FOI Ref: 0061FOI1920 

24^th July 2019 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information 

We are pleased to respond to your request for information and our response is set out below: 

Request/ Response 

I am writing to you today to request information relating to Primary Care Networks (PCN), as set out and defined by NHS England –

 https://www.england.nhs.uk/gp/gpfv/redesign/primary-care-networks/.

1. Please can you provide details of the PCNs that your constituent GP members (i.e. those that make up NHS Sheffield CCG) are part of, specifically the following details:

a) PCN Name(s)

This information is now publically available and can be found here: https://www.sheffieldccg.nhs.uk/Downloads/Primary%20Care%20Commissioning%20Committee/2019/18%20JUL%202019/9a%20APPROVAL%20OF%20PRIMARY%20CARE%20NETWORKS.pdf (see page 7)

 b)The PCN maturity matrix Index for the PCN(s)

As newly established entities PCNs have not yet completed a maturity assessment.

c) Name of the Network Chair and email contact for this individual for each PCN.

 

Each PCN has a nominated clinical director see response to question d below

d) Name of the Accountable Clinical Director (if different) and email contact for this individual for each PCN

The names of PCN Clinical Directors and their email addresses are publically available and can be found here:

https://www.sheffieldccg.nhs.uk/Downloads/Primary%20Care%20Commissioning%20Committee/2019/18%20JUL%202019/9a%20APPROVAL%20OF%20PRIMARY%20CARE%20NETWORKS.pdf (see page 7)

e) The List size of each PCN.

This information is publically available and can be found here: https://www.sheffieldccg.nhs.uk/Downloads/Primary%20Care%20Commissioning%20Committee/2019/18%20JUL%202019/9a%20APPROVAL%20OF%20PRIMARY%20CARE%20NETWORKS.pdf (see page 7)

f) The Address and contact details of the Single Practice or Provider that will be the point through which funding will be received on behalf of each PCN – Where this is an NHS organisation please provide practice code/ODS code.

The enclosed table provides the names of the PCN nominated payees and their ODS codes (where applicable). Their addresses are publically available and can be found here: https://www.sheffieldccg.nhs.uk/staffmembership.htm and here: http://www.primarycaresheffield.org.uk/about/

g) Please provide details of the GP practice membership of the PCN(s).

i)Please provide an overall number of practices that make up membership of each PCN

This information is publically available and can be found here: https://www.sheffieldccg.nhs.uk/Downloads/Primary%20Care%20Commissioning%20Committee/2019/18%20JUL%202019/9a%20APPROVAL%20OF%20PRIMARY%20CARE%20NETWORKS.pdf (see page 7)

ii) Please provide practice codes of the GP practice membership for each PCN. Where there are multiple practices per PCN please list using a comma as a delimiter between entries.

Please see enclosed table. Also note, this information is publically available here: https://odsportal.hscic.gov.uk/.

h) If known, what services are contracted by the CCG to be provided by the PCN?  Please breakdown by each PCN. 

The CCG contracts with individual practices, as legal bodies, within each PCN. At present the CCG contracts with provider to provide the following services at network level – those services specified within the  Network DES. In addition, the CCG contracts with West 5 PCN to provide network DES services to the population of a practice that has opted out of the DES.

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