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Primary care networks will lead to longer appointments with family doctors

Patients are set to get longer appointments with their family doctor thanks to a new collective working that will see practices support each other to deliver specialist care services for patients from a range of skilled health professionals.

Patients are set to get longer appointments with their family doctor thanks to a new collective working that will see practices support each other to deliver specialist care services for patients from a range of skilled health professionals. Around 7,000 practices across England €“ more than 99% €“ have come together to form more than 1,200 Primary Care Networks. There are also thousands more nurses, pharmacists and other healthcare professionals working in general practice than there were just a few years ago. Another 20,000, who will also include social prescribing link workers, are being recruited to work alongside GPs. GPs will recruit

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