LOC Briefing

Latest on our LOC pages:

Access the LOCSU secure area - for LOC Committee members whose LOCs support LOCSU

A Guide to your LOC on the web - a comprehensive listing of LOC websites

Ophthalmology outpatient tariffs - 2010 tariffs

The Primary Health Ethos is to provide knowledge by personnel accepted as being experts in their field to gain, share and disseminate knowledge to LOCs and their members plus others with an interest in improving primary care, in its breadth, access and efficiency for the benefit of local communities.

We recognise that no one community is alike and that whilst a holistic approach can provide some answers, a more selective and local assessment of the needs of the community is required.  We also believe that retaining the focus of primary care innovation within the LOC will provide an improved result in both satisfaction of contractors and performers and in greater equity in finance and payment and retention of fees locally.  LOCs should and can remain at the heart of the relationship between providers and PCTs.
 
Our aim is to provide LOCs with the tools and understanding that will supplement their current knowledge gained locally and nationally and allow them to gain local results using local skills and personnel. Currently 13 LOCs have individual sites that are secure from outside viewing and can share knowledge together on a secure forum platform. We have created another forum that every Bona Fide LOC Activist can gain access to that will also be secure to LOC workers only.  You will need proof of identification from your LOC Officer and an LOC email address before we provide the necessary permissions to allow you to publish on the forums.

The information is provided free to all registrants of the site under our LOC Briefing Section. You must therefore register (for free) and login whenever you want to access the information.  This will also allow you to leave comments and information on our forums. Our 13 LOCs with secure website capability will also have access to the secure National LOC Forum but others will need to contact Primary Health Net to gain access to this restricted community LOC forum. (020 8776 5000).

What you will find when entering the Primary Health Support pages:

• A generic and holistic approach to improving the effectiveness and efficiency of an LOC & getting local support
• Considerations necessary in choosing a case for an enhanced service and empowering your team
• Putting together a business proposal for initial approach to a PCT
• Involving PCTs and the people involved that you will meet
• Negotiations and finalising the contract

We hope these pages will enlighten or reconfirm your own views and experiences and will keep them regularly updated with experiences in the field from our Primary Health Support Team who are highlighted on a separate page.

Face to face or telephone advice can be offered on a pro rata time based cost, where local help or intervention is requested.  Our aim is to empower your team to conceive and deliver local solutions for local problems, taking into account the National themes and structures that in time will be evident and ensuring that local decisions are a positive step to a National Framework and do not detract from National Goals already accepted.  

The Primary Health Support Team

Primary Health Support Charges

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