Multispecialty community providers

Part of The NHS five year forward view

Under this new care model outlined in the NHS five year forward view, GPs practices come together in networks or federations and collaborate with other health and social care professionals to provide more integrated services outside of hospitals. This might include GPs working with some specialists currently working in acute hospitals, as well as nurses, community health services and social workers.

Over time, GPs and their partners might take on responsibility for the health budget for their whole population.

Our research

Five year forward view

Policy changes to implement the NHS five year forward view: a progress report

Two years on from the publication of the NHS five year forward view, we assess how much progress has been made and what still needs to be done to align policies with the plan.

New care models: Emerging innovations in governance and organisational form

This report looks at the different approaches being taken by MCP and PACS vanguards to contracting, governance and other organisational infrastructure.

Place-based systems of care: A way forward for the NHS in England

Our report looks at how NHS organisations can move towards place-based systems of care, in which NHS organisations and services work together to address the challenges they collectively face. The report suggests 10 principles to guide the development of such systems.

Specialists in out-of-hospital settings: Findings from six case studies

We visited six services where consultants are delivering or facilitating care outside hospital. This report presents the findings from those visits as case studies and identifies some of the key characteristics and challenges to this way of working.

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