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Primary Care Networks (PCN) Knares Medical Practice is working together with practices in West Basildon PCN to improve patients quality of care.

Primary care networks were introduced in January 2019, which gave the opportunity for GP practices to join networks each with between 30,000 and 50,000 patients.

The Knares Medical Practice is in West Basildon PCN (WBPCN) made up of five practices in Basildon with a population of approximately 50,000 patients.

ln order to support Practices, Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS) was established, to provide a multi-disciplinary teams to provide more integrated health and social care services locally. The patients are able to benefit from the following roles of healthcare providers-

Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician, Social Prescribing Link Worker, Health and Wellbeing Coach, Care Coordinator, Physician Associate, First Contact Physiotherapist, Dietician, Podiatrist, Occupational Therapist, Trainee Nursing Associate, Paramedics, Advanced Practitioner and Advanced Mental Health Practitioner.

With these additional workforce, The Knares Medical Practice will be able to book patients onto those additional roles, to enable the GPs and and Nurses to devote more time to other quality of services framework.

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The Knares Medical Practice will be working alongside other practices within the West Basildon PCN to provide Extended Access.

From 1st October 2022, appointments will be available to book from 18.30 to 20.00 every weekday evening and on a Saturday 9.00 to 17.00.

These appointments will be held within local practices and can be booked by contacting the surgery, when you will be informed of the location

 

An out-of-hours appointment might not be at your regular GP surgery. When you book an appointment, you will be told where the appointment can be offered.

All the out-of-hours appointments will be routine and not available as walk-in appointments. You will need to book the appointments in advance.

If you need medical help now but it's not an emergency, you can also go to 111 online or call 111.

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