Primary Care Networks (PCNs)

Berkshire West has fifteen Primary Care Networks (PCNs), established as part of a major revolution in health care for local people.

PCNs are clusters of neighbouring GP surgeries which have teamed up to provide patients with a wider range of health and wellbeing services, specifically geared towards the needs of their local areas. Over time, people like social prescribers, pharmacists, physiotherapists, community mental health professionals, physician associates and paramedics could all be based within a PCN.

Our new way of working brings health and social care closer to people and is aimed at making the NHS more efficient and effective for patients and staff. It’s the biggest transformation of primary care in the last 15 years and is part of the NHS Long Term Plan to revolutionise people’s physical, mental, emotional and social health care and make it more digitally driven.