Primary Care Networks (PCNs) are groups of GP Practices working together to develop localised healthcare services for their patients.
PCNs are based on GP Practice registered lists, typically serving natural communities of around 30,000 to 50,000 patients. They should be small enough to provide the personal care valued by both patients and healthcare professionals, but large enough to have impact and economies of scale through collaboration between GP Practices and other partners in the local health and social care system.
How are they formed?
In North Tyneside there are four Primary Care Networks: Wallsend PCN, North Shields PCN, Whitley Bay PCN and North West North Tyneside PCN that cover all the GP Practices in North Tyneside.
