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PCNs should prioritise vaccination of care home residents

By Beth Gault | Published: 19 August 2024

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Practice nurses want to be added to ARRS, survey shows

By Megan Ford | Published: 09 August 2024

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Lack of clarity on pay uplift for ARRS staff

By Victoria Vaughan | Published: 02 August 2024

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Community pharmacists concerned about ARRS, survey suggests

By Joanna Robertson | Published: 26 July 2024

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Pay and progression are a problem for ARRS pharmacists, survey finds

By Joanna Robertson and Megan Ford | Published: 26 July 2024

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Exclusive: South West PCNs first to benefit from CAIP payments

By Beth Gault | Published: 24 July 2024

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ARRS hits a high of 37,000 staff, NHS confirms

By Beth Gault | Published: 23 July 2024

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Revealed: ICB engagement with primary care worse than CCGs

By Beth Gault | Published: 23 July 2024

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PCNs should prioritise hard-to-reach patients

By Victoria Vaughan and Beth Gault | Published: 19 July 2024

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Exclusive: A majority of CDs plan to leave their role in the next 3 years

By Beth Gault | Published: 18 July 2024

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Exclusive: PCNs lost out on ARRS funds due to varying NHS England advice

By Beth Gault | Published: 17 July 2024

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Social prescribers not sufficiently targeted to areas with highest need, study finds

By Beth Gault | Published: 16 July 2024

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AI tool improves early cancer diagnosis in primary care

By Beth Gault | Published: 11 July 2024

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PCN leaders call on new Government for ‘sustainable recurrent funding’

By Victoria Vaughan and Eliza Parr | Published: 09 July 2024

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Just half of practice employees report sufficient staffing levels

By Rima Evans | Published: 05 July 2024

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PCNs employing ‘cheaper’ hospital consultants instead of GPs

By Beth Gault | Published: 04 July 2024

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Exclusive: PCNs have improved patient care and access, survey finds

By Beth Gault | Published: 02 July 2024

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Election latest: The final pledges before polls open

By Beth Gault | Published: 02 July 2024

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ARRS improves patient access, study finds

By Beth Gault | Published: 01 July 2024

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PCNs urged to halt PA hiring as union launches legal action

By Eliza Parr and Anna Colivicchi | Published: 25 June 2024

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PCNs enticed to join pilot scheme with a possible £1.5m funding

By Beth Gault | Published: 25 June 2024

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PCNs tasked with monitoring cloud telephony data

By Beth Gault | Published: 25 June 2024

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CDs welcome notion that practices should check their finances

By Beth Gault | Published: 18 June 2024

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PCN leaders to drive demand and capacity test sites

By Victoria Vaughan | Published: 12 June 2024

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Use transformation funds to support development of PCNs, says NHS England

By Beth Gault | Published: 11 June 2024

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There should be board level individuals responsible for PAs, says GMC

By Beth Gault | Published: 11 June 2024

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Election latest: The health pledges made this week

By Beth Gault | Published: 11 June 2024

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Revealed: PCNs have underspent on ARRS by £45m

By Beth Gault | Published: 10 June 2024

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PCNs automatically get maximum points for IIF appointments indicator

By Rima Evans | Published: 10 June 2024

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NHS England cancels primary care digital pathways framework

By Beth Gault | Published: 06 June 2024

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Homeless outreach programme helps over 120 vulnerable patients

By Beth Gault | Published: 05 June 2024

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Health committee calls for review of ARRS funding

By Joanna Robertson | Published: 04 June 2024

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Election latest: What are the political parties promising for healthcare?

By Beth Gault | Published: 04 June 2024

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Pharmacists remain most popular ARRS role for PCNs

By Beth Gault | Published: 04 June 2024

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PCNs will need to reduce clinical staff to meet budgets, say leaders

By Beth Gault | Published: 03 June 2024

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NHS England funds new PCN pharmacy engagement role

By Beth Gault | Published: 29 May 2024

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Next government should prioritise pay, PCN staff say

By Beth Gault | Published: 28 May 2024

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Clinical directors call on next government to make PCNs permanent

By Beth Gault | Published: 23 May 2024

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PCN wins award for wellbeing café

