Essential knowledge for integrated care boards, as strategic commissioners they need to be familiar with effective contract management for all four primary care provider groups – dental, medical, ...

A report from the National Audit Office looks at how the NHS identifies and supports people living with or at risk of frailty before they reach the point of medical crisis or hospital admission. With ...

Rates of vaccination are declining in the UK. The King's Fund research explores how Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board has achieved some of the highest uptake rates in the country despite the ...

Mothers and babies in England will receive safer care as a safety signal system is rolled out across NHS maternity services. The tool rapidly analyses data being routinely recorded by maternity teams ...

People requiring social care are benefitting from more hours of improved, safer care, thanks to the government’s digital revolution. Digital social care records are an essential part of the ambition ...

Patients at nearly all GP practices (98.7%) in England can access their surgery online, following changes allowing patients to submit online consultation requests open during work hours (8am – 6.30pm) ...

Patients attended A&E last winter for everyday niggles such as hiccups and ingrowing nails. There were more than 200,000 A&E attendances last winter for conditions that could have been dealt with ...

Stroke patients in England are getting treatment more than an hour earlier thanks to an AI tool, a study has revealed. The analysis published in The Lancet Digital Health shows around 15,000 patients ...

The Covid pandemic showed the need for government to improve its use of modelling. This paper presents the possible benefits and challenges created by greater use of combined epidemiological and ...

The December edition of PCC Insight considers the challenges ahead including the cultural shift needed to realise the 10 Year Health Plan’s vision. Articles include primary care and the new landscape ...

Service charges on leased GP premises continue to rise increasing financial pressures. PCC can act as an honest broker, providing impartial advice and practical assistance to ensure transparency, ...

This report argues that with NHS finances set to be severely restricted in the coming years, greater private investment and partnership with the independent healthcare sector will be essential to the ...