Network Contract DES 2026/27
How Clinical Care Network Supports PCNs With the 2026/27 DES
The 2026/27 Network Contract DES brings greater responsibility for PCNs, particularly across care homes, neighbourhood working and clinical delivery.
Clinical Care Network provides the experienced clinical workforce and quality assurance to help PCNs meet these requirements — without the recruitment and management burden.
How Clinical Care Network Supports PCNs With the 2026/27 DES
The 2026/27 Network Contract DES brings greater responsibility for PCNs, particularly across care homes, neighbourhood working and clinical delivery.
Clinical Care Network provides the experienced clinical workforce and quality assurance to help PCNs meet these requirements — without the recruitment and management burden.
UK-WIDE · 25+ PCNS · 150+ GP SURGERIES
ARRS-compliant clinical workforce
We provide experienced pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and prescribers through ARRS, matched to your PCN and patient population.
Our clinicians are supported through appropriate supervision and ongoing CPD, giving you reliable clinical capacity without the challenges of recruiting and managing additional staff.
Clinical delivery that supports your PCN
Our clinicians can deliver a wide range of core PCN activity, including:
- Structured medication reviews
- Discharge medicines reconciliation
- High-risk medication monitoring
- Repeat prescribing support
- Long-term condition reviews
- Enhanced Access
Our consistent approach ensures high standards of clinical delivery across every PCN we support.
Supporting better patient outcomes
Our clinical services are designed to help PCNs improve outcomes across areas such as:
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- High-risk medicines
- Deprescribing
- Medicines optimisation
Activity and progress can be monitored and reported back to your PCN.
Extra capacity for care homes and neighbourhood teams
As PCN responsibilities expand across care homes, frailty cohorts and Integrated Neighbourhood Teams, we can provide additional clinical capacity where it’s needed.
This includes:
- Polypharmacy reviews
- Frailty caseloads
- Care home medicines support
- Neighbourhood-team clinical activity
Helping you expand your service without adding pressure to already stretched practice teams.
Quality assurance you can rely on
Clinical quality is built into our service.
Our clinicians’ work is routinely reviewed, including prescribing decisions, monitoring, follow-up and record-keeping. Feedback is used to support ongoing supervision and development, while providing PCNs with a clear and consistent quality assurance process.
Ready for 2026/27
Clinical Care Network gives PCNs access to the people, clinical expertise and quality assurance needed to support delivery of the 2026/27 DES.
You retain oversight. We provide the clinical capacity.
Want to strengthen your PCN’s clinical capacity?
Speak to Clinical Care Network about the support your PCN needs.
Structured Medication Reviews
Supporting evidence-based medication reviews to improve safety, reduce medicines-related risk and support better patient outcomes.
Medicines Optimisation
Helping practices improve the safe, effective and appropriate use of medicines across patient groups and long-term condition areas.
ARRS-Focused Clinical Support
Helping PCNs make better use of available clinical capacity through pharmacy-led services shaped around local workload and priorities.
Medication Queries Support
Reducing pressure on GPs by supporting medication-related queries, prescribing questions and patient follow-up requirements.
Prescription Reauthorisation
Supporting safer repeat prescribing processes through structured reviews, clinical checks and clear documentation.
Reconciliations & Discharge Letters
Helping improve continuity of care after hospital discharge through accurate medication reconciliation and timely follow-up.
Extended Access Cover
Supporting PCNs with flexible clinical input for extended access services and patient care outside standard practice hours.
Clinical Audits
Reviewing medicines management, prescribing processes and documentation to support quality improvement and governance.
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