PCN Six Core Neighbourhood Components

Current PCN Four Key Functions (2024/25):

1. Co-ordinate, organise and deploy shared resources to support and improve resilience and care delivery at both PCN and practice level
2. Collaborate with non-GP providers to provide better joined up care, as part of an integrated neighbourhood team
3. Improve health outcomes for patients through effective population health management and reducing health inequalities
4. Target resource and efforts in the most effective way to meet patient need, including delivering proactive care

New Six Core Neighbourhood Components (2025/26):

1. Population Health Management – A data-driven approach using linked datasets
2. Modern General Practice – Focusing on improved access and continuity
3. Local Standardised Community Health Services
4. Neighbourhood Multidisciplinary Teams
5. Integrated Intermediate Care
6. Urgent Neighbourhood Services

Key Differences:

• Expansion from 4 to 6 components – More comprehensive scope
• Shift from PCN-specific to neighbourhood-wide approach
• Enhanced focus on urgent care and intermediate care services
• Standardisation of community health services across neighbourhoods
• Population Health Management remains central but becomes more integrated
• Modern General Practice explicitly defined as a core component

The evolution represents a broadening from PCN coordination to full neighbourhood integration, maintaining PCNs’ foundational work while embedding them within larger multidisciplinary neighbourhood structures.