Prescribinglink Workers and Physician Associates

gps: Local surgeries will recruit teams including pharmacists, physiotherapists, paramedics, physician associates and social prescribinglink workers who help people to unpick complex issues affecting their wellbeing thus freeing GPs up to focus on the most vulnerable patients, according to The Guardian. The initiative comes alongside efforts to recruit more GPs as part of the NHSlong-termplan. About 7,000 surgeries across England have come together to form more than 1,200 primary care networks to deliver a wider range of specialist care services. The latest figures show an increase of 300 family doctors on the previous quarter and the number of young doctors choosing to train as GPs is now at an unprecedented high after increasing by 750. As the PCNs get up and running in the coming weeks and months, patients will begin to see the benefits, freeing up GPs to focus on the sickest. Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England and part of the senior leadership team for NHS Improvement, said Strengthening general practice is a central part of the long-term plan, and primary care networks PCN have the potential to bring about the biggest improvement for a generation. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.