The Primary Care Home programme is an innovative approach to strengthening and redesigning primary care, which was founded by the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) in 2017. Since that time, there has been the emergence of primary care networks so how have the radical differences which have swept across the general practice system affected the programme and its development? This week’s podcast features Dr Minesh Patel, current NAPC Chair, who talks to Ben about the progress of the Primary Care Home movement, the impact of PCNs and their influence broadly and what is next in terms of both models.

 

Introductions (10 secs)

 

The role of the NAPC (21 secs)

 

Primary Care Home (PCH) initiative and the relationship with PCNs (1 min 2 secs)

 

How is the work of the Primary Care Home being carried out now? (2 mins 2 secs)

 

Are PCNs a risk to the Primary Care Home movement? (3 mins 24 secs)

 

PCN new roles (5 mins 13 secs)

 

The key differences of Primary Care Home and PCN – and the resulting impacts (6 mins 40 secs)

 

Are networks operating differently in different areas when it comes to recruitment of the new roles? (8 mins 11 secs)

 

The timeline for embedding new staff (9 mins 34 secs)

 

Where PCNs fit as far as integrated care is concerned (10 mins 8 secs)

 

Lessons in engagement from the Primary Care Home programme (13 mins 4 secs)

 

Relationship development (14 mins 33 secs)

 

How has Covid affected the development of PCNs? (15 mins 32 secs)

 

NAPC forward view and how they can help practices and networks right now (16 mins 49 secs)

 

Getting in touch (18 mins 26 secs)

 

 

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