By Julie Griffiths | Published: 23 May 2024

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PCN inclusion health pop up draws in 7,500 people

Published: 21 May 2024

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System working

ICB takes ‘novel’ approach to integrated community care

By Julie Griffiths | Published: 21 May 2024

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‘New opportunity’ to use ARRS funding for pharmacy training roles

By Joanna Robertson | Published: 14 May 2024

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PCNs urged to talk with ICBs about autonomy around digital tools

By Beth Gault | Published: 07 May 2024

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Bowel screening birthday card increases uptake

By Beth Gault | Published: 03 May 2024

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New social prescribing sites opened in partnership with NHS Property Services

By Beth Gault | Published: 02 May 2024

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PCNs a key part of new NHS England initiative

By Beth Gault | Published: 02 May 2024

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PCNs need access to data security teams to avoid risk

By Beth Gault | Published: 30 April 2024

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Take our State of Primary Care Survey and you could win a £200 voucher

By Beth Gault | Published: 29 April 2024

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PCNs urged to meet with MPs ahead of a general election

By Beth Gault | Published: 25 April 2024

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Retention schemes for pharmacists and GPs extended

Published: 23 April 2024

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PCNs should use a population health management approach to service delivery

By Beth Gault | Published: 22 April 2024

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ARRS has ‘potential’ but more flexible funding needed, study finds

By Beth Gault | Published: 17 April 2024

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Just one in three PCN clinical directors are women

By Anna Colivicchi and Beth Gault | Published: 16 April 2024

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Salary and responsibilities of ARRS enhanced nurses revealed

By Megan Ford and Eliza Parr | Published: 11 April 2024

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Digital health coaching tool helps reduce GP appointments

By Beth Gault | Published: 10 April 2024

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NHS England to share data on 111 calls with PCN clinical directors

By Beth Gault | Published: 09 April 2024

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PCN funding remains flat for 2024/25

By Beth Gault | Published: 09 April 2024

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Clinical director views sought on regulating physician associates

By Beth Gault | Published: 02 April 2024

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PCN DES requirements merged under new contract

By Beth Gault | Published: 28 March 2024

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Community services should be ‘more aligned’ with PCNs, NHS England says

By Beth Gault | Published: 28 March 2024

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PCN tool to assess inclusion health has relaunched

By Beth Gault | Published: 26 March 2024

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England’s smallest PCN gets a green light

Published: 25 March 2024

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ICB explores new funding model for primary care

By Julie Griffiths | Published: 20 March 2024

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Practice digital front doors are not exclusionary, says PCN leader

Published: 19 March 2024

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PCN bowel clinic cuts patient waiting times by up to 70 weeks

By Beth Gault | Published: 19 March 2024

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One third of physician associates hired through PCNs

By Beth Gault | Published: 12 March 2024

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ARRS enhanced nurse role seen as an opportunity

By Megan Ford | Published: 07 March 2024

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CAIPed crusaders: PCNs on receiving this year’s access payments

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 06 March 2024

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Unclaimed ARRS funding will not be available to PCNs according to new contract

By Beth Gault | Published: 29 February 2024

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Three IIF targets scrapped in 2024/25 GP contract

By Beth Gault | Published: 29 February 2024

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PCN led same-day access hubs should be rolled out, says leading GP

By Eliza Parr | Published: 27 February 2024

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Incoming Government must secure PCNs’ future, Confed warns

By Jess Hacker | Published: 21 February 2024

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ICBs considering advising PCNs to switch patients onto apixaban

By Jess Hacker | Published: 13 February 2024

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ARRS roles will expand to include nurses

By Eliza Parr and Megan Ford | Published: 05 February 2024

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One-in-10 practices spending under £10,000 on digital telephony, survey finds

By Jess Hacker | Published: 30 January 2024

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Shop around: PCNs on the high street

By Jess Hacker | Published: 23 January 2024

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MPs call for national social prescribing strategy

By Jess Hacker | Published: 19 January 2024

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GPs should be included in ARRS, says BMA

By Anna Colivicchi | Published: 18 January 2024

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Call for PCNs to deploy pharmacists across multiple settings

By Joanna Robertson | Published: 18 January 2024

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Professional qualification for PCN managers launched

