Primary Care Networks

Primary care networks include groups of general practices working together, and in partnership with community, mental health, social care, pharmacy, hospital and voluntary services in their local area, to offer more personalised, coordinated health and social care to the people living in their area.

There are 43 PCNs in Kent and Medway. Networks are aligned to a health and care partnership - this supports them to work more closely with other partners in the area.

The networks were established in 2019 and have already been working together to provide more services outside the standard surgery opening times. They worked together through the pandemic to maintain primary care services and a large part of the Covid-19 vaccination programme was co-ordinated by PCNs.

Sittingbourne PCN

Green Porch Medical Centre is a member of Sittingbourne PCN which has 6 member practices including Chestnuts Surgery, Grovehurst Surgery, Meads Medical Practice, Memorial Medical Centre and The Medic Care Surgery.