Priority Areas of Service
PCNs are contracted to deliver seven new national service specifications which cover 41 requirements that implement many of the primary and community care commitments in the long term plan
The seven specifications are from April 2020:
- Anticipatory care for high need patients with complex long-term conditions
- Enhanced health support in care homes
- Structured medications review and optimisation
- Personalised care
- Supporting early cancer diagnosis
And from April 2021:
- CVD prevention and diagnosis
- Tackling neighbourhood inequalities