By Rima Evans | Published: 18 January 2024

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PCN’s CVD prevention pilot expanded to cover 230,000 patients

By Jess Hacker | Published: 11 January 2024

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PCN directors back including GPs in ARRS

By Jess Hacker | Published: 09 January 2024

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BMA surveys GPs on future of PCNs

By Jess Hacker | Published: 04 January 2024

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AI will improve patient care and outcomes, health leaders believe

By Jess Hacker | Published: 15 December 2023

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Government asks if IIF should be scrapped in consultation

By Sofia Lind and Jess Hacker | Published: 14 December 2023

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PCN of the Year Award winner for 2023 announced

By Healthcare reporters | Published: 12 December 2023

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Pulse PCN winter is out now

By Jess Hacker | Published: 12 December 2023

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‘Skewed’ PCN funding leaves deprived areas worse off, finds report

By Julie Griffiths | Published: 12 December 2023

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System overload: PCN digital and transformation update

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 12 December 2023

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NHS drug deal to be reviewed after cheaper DOAC released

By Jess Hacker | Published: 30 November 2023

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Revealed: Twice as many male PCN directors than female

By Jess Hacker | Published: 28 November 2023

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New resource for primary care networks launched

By Victoria Vaughan | Published: 21 November 2023

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PCNs urged to hire health inequality leads

By Jess Hacker | Published: 16 November 2023

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Exception reporting for access IIF indicator still being planned

By Rima Evans | Published: 14 November 2023

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Over three-quarters of PCNs have veteran-friendly GP practices

Published: 09 November 2023

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Run PCNs like a community trust to improve management

By Jess Hacker | Published: 02 November 2023

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Pulse PCN to become fully digital

By Jess Hacker | Published: 27 October 2023

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Almost half of ARRS funding spent on pharmacists

By Joanna Robertson | Published: 26 October 2023

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More than 31,000 ARRS staff recruited since 2019

By Joanna Robertson | Published: 26 October 2023

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Exclusive: Fewer PCNs sign up to deliver Covid vaccines than last year

Published: 05 October 2023

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Six PCNs nominated for national GP Awards

By Jess Hacker | Published: 28 September 2023

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Improve funding for mental health staff in PCNs, NHS England told

By Jess Hacker | Published: 27 September 2023

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Survey

Take Pulse PCN’s short survey on AI for a chance to win £200 in vouchers

Published: 26 September 2023

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GPs and patients should be involved in NHS App design

By Jess Hacker | Published: 21 September 2023

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ICB launches campaign to promote ARRS staff

By Jess Hacker | Published: 19 September 2023

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Analysis

All PCNs in Barnet referring patients to food banks

By Jess Hacker | Published: 14 September 2023

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PCN to use conversation app to manage long-term conditions

By Jess Hacker | Published: 07 September 2023

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Analysis

Everybody needs good neighbourhoods

By Emma Wilkinson and Jess Hacker | Published: 05 September 2023

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Pulse PCN Autumn is out now

By Jess Hacker | Published: 04 September 2023

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PCNs eligible for ‘hands-on’ QOF, IIF and capacity support

By Jess Hacker | Published: 29 August 2023

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Half of ICBs don’t think PCNs are able to deliver on ICS strategies

By Jess Hacker | Published: 24 August 2023

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Cancer IIF not affected by scrapped two-week wait

By Jess Hacker | Published: 22 August 2023

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‘No risk’ of PCNs being scrapped, says NHS England GP lead

By Victoria Vaughan | Published: 22 August 2023

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PCNs should audit GP websites, NHS England says

By Jess Hacker | Published: 13 July 2023

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PCN leaders respond to BMA call for networks to be scrapped

By Jess Hacker | Published: 11 July 2023

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PCN leaders respond to BMA call for networks to be scrapped

By Jess Hacker | Published: 11 July 2023

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NHS England to ‘extend success’ of ARRS with 20,000 new staff

By Jess Hacker | Published: 30 June 2023

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Wrong to throw PCNs ‘out with the bathwater’, BMA warned

By Jess Hacker | Published: 27 June 2023

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Total ARRS budget will not account for Agenda for Change uplift

By Jess Hacker | Published: 09 June 2023

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GPs should be trained in population health management

