What are PCNs?
PCNs build on current primary care services and enable greater provision of proactive, personalised, coordinated and more integrated health and social care. Clinicians describe this as a change from reactively providing appointments to proactively providing care for the people and communities they serve. Where emerging PCNs are in place in parts of the country, there are clear benefits for patients and clinicians. PCNs usually have a 30 to 50k population and are geographically contiguous (next to or touching another). All GP practices are expected to sign up to be a member of a PCN. Read the NHS England PCN FAQs.