ARRS, collective action and neighbourhood health centres. Our input influenced changes to the ARRS, and recommendations for future contract changes have been put forward on behalf of our members.