By Jess Hacker | Published: 06 June 2023

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New guidance to help PCNs with multidisciplinary teams

By Jess Hacker | Published: 06 June 2023

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Pulse PCN’s summer 2023 issue is here

By Jess Hacker | Published: 01 June 2023

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Your paediatrician will see you now: Delivering care and increasing access with PCN hubs  

By Jess Hacker | Published: 01 June 2023

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Physician associates exempt from five-year FTP rule

By Jess Hacker | Published: 22 May 2023

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New saving targets forces ICB to slash PCNs’ ARRS budget

By Jess Hacker | Published: 19 May 2023

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Single practice PCN prevented 12,480 non-elective bed days

By Jess Hacker | Published: 18 May 2023

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PCNs meet milestone of hiring over 26,000 ARRS staff

By Jess Hacker | Published: 18 May 2023

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NHS England to review PCNs ahead of 2024/25 contract

By Jess Hacker | Published: 09 May 2023

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Analysis

Changing focus at PCNs after the IIF update

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 08 May 2023

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Analysis

How PCNs are coping with changes to the IIF

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 04 May 2023

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Analysis

Extension for GP access plan deadline criticised by PCN leads

By Jess Hacker | Published: 02 May 2023

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PCNs will struggle to manage cost-of-living with 2.1% pay uplift

By Jess Hacker | Published: 20 April 2023

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Nearly three quarters of GPs cannot house ARRS staff, survey finds

By Jess Hacker | Published: 28 March 2023

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Retiring nurses to teach PCN-funded GP nursing ‘school’

By Jess Hacker | Published: 16 March 2023

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Cutting IIF undermines ARRS hires, PCN leaders say

By Jess Hacker | Published: 13 March 2023

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Advanced nurse practitioners added to ARRS

By Jess Hacker | Published: 06 March 2023

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ARRS about face: How well is the additional roles scheme working?

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 01 March 2023

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Revealed: Tens of millions of unspent ARRS funding to be lost to general practice

By Jess Hacker | Published: 02 February 2023

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Analysis

Finding the value in personalised care: What approach are PCNs taking? 

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 02 February 2023

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PCNs have hired 3,880 pharmacists

By Jess Hacker | Published: 30 January 2023

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PCN cut antibiotic use by a third with on-site strep A testing

By Jess Hacker | Published: 19 December 2022

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PCN donates 100 advent calendars to food bank

By Jess Hacker | Published: 15 December 2022

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Award-winning PCN cut hospital admissions by 44%

By Jess Hacker | Published: 13 December 2022

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Sheffield PCNs cut 100 tonnes of CO2 with new inhalers

By Jess Hacker | Published: 13 December 2022

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Winter Pulse PCN is out

Published: 01 December 2022

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Analysis

PCNs past, present, future: Looking beyond the DES

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 01 December 2022

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Event news

Maximise ARRS spending in DES final year

By Victoria Vaughan | Published: 24 November 2022

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GP social prescribers to assess poor housing conditions following tragic death

By Jess Hacker | Published: 18 November 2022

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PCN DES should reward GPs for outcomes, NAPC says

By Jess Hacker | Published: 17 November 2022

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NHSE issues guidance to ‘improve’ GP understanding of paramedics

By Jess Hacker | Published: 10 November 2022

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Calls for NHS England to ‘guarantee PCNs will exist beyond 2024’

By Jess Hacker | Published: 04 November 2022

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Group of GP networks outsource mobile Covid boosters to private provider

By Jess Hacker | Published: 01 November 2022

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GP networks should ‘consider’ advertising weekend and evening appointments

By Jess Hacker | Published: 04 October 2022

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‘Shared decision-making’ training for GPs scrapped days before deadline

By Jess Hacker | Published: 29 September 2022

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Network DES funding worth £37m to be reallocated as GP winter access funding

By Jess Hacker | Published: 27 September 2022

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PCSE Online to process PCN payments from next week

By Jess Hacker | Published: 26 September 2022

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GP assistants and digital leads to be added to ARRS from next month

By Jess Hacker | Published: 23 September 2022

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Some PCNs ringfencing time for mandatory ‘tick-box’ shared decision-making training

