This week Emma speaks to Professor Aruna Garcea, a GP partner and primary care network clinical director in Leicester. Aruna is chair of the NHS Confederation’s primary care network advisory group and she also sits on her integrated care system as a representative clinical director.In this conversation Aruna explains the impact PCNs have had already, what makes a strong PCN and some of the key challenges networks have faced. We also talk about the introduction of integrated care systems and what these could mean for PCNs and practices as well as how PCNs can work effectively to support GP practices.This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower and produced by Czarina Deen.Useful links● GPs fear funding cuts and sidelining of LMCs as ICS model beds in● GP expansion hamstrung by outdated premises, warn primary care leaders● PCNs should evolve into 'integrated neighbourhood teams', says Fuller review● What does the Fuller stocktake mean for general practice in England? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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