Primary Care Networks (PCNs)

Primary Care Networks (PCNs)

Many people are living with long term conditions such as diabetes and heart disease, or suffer with mental health issues and may need to access their local health services more often. To meet these needs, practices have begun working together and with community, mental health, social care, pharmacy, hospital and voluntary services in their local areas in Primary Care Networks (PCNs).

Primary care networks build on the core of current primary care services and enable greater provision of proactive, personalised, coordinated and more integrated health and social care. This as a change from reactively providing appointments to proactively care for the people and communities they serve.

For more information on PCNs, watch the video below and for information on the Primary Care Networks in BLMK please visit the BLMK ICS Health and Care Partnership website here Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care System (blmkhealthandcarepartnership.org)

PCN Profiles

Over the next few years, PCNs will be required to deliver expanding services, new ways of integrated working and new service models.

Wider determinants, more commonly know as social determinants, are a diverse range of social, economic and environmental factors which impact on people’s health.

These profiles are a view covering the various aspects of the health, wellbeing and social care of the different Primary Care Networks (PCNs). They are intended to help inform the needs of the local population, to assist and support the planning of local services. They will also allow organisations and teams working in PCNs to develop tailored approaches to engagement and communications and understand issues unique to each population

Bedford PCN Profiles

  • Unity PCN
  • North Bedford PCN
  • East Bedford PCN
  • Caritas Medical PCN

For a copy of the latest PCN profiles please email [email protected]