Victoria Vaughan

Editor Victoria Vaughan reflects on the end of the five-year PCN Network DES – and a major change for Pulse PCN magazine

PCNs will not be scrapped despite BMA policy, NHS England’s head of primary care has told Pulse in an exclusive interview.

With the focus on access in the recent GP recovery plan, Pulse PCN editor explains how PCNs are working to deliver the right access at the right time in the right place

A Pulse PCN profile in which a PCN clinical director looks ahead to the next steps for PCNs, in light of the Fuller Stocktake

The move to integrated Care Systems (ICSs) puts general practice in a vulnerable position. While its influence has been reduced with the abolition of CCGs, the influence of large providers like acute trusts has increased. General practice is suddenly much more vulnerable, particularly given the background whispers about the end of the independent contractor model and of ‘vertical integration’. What can general practice do about this?

Clinical directors were urged spend additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) funding in the final year of the current contract or risk losing it.

NAPC chair Dr Caroline Taylor discusses support for PCNs and the future of the NAPC primary care home model under integrated care systems

A profile of a PCN that took responsibility for Afghan refugee families fleeing the Taliban

The chair of the NHS Confederation PCN Network talks about his working life and his goal of collaboration between community and local government providers