--- title: Lantum Blog | NHS (2) description: NHS | Primary Care advice for GPs and Practice Managers (2) --- [![Lantum](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Lantum%20March2018/Images/logo-header.svg)](https://us.lantum.com) for Locums - [Locums](https://lantum.com/) - [Practices](https://lantum.com/p/practices/) - [Hubs](https://lantum.com/p/hubs/) - [Federations](https://lantum.com/p/nhs-federation/) [Primary Care](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/primary-care), [NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs), [covid-19, coronavirus](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/covid-19-coronavirus) 01 Apr 2020 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/blogbanner-1.png)](https://blog.lantum.com/covid-19) ## [COVID-19 & Lantum](https://blog.lantum.com/covid-19) **We’re now focusing all our efforts on helping the NHS manage primary care workforce challenges as they face the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.** [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/covid-19) 0 Comments [NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs), [Extended Access Hubs](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/extended-access-hubs), [Workforce Planning](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/workforce-planning) 16 Dec 2019 [![Copy of FourteenFish Blog Header](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Copy%20of%20FourteenFish%20Blog%20Header.png)](https://blog.lantum.com/lessons-running-extended-access-hsj-workforce-innovation) ## [How to run a successful Extended Access service - lessons from the frontline](https://blog.lantum.com/lessons-running-extended-access-hsj-workforce-innovation) Conexus Healthcare, Wakefield's GP Federation, has been working with Lantum since 2017. They have created a well-established GP extended access service and our partnership together to increase.... [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/lessons-running-extended-access-hsj-workforce-innovation) 0 Comments [NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs) 04 Dec 2019 [![Spread a Smile](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Spread%20a%20Smile.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/bringing-joy-to-sick-children) ## [Bringing joy to sick children and teenagers (with a little help from Lantum)](https://blog.lantum.com/bringing-joy-to-sick-children) **The charity Spread a Smile brightens the days of seriously ill children and teenagers in hospital. We’ve teamed up with them to help make their amazing work a little easier.** [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/bringing-joy-to-sick-children) 0 Comments [Primary Care](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/primary-care), [NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs), [Primary Care Networks](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/primary-care-networks) 05 Nov 2019 [![Untitled-4-01 (1)](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Untitled-4-01%20(1).png)](https://blog.lantum.com/tips-successful-primary-care-network) ## [6 tips for building a successful Primary Care Network](https://blog.lantum.com/tips-successful-primary-care-network) **All except a handful of GP practices in England have now come together to form Primary Care Networks. In this post, our primary and integrated care team offers up their top tips for making your new....** [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/tips-successful-primary-care-network) 0 Comments [Primary Care](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/primary-care), [NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs), [Primary Care Networks](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/primary-care-networks) 15 Jan 2019 [![PCN-Blog-Header](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/PCN-Blog-Header.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/ten-faqs-about-primary-care-networks) ## [10 FAQs about Primary Care Networks](https://blog.lantum.com/ten-faqs-about-primary-care-networks) A key part of the [NHS Long Term Plan](https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-term-plan/) is to drive every practice across the UK to become part of a local Primary Care Network (PCN). To help you keep up-to-date, we’ve shared ten FAQs about Primary.... [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/ten-faqs-about-primary-care-networks) 0 Comments [Primary Care](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/primary-care), [NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs), [General Practice](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/general-practice), [Dr Nikki Kanani](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/dr-nikki-kanani) 11 Jan 2019 [![Dr-Nikki-Kanani-Blog-Image](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Dr-Nikki-Kanani-Blog-Image.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/driving-conversations-in-primary-care-to-support-sustainable-general-practice) ## [Driving Conversations in Primary Care to Support Sustainable General Practice](https://blog.lantum.com/driving-conversations-in-primary-care-to-support-sustainable-general-practice) Dr Nikki Kanani has held a range of positions within the NHS, focussed on supporting the development of innovative models of care. Today, she is balancing careers as a GP and Acting Director of.... [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/driving-conversations-in-primary-care-to-support-sustainable-general-practice) 0 Comments [NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs), [Five Year Forward View](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/five-year-forward-view), [Working at Scale](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/working-at-scale), [Matt Hancock](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/matt-hancock) 19 Dec 2018 [![2019-Predictions-Blog-Header](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/2019-Predictions-Blog-Header.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/predictions-for-the-nhs-in-2019) ## [Predictions for the NHS in 2019](https://blog.lantum.com/predictions-for-the-nhs-in-2019) As 2018 comes to a close, we reflect on the year and all the changes witnessed in the NHS. There’s been tremendous progress with the Five Year Forward View, from working at scale to providing.... [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/predictions-for-the-nhs-in-2019) 0 Comments [NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs), [Five Year Forward View](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/five-year-forward-view), [NHS rota solutions](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs-rota-solutions) 05 Sep 2018 [![NHS-Improvement-blog](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/NHS-Improvement-blog.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/how-app-technology-can-reduce-agency-costs) ## [How App Technology can Support NHS Improvement’s Commitment to Reducing Agency Costs](https://blog.lantum.com/how-app-technology-can-reduce-agency-costs) An NHS Improvement story, released on 31 August, shared that [the NHS could free up £480m by limiting the use of temporary staffing agencies](https://improvement.nhs.uk/news-alerts/nhs-could-free-480m-limiting-use-temporary-staffing-agencies/) - news we have welcomed at Lantum. According to the.... [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/how-app-technology-can-reduce-agency-costs) 0 Comments [Primary Care](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/primary-care), [NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs), [Out of Hours](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/out-of-hours), [Five Year Forward View](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/five-year-forward-view) 14 Nov 2017 ## [GP streaming in A&E departments - update on the impact and how to implement](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/out-of-hours/gp-streaming-ae-departments-update-impact-implement) [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/out-of-hours/gp-streaming-ae-departments-update-impact-implement) 0 Comments [NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs) 21 Dec 2016 [![](https://blog.lantum.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/computer-1149148_1920-825x510-2.jpg)](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/nhs-in-the-news/aa-gills-final-cancer-article-finds-a-compassionate-nhs) ## [AA Gill's final cancer article finds a compassionate NHS](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/nhs-in-the-news/aa-gills-final-cancer-article-finds-a-compassionate-nhs) ***The health service is not the envy of the world but it has a human face*** [Read More](https://blog.lantum.com/p/blog/nhs-in-the-news/aa-gills-final-cancer-article-finds-a-compassionate-nhs) 0 Comments [← Previous](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs/page/1) [1](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs/page/1) [2](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs/page/2) [3](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs/page/3) [4](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs/page/4) [5](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs/page/5) [Next →](https://blog.lantum.com/tag/nhs/page/3) ### Subscribe to the newsletter ### Categories - 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