Our first instalment of the Pulse PCN Podcast is now available.
In this episode of the Pulse PCN Podcast, deputy editor Beth Gault and editor Victoria Vaughan discuss the PCN capacity and access pilot sites that were launched last year and their progress so far.
The sites were to be funded around £1.5m to test ways of improving capacity in general practice to meet growing demand.
Beth interviews Dr Neha Bhagi, clinical director of Frome PCN, Somerset, which is one of the 22 pilot sites.
They discuss how the pilot is going at the PCN and what impact it’s having on the network.
Dr Neha Bhagi, clinical director of Frome PCN, shares on the podcast: ‘It’s given us lots of different opportunities in terms of enabling us to look at our clinical capacity, including recruiting additional staff from GPs to a pharmacist lead, we’ve also got an evaluation lead now and a health psychologist.’
This episode was produced by Beth Gault.
The Pulse PCN Podcast is hosted on Buzzsprout but you can find it wherever you get your podcasts.