About Us
We’re a group of ten practices in Worcester City, working together with our local primary care providers and community organisations to make it easier for our patients to access the healthcare they need.
Our Team.
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Nicky Redshaw
Nicky is the Operations Manager for Worcester City PCN.She became a Practice Manager in 2009 and led practices across Worcester for 11 years, and she now responsible for the day to day running of the PCN and its team, using her wealth of knowledge and experience of general practice and operations to deliver services to patients in Worcester City.
Her current work is focussed on delivering the COVID-19 vaccination rollout and our new projects which will impact patient wait times for GP-led services. Finding the right balance between practice demand and capacity, she supports our practices achieve their improved outcomes for the local population and liaises with other PCNs and a wider range of stakeholders to do so.
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David McDowell
David is the Operations Manager for Worcester City PCN.He is an Armed Forces Veteran who, after thirteen years in combat, went on to be Head of Operations for British Military Fitness. After his time with the Forces, he spent three years working as an Operations Manager for an events company where he worked across the UK and abroad on large scale festivals and other similar events.
At the end of 2020, David was appointed as Operations Manager for COVID-19 Vaccinations held at St Peter’s Baptist Church. Joining us in June 2021, his current work is based around Worcester City PCN’s offering of City Wide Services, where he is involved in the project logistics and recruitment. He uses his expansive knowledge of operations and logistics to prepare and deliver our growing set of services and continue development to ensure we are meeting the needs of our entire patient cohort.
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Jamie Hudson Small
Jamie is the Operational Support Manager for Worcester City PCN.
She works closely with the management team to ensure our services, projects, and teams run as smoothly as possible.
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Rebecca Fern (MRPharmS mPharm IPresc)
Beccy is the Lead Primary Care Network Clinical Pharmacist for Worcester City PCN and an Independent Prescriber at Elbury Moor Medical Centre.
She is responsible for a team of clinical pharmacists who are placed throughout our network and for promoting strong links between community and general practice pharmacies, aimed at delivering on national contracts and targets.
Using her wealth of experience from different areas, her current work is divided between being a practicing clinical pharmacist and leading the overall pharmacy strategy for the PCN while managing the day to day needs of her team.
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Leanne Grinnell
Leanne is the Nurse Manager for Worcester City PCN.
She is currently training at the University of Worcester to become an Advanced Clinical Practitioner.
Leanne's background is within Practice Nursing and has a very keen interest in Public Health and Cervical Screening. Leanne ensures the smooth running of the Nursing Team and devises strategies to ensure practices are meeting required targets.
The team have successfully devised a drop in clinic for Cervical Screening that has gained interest from other PCN's within the Midlands.
Our work.
Protecting our community against Covid-19.
As well as supporting our GP practices throughout the pandemic, we’re proud to have run two fantastic local vaccination centres at Turnpike House, and St Johns House Medical Centre, in Worcester.
We’re incredibly grateful to all of our patients who’ve been so kind in their feedback about our vaccination programme, and to every one of our staff and volunteers who’ve been a part of it.
Take a look at some pictures of Turnpike House - home to St Martin’s Gate and Haresfield Surgeries - below.
Comments.
Worcester City Primary Care Network welcome comments and feedback from out patients. This will help us to improve our services and provide the best care possible to our patients.
Comments can be forwarded to Jamie Hudson Small email: wcpcn.feedback@nhs.net.
If you have any issues or concerns a copy of our complaints leaflet is available by clicking the link.