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Save the date: Wednesday 2nd April 2025, Ramside Hall.
Posted on 31st January 2025
The first Primary Care Collaborative conference will take place on the morning of Wednesday 2nd April 2025 at Ramside Hall Hotel. The healthcare landscape is changing, and the challenges placed on primary care professiona
Optimising access to patient records: NCRS expansion pilot update
Posted on 27th January 2025
Efforts to improve patient experience and ensure seamless continuity of care are advancing through the initiation of a new pilot focused on expanding access to the National Care Records Service (NCRS). Led by the North of
“We want to hear directly from the people working on the ground—how does it feel, what’s working, and where are the challenges?”
Posted on 16th January 2025
In September 2024, North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) published its five year Clinical Conditions Strategic Plan, outlining the organisation’s ambitious plans to help people living across the North E
We need your views to inform the Primary Care Workforce Strategy.
Posted on 13th January 2025
The Primary Care Collaborative, supported by NENC ICB, is developing a Primary Care Workforce Strategy. It aims to address challenges and opportunities across General Practice, Dentistry, Optometry, and Pharmacy. Your ins
Your thoughts on the PCC and more.
Posted on 28th November 2024
In October, as we prepared for our two recent engagement events, we shared a survey seeking your responses to three important questions. We asked what you would like to speak to the (then) brand new Health Secretary. We a
NGPS’s Joanna Vintis receives Queens Nurse award for services to primary care nursing.
Posted on 28th November 2024
Newcastle GP Service’s lead nurse and head of workforce, Joanna Vintis, will be awarded the title ‘Queen’s Nurse’ this week for her years of work supporting the next generation of nurses in primary care.The title of Queen
“Improved patient experience and continuity of care can only be delivered through timely, appropriate and relevant access to patient records.”
Posted on 21st November 2024
Scoping work for a Summary Care Record (SCR) access expansion pilot has begun. The work is led by NECS on behalf of the PCC and NENC ICB. It is looking at the potential benefits and barriers to pharmacy (where some SCR ac
NHS Carol Service 2024 – Durham Cathedral
Posted on 19th November 2024
Join this year’s NHS Carol Service being held on Tuesday 17 December at Durham Cathedral, doors open at 6.45pm for the service at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome to come along so please put the date in your diary. The service
Happy 10th birthday to Newcastle’s GP Federation!
Posted on 11th November 2024
Ten years ago, in a Gosforth café, the first seeds for what would become Newcastle GP Services (NGPS) were planted. Since then, the GP Federation has provided a range of services for the people of Newcastle, working with
Tees Valley GPs set to RISE
Posted on 10th October 2024
An ambitious GP retention scheme developed by primary care Clinical Leads working in Tees Valley has just recruited its second cohort of GPs. RISE, which originally launched in June 2023, stands for Retain, Innovate, Supp
The Darzi report – a response.
Posted on 16th September 2024
We at the PCC were really interested in the recent publication of Lord Darzi’s IndependentInvestigation of the NHS in England , and what its content might signify for the future of theNHS, and therefore for our primary ca
In Conversation with Matt Brown of the North East and North Cumbria Provider Collaborative
Posted on 6th September 2024
Matt Brown has been Managing Director of the North East and North Cumbria Provider Collaborative since early 2022. He kindly agreed to share his unique insight as a leader as we proceed through the first year of our Prima
A shared vision for the future
Posted on 24th July 2024
Stephanie Cairns Optometry has historically operated in silo, but the PCC is determined to change this, putting the service at the centre of primary care conversations. There’s an over-riding mood for change across the No
Using data to understand the health of local populations
Posted on 24th July 2024
One of the early priorities identified by the PCC working group was to help local teams use the data available to them to understand particular issues in their communities. We believe this will give our Primary Care Netwo
New ways of working that work for us all
Posted on 24th July 2024
The Pharmacy First service launched on 31st January. The PCC decided that one of our first priorities should be to help our General Practice and Community Pharmacy members to get maximum benefit from the scheme. It’s a re
Events
Autumn 2024 Engagement Webinars: Tuesday 5th November 1pm-2pm, and Tuesday 12th November 6.30pm -7.30pm
Posted on 16th October 2024
The theme for these two engagement sessions will be ‘Big Ideas.’ They will offer the opportunity for us to explore together the widest issues shaping primary care and how they impact our day-to-day w
Coming soon: The Primary Care Collaborative Conference – Spring 2025
Posted on 25th July 2024
Planning is currently underway for our first conference. To prebook your place, drop us an email: necsu.primarycarecollabnenc@nhs.net You can watch recordings of past events on our YouTube channel.