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PCN Information

What is a Primary Care Network?

Since the NHS was created in 1948, the population has grown and people are living longer. Many people are living with long term conditions such as diabetes and heart disease or suffer with mental health issues and may need to access their local health services more often.

To meet these needs, GP practices are working together with community, mental health, social care, pharmacy, hospital and voluntary services in their local areas in groups of practices known as primary care networks (PCNs).

PCNs build on existing primary care services and enable greater provision of proactive, personalised, coordinated and more integrated health and social care for people close to home. Clinicians describe this as a change from reactively providing appointments to proactively caring for the people and communities they serve.

Each of the 1,250 PCNs across England are based on GP registered patient lists, typically serving natural communities of between 30,000 to 50,000 people (with some flexibility). They are small enough to provide the personal care valued by both people and GPs, but large enough to have impact and economies of scale through better collaboration between GP practices and others in the local health and social care system.

PCNs are led by clinical directors who may be a GP, general practice nurse, clinical pharmacist or other clinical profession working in general practice.

North Bexley PCN

These are 7 practices in the North Bexley PCN, these are:

  • Lakeside Medical Centre
  • Bexley Medical Group
  • Belvedere Medical Centre
  • Northumberland Heath Medical Centre
  • Riverside Surgery
  • Slade Green Medical Centre
  • Crayford Town Surgery

Are there other PCNs locally?

Yes within the London Borough of Bexley there are four PCNs, comprised of 24 GP Practices in total. Each PCN is led by a Clinical Director, and they have been working together, as well as other organisations, to represent the patient population that fall under their collective care. Working in this way allows PCNs to share experience, skills and develop opportunities, with the aim of bringing new services locally, and improving the population’s wellbeing.

Last Updated 19 Feb 2025

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