What is a Primary Care Network?
Since the NHS was created in 1948, the population has grown and people are living longer. Many people are living with long term conditions such as diabetes and heart disease or suffer with mental health issues and may need to access their local health services more often.
To meet these needs, GP practices are working together with community, mental health, social care, pharmacy, hospital and voluntary services in their local areas in groups of practices known as Primary Care Networks (PCNs).
By working together, we can provide a wider range of services and allow our GPs to focus where their specialist clinical input is most needed.
Take a look at this short animation from NHS England which explains how PCNs work and the difference they can make to patients.
North Bucks PCN is part of BOB Integrated Care Board (ICB)
Who are North Bucks Primary Care Network?
The North Bucks Primary Care Network covers a population of approximately 37,500 patients registered at one of the following practices:
- 3W Health (Winslow, Whitchurch and Wing Surgeries)
- Ashcroft Surgery
- Waddesdon Surgery
- Edlesborough and Pitstone Surgery
Meet Our Team
PCN Management Team
Dr Roger Dickson
Clinical Director
Janine Beattie
PCN Business Manager
Helen Laker
PSS & PCN Operations Lead
Sarah Kurze
PCN Nurse Lead
Patient Support Service Team
Social Prescribing Link Workers
Wendy Hughes
Senior Social Prescriber
Emma Lancaster
Social Prescriber
Suzy Peck
Social Prescriber
Teresa King
Social Prescriber
Louise O’Shea
Social Prescriber
Lucy Lloyd
Social Prescriber
Care Coordinators
Sarah Worsley
Jane Bromiley
Abi Jackson
Clinical Pharmacists
Bibi Andoo-Asareh
Maysam Al-Shakarchi
Dee Ubhi
3W Health
Care Coordinators
Marianne Pickford
Amanda Edwards
Lisa Marsh
Carole Nolan
Lauren Camp
Alice Peel
Daisy Bambury
Trainee Nursing Associate
Sarah French
Edlesborough Surgery
Care Coordinators
Patricia Jones
Yvonne Harrison
Sue Wood
Alison Bates
Emma Leloch
Pharmacy Technician
Jessica Hammond
Nursing Associate
Sian Mather
General Practice Assistants
Lizz Zammit
Lisa Spence
Waddesdon Surgery
Care Coordinators
Lisa Hosier
Clair Readman
Emily Hancock
Clinical Pharmacist
Kassim Lawal