South Rural Primary Care Network (PCN) was formed in June 2019 and is made up of five individual, well-established practices:
- Bildeston Health Centre
- Constable Medical Practice,
- Hadleigh Boxford Group
- Holbrook & Shotley
- Needham Market Country Practice
Between us we look after around 55,000 patients and that number continues to grow.
The PCN is lead by two enthusiastic Clinical Directors who are Dr Chris Lewis (Needham Market) and Dr Sarah Caston (Hadleigh). Our PCN Manager is Amy Vivian who works alongside the clinical directors on PCN projects.
By working together our vision is to provide a joined up service for local communities. By diversifying our workforce and benefitting from a greater skill mix we can in turn create and develop a better care package for our patients.
Currently as a PCN:
- We offer extended hours appointments to our patients
- We provide an enhanced health in care homes service to the 16 care homes across our area
- We employee additional health care professionals to support our practices. The roles we currently have in place are:
- Clinical Pharmacists
- Pharmacy Technicians
- General Practice Assistants
- Health and Wellbeing Coaches
- Mental Health Practitioners
- Nurse Associates
- Paramedic / Emergency Care Practitioners
- Physiotherapists