About Us

Who we are, and what we do.

 

About Bromsgrove & District PCN.

Bromsgrove and District Primary Care Network was set up by 9 local practices to ensure that exceptional standards of healthcare are available for our local community.

‍Within the Bromsgrove district we look after the needs of more than 77,000 residents and as a collective, we are able to focus on providing the best services for our patients. This also enables our practices to be managed efficiently, effectively delivering the right service and best value from our budgets.

At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic we were able to quickly and effectively change our day to day working model to a Hub model, covering all areas of the District. We enabled our teams to be able to work remotely and digitally so we were still able to provide a good service to our patients via telephone, video call or visits to our local hubs.

As a Primary Care Network, we are developing a wider range of primary care services to our patients. This includes physiotherapy, social prescribing and extended access. We will be the footprint around which integrated community-based teams will develop.

We also need to forward plan and take a proactive approach to our local population. This involves assessing the needs of our community and identify people would benefit from targeted and proactive support.

Meet The Team

  • Sarah Chamberlain

    PCN Manager

  • Laura Wilson

    PCN Assistant Manager

  • Liz Gauder

    PCN Accounts Lead

  • Abby Richards

    BI & Data Administrator

  • Susan Zaleska

    Digital & IT Lead

  • Kathryn Sacharewicz

    Pharmacist Lead

  • Jo McArthur

    Nurse Lead

What is a Primary Care Network?

 

Since the NHS was created 70 years ago, the population has grown - and we are living longer. Many, however, are living with long-term physical and mental health conditions that mean they need to access their local health services more often.

To meet the needs of our changing population, GP practices work 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 - or PCNs.

PCNs build on existing services, allowing for more proactive, personalised, better coordinated and more integrated health and social care for people closer to home.

Watch this video to find out more: