PCN Winter Evaluation 25/26 - Proactive Care
Overview
Thank you for your continued dedication and hard work in delivering PCN projects throughout the winter period. Your efforts have played a vital role in supporting patient care and delivering outcomes during a particularly challenging time.
As part of our commitment to learning and improvement, we are now conducting our annual evaluation of PCN Winter funding and delivery. This year, we are requesting more cohort‑level data to enable us to draw clearer links between this work and its impact on non‑elective activity.
As a reminder there were 3 required elements to PCN Winter Funding in 25/26:
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- Proactive care case reviews of vulnerable patients to support winter readiness and mitigate the risk of unplanned admissions (Delivery from October 2025 to December 2025).
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Improve vaccination uptake of eligible patients in North Central London for seasonal vaccinations (Influenza and Covid-19) focusing efforts on those least likely obtain a vaccination – including housebound population (October to December 2025 );
The initial payment was to be used to do the following: undertake outreach activity to address historical inequality, ensure the provision of seasonal vaccinations to your housebound population, deliver enhanced call/recall to eligible populations and provide more effective signposting to Community pharmacies.
A further outcome-based payment is to be made based on vaccination activity (influenza) at the end of the contract.
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- Increased capacity targeted to specific groups – elderly and paediatrics (Delivery from January 2026 to March 2026, and particularly ensuring increased capacity from 2-18th January 2026 as this is the most pressured time for providers).
- Optional: PCNs may also use a proportion of funding for increased capacity to fund Triage Hubs – at scale management of online consultations across a PCN footprint.
Please note submissions need to be at PCN-level not Practice-level. We appreciate the time taken to complete this survey.
This survey is specifically focused on the proactive elements of PCN winter funding.
Areas
- All Areas
Audiences
- GP Practice Admin Staff
- GP Practice Clinical Staff
Interests
- GP Practices