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This week’s podcast features Tim Sacks, Chief Operating Officer at East Leicestershire and Rutland CCG, who guides Ben through the prevalence-based contract they employ for funding general practice in his area. Does it work better than the more traditional, weighted capitation-based models, where are the challenges and can it be employed within a PCN?

Introductions (0:48)

Delegated commissioning (1:33)

GP contracts: weighted capitation versus prevalence (1:48)

How do you implement a new type of contract? (3:16)

Measuring the impact on investment (4:07)

The response from general practice so far (5:31)

How effectively can general practice respond to financial risk? (6:29)

Practice involvement in shaping new contracts (8:08)

PCNs and funding distribution (9:46)

Identifying the fairest and most appropriate funding model (11:38)

‘Proportionate universalism’ (12:38)

Do hybrid models work? (13:58)

Plans for the future (15:17)

Opportunities within a PCN framework (16:27)

Primary care commissioning in the future? (17:33)

The potential for PCNs to own their funding (19:36)

Getting in touch & further information (22:13)

https://eastleicestershireandrutlandccg.nhs.uk/

Tim is contactable via email: tim.sacks@eastleicestershireandrutlandccg.nhs.uk