The Primary Care Taskforce was established in February 2023 to provide leadership to initiatives or models of care that improve access to acute and unplanned care for our populations most at need by relieving primary care capacity pressures. The immediate priorities for this group is:

• Identify and investigate short-medium term opportunities to enhance the local primary and community workforce that compliment local and national activity; and provide leadership to implementing opportunities identified. For example, collaborative recruitment or retention opportunities.
• Explore and investigate short – medium term initiatives or alternative models of general practice that:
  • Build on the existing work of the PHOs, Canterbury Community Pharmacy Group (CCPG) and the Canterbury Primary Response Group (CPRG) workforce subgroup to improve access and gain operational efficiencies. For example enhancing the uptake of Inbox management.
  • Are aligned with national Early Actions Programme implementing comprehensive primary and community care teams and the introduction of new roles.
• Provide an advocacy channel to national groups or organisations on matters that enable progress in addressing primary care capacity pressures.