By Jess Hacker | Published: 22 September 2022

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Analysis

Enhanced access: Not enough hours in a day

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 06 September 2022

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Incompatible IT systems may cause enhanced access headache, PCNs warn

By Jess Hacker | Published: 18 August 2022

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GP networks hired nearly 1,000 ARRS staff in the last three months

By Jess Hacker | Published: 18 August 2022

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No PCN DES exodus as GP practices fear missing out on funding

By Jess Hacker | Published: 08 August 2022

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Non-GP staff could double by 2030 as GP shortfall on course to grow, show projections

By Jess Hacker | Published: 27 July 2022

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Analysis

‘Like building an aeroplane in the sky’, PCNs discuss how to work with ICBs

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 12 July 2022

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PCN leads must work beyond ‘endless’ agendas and meetings

By Jess Hacker | Published: 12 July 2022

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BMA GP Committee to discuss PCN withdrawal this month

By Jess Hacker | Published: 06 July 2022

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Tensions between the union and NHS England are stalling PCN progress

By Jess Hacker | Published: 30 June 2022

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Primary care ‘at risk’ of losing skilled staff due to institutional racism

By Jess Hacker | Published: 28 June 2022

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PHM is ‘golden thread’ between primary care and ICBs

By Jess Hacker | Published: 23 June 2022

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Only GPs with PCN director experience can sit on some integrated care boards

By Jess Hacker | Published: 21 June 2022

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Analysis

Demanding DES: PCNs forced to pick their targets

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 07 June 2022

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Simplify ARRS guidance and address confusion around roles, report warns

By Jess Hacker | Published: 31 May 2022

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Failure to invest in PCN leadership risks undermining integrated primary care

By Jess Hacker | Published: 26 May 2022

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GP networks hire nearly 3,000 care co-ordinators

By Jess Hacker | Published: 24 May 2022

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PCN VAT costs could reduce available budget by 20%, accountants warn

By Jess Hacker | Published: 20 May 2022

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Structured medication reviews require more GP supervision, finds study

By Jess Hacker | Published: 03 May 2022

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NHS England lowers thresholds for DOAC IIF indicator

By Jess Hacker | Published: 27 April 2022

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Analysis

How PCNs are preparing to deal with the mental health tsunami, part two

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 20 April 2022

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A quarter of GP partners still unsure about signing up to the Network DES

By Jess Hacker | Published: 14 April 2022

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Analysis

How PCNs are preparing to deal with the mental health tsunami, part one

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 13 April 2022

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Event news

PCNs advised to ‘grow your own’ ARRS staff to cover shortages

By Jess Hacker | Published: 11 April 2022

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PCNs given six months to deliver targeted social prescribing programme

By Jess Hacker | Published: 01 April 2022

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PCNs can deploy double number of mental health practitioners under ARRS

By Jess Hacker | Published: 01 April 2022

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PCNs have recruited 16,000 staff via ARRS, says NHS England

By Jess Hacker | Published: 28 March 2022

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ICS to provide PCNs with regular funding for workforce planning and training

By Jess Hacker | Published: 28 March 2022

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Event news

Pulse PCN event series launches in April

By Jess Hacker | Published: 24 March 2022

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First PCNs hire GPs in ‘portfolio’ roles to work across networks

By Jess Hacker | Published: 23 March 2022

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NHSE confirms £34.6m to support three new IIF indicators

By Jess Hacker | Published: 16 March 2022

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NHSE pushes deadlines for PCN service specs by up to 12 months

By Jess Hacker | Published: 16 March 2022

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Analysis

Joining the dots

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 03 March 2022

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Pulse PCN wins ‘best new launch’ award for filling ‘genuine need’

By Costanza Potter | Published: 01 February 2022

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Analysis

Show me the money

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 09 December 2021

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Analysis

‘IIF can keep your link worker, when others are losing theirs…’

By Jaimie Kaffash | Published: 09 December 2021

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Analysis

All things being equal

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 09 September 2021

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Analysis

Pulse PCN: Seat at the ICS table

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 25 June 2021

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Analysis

Mission improbable: How PCNs are coping with gradually increasing workload

By Emma Wilkinson | Published: 08 April 2021

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