“Primary Care Month is our showcase of how, in the past year, teams across our region are making improvements which make it easier and quicker for patients to get the help they need from primary care.”

Dr Faisel Baig, GP & Medical Director for Primary Care, NHS England – North East and Yorkshire

Transforming Primary Care Podcast

Listen to primary care colleagues including GPs, practice managers, and community pharmacists explain why they are using new ways of working, how they introduced them to staff and patients and how they are making a difference.

Find out more about modern ways of working in General Practice

Learn what general practice teams have been delivering across the North East and Yorkshire region to make improvements for practice staff and patients

Learn about new services in Community Pharmacy

Find out how GP practices and community pharmacies in North East and Yorkshire have been using the Pharmacy First service

Learn more from our community pharmacists in North East and Yorkshire to mark Ask Your Pharmacist Week 2024

Read how the team at a Tyne and Wear community pharmacy implemented the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service. In this blog, pharmacist Zoe Chan reflects on the past 12 months, including how they worked collaboratively to deliver reception staff training within local GP practices.

New initiatives in Dental and Optometry

Find out how dental and optometry colleagues have been making positive changes in their ways of working, benefiting both staff and patients alike.

Examples of integrated care in the community

Find out how new models of integrated working are making a difference to primary care teams, patients and their families.