Primary Care Network (PCN) Services
Medacy offers flexible and scalable clinical pharmacy services precisely designed to address the unique challenges and goals of your Primary Care Network.
We enable PCNs to deliver superior patient care and enhance operational efficiency by integrating our dedicated teams of highly skilled clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technicians into your existing workflows. Partner with us to reduce GP workloads, manage complex patient needs, and achieve your key primary care objectives.
How Medacy Can Help Your PCN
Our fully-managed clinical pharmacist services can be tailored to support your PCN to address its unique local healthcare challenges effectively.
Fully-Managed Pharmacist-Led Services
We place teams of highly experienced, IP-qualified Clinical Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians who are permanently employed by us. This means we handle all training, oversight, and quality control. Our services are available on-site and remotely and are funded through the ARRS scheme.
Our clinical teams excel in managing complex patients and patients with long-term conditions (LTCs). We deliver specialist therapies and run dedicated clinics for conditions, including: Asthma, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and COPD. Our specialist services reduce the burden on GPs and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.
Support for Neighbourhood Teams
Medacy’s pharmacists and technicians integrate seamlessly with your neighbourhood teams. From delivering specialist therapy reviews and clinics, to medication reviews, we work collaboratively with GPs, nurses, and other allied healthcare professionals to provide a cohesive, multidisciplinary approach to patient care.
Proven Impact with Medacy’s Services
By partnering with Medacy, Integrated Care Boards can achieve better health outcomes, reduced hospital admissions, and improved patient satisfaction.
445,500 GP Appointments
saved in 12 months
330,000 Patient Contacts
handled per year
1,485 GP Hours Saved
per pharmacist, per year
£126,225 System Cost Savings
per pharmacist, per year
Why Choose Medacy For Your Primary Care Network?
Medacy offers a solution with both in-person and remote support. Our remote services are particularly beneficial for rural PCNs, overcoming challenges in accessing experienced talent and improving patient access to care. These remote services can be rapidly implemented, often within 24 hours, allowing your PCN to quickly reduce workloads and improve patient outcomes.
Our PCN services are delivered by experienced prescribing pharmacists and pharmacy technicians, backed by our robust training and quality frameworks. So, your PCN gets consistant quality outcomes that genuinely save time and resources across the network.
A Proven, High-Quality Service
Our CQC regulated services are delivering exceptional clinical pharmacy services to PCNs nationwide.
Improved Efficiency & Reduced Re-admissions
Our services streamline workflows and help reduce preventable hospital admissions, saving GP time and PCN resources.
Customised and Scalable Programmes
We design flexible solutions that are tailored to your PCN’s specific needs and can evolve to meet the challenges of a changing primary care landscape.
Improved Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy Outcomes
Our expertise in multimorbidity and polypharmacy management leads to improved health outcomes for patients, reduces re-hospitalisations and improved population health.
ARRS Funded
Our services are funded through the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme, providing a cost-effective solution for your PCN without impacting your budget.
Reduced GP Workloads
Our teams take ownership of medication management and support for patients with chronic conditions, alleviating the workload for your PCN staff.
What our clients say
PCN FAQ
Medacy is a specialist provider of pharmacist-led clinical services that takes the hassle out of benefiting from clinical pharmacy support.
No, all the Medacy Team members are directly employed rather than locums. Using permanent Medacy staff means that we can provide training, mentorship, and management to team members while ensuring compliance and quality assurance to clients.
As well as providing direct oversight and regular training of our staff, Medacy is registered with the CQC and compliant with the Data Protection and Security Toolkit and Cyber Essentials Certified.
Yes, Medacy ensures that the services we provide comply with the requirements for ARRS funding.
Medacy can provide services in practice, remotely or as a hybrid model. Medacy has been supporting practices remotely long before COVID so we have had years to hone our remote offering and integration.
We see remote support as our levelling-up superpower, meaning that rural patients can benefit from the same level of clinical pharmacy support as inner-city patients.
It can take as little as 24 hours to set up and integrate our remote services into your network. Having provided remote clinical pharmacists to PCNs across the country since their inception in 2019. We have a deep understanding of the people and technical requirements needed to get the service running smoothly as quickly as possible.
If your requirements need something a bit more bespoke or require additional planning, we will provide you with an updated timescale after discussing your requirements in more details. Contact us to discuss your requirements.
Medacy can provide in-practice and remote support across the UK. So, whether you are in central London or the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, your patients can benefit from Medacy’s Pharmacist-led clinical services.
The PCN DES requires contracts with outsourced providers for at least six months.
Our clinical services are managed by a Clinical Services Lead pharmacist who will work with your PCN and individual practices to derive maximum benefit from Medacy support and will be your point of contact throughout the contract.
We conduct frequent performance reviews and updates with the pharmacists and pharmacist technicians, ensuring that there is consistent and effective communication between a PCN, the clinical staff member and ourselves. This allows us to spot, highlight and mitigate any issues as quickly as possible.
Medacy has developed an environment in which its pharmacists and pharmacy technicians can thrive. We share best practices across the Team, which means client practices and PCNs derive maximum benefits.
No. Medacy develops bespoke services to support individual GP practices and delivers innovative services across ICS footprints. We are always looking for new opportunities to use clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technicians’ unique skill sets.
Feel free to call Medacy on 01677 252201 or 07971 187921 to discuss the services Medacy can provide or email shaun@medacy.co.uk.
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