{"id":474,"date":"2026-10-12T10:01:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgeryweb-pcn.org.uk\/nhs\/swift\/?page_id=474"},"modified":"2026-10-12T10:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T09:01:24","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgeryweb-pcn.org.uk\/nhs\/swift\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What is a Primary Care Network (PCN)?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">Primary Care Networks were introduced in 2019 as part of the NHS Long Term plan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">As the population grows and people live longer, often with more complex needs,\u00a0GP services have had to adapt to these changing needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">GP practices are working together services in local areas in groups of practices known as Primary Care Networks.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Primary Care Networks Animation\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W19DtEsc8Ys?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 id=\"nhs-block-anchor-1\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS)<\/h3>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Primary Care Networks provide additional roles to create multi-disciplinary teams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">They assess the needs of local populations and make support available to people where it is most needed.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Meet our extended healthcare team\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0aMbG28sYLY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul class=\"nhsuk-grid-row nhsuk-card-group\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"nhsuk-grid-column-two-thirds nhsuk-card-group__item\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"nhsuk-card nhsuk-card--clickable\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"nhsuk-card__content nhsuk-card__content--primary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"nhsuk-card__heading nhsuk-heading-m\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"nhsuk-card__link\" href=\"https:\/\/surgeryweb-pcn.org.uk\/nhs\/swift\/pcn-team\/\">Meet our Team<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2><svg class=\"nhsuk-icon nhsuk-icon--chevron-right-circle\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" focusable=\"false\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<path d=\"M12 2a10 10 0 1 1 0 20 10 10 0 0 1 0-20Zm-.3 5.8a1 1 0 1 0-1.5 1.4l2.9 2.8-2.9 2.8a1 1 0 0 0 1.5 1.4l3.5-3.5c.4-.4.4-1 0-1.4Z\"><\/path>\n<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a Primary Care Network (PCN)? Primary Care Networks were introduced in 2019 as part of the NHS Long Term plan. As the population&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-474","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgeryweb-pcn.org.uk\/nhs\/swift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgeryweb-pcn.org.uk\/nhs\/swift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgeryweb-pcn.org.uk\/nhs\/swift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgeryweb-pcn.org.uk\/nhs\/swift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgeryweb-pcn.org.uk\/nhs\/swift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surgeryweb-pcn.org.uk\/nhs\/swift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgeryweb-pcn.org.uk\/nhs\/swift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}