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Welcome to Newham Central Primary Care Network

A collaboration of four GP practices serving approximately 65,000 patients from the Newham area.


PCNs will support each other while offering more specialist care services to patients and taking on a wider range of health professionals, such as:

  • Clinical pharmacists, who can make sure patients’ medications are right
  • Nurse practitioners, who can see and treat patients independently
  • Physiotherapists, to help with recovery and mobility
  • Paramedics, who can provide urgent care at the surgery
  • Physician associates, who can, for example, take medical histories and blood pressures, complete insurance forms and explain treatments, freeing up the GP
  • Social prescribing support workers, to help address non-clinical issues such as isolation and provide a more-holistic approach to care

This approach is designed to free up time for GPs, so they can focus more on supporting patients with the greatest needs and the most-complex conditions.

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Our PCN team work closely together, enjoying the ability to share expertise and resources, to improve current and develop new services.

Our Practices

  • Balaam Street
  • Carpenters Practice
  • Essex Lodge
  • Lucas Avenue

About our PCN

A primary care network is a group of practices who work together to focus on local patient care. They’ve been around since 2019 and 99 per cent of practices across England now work as part of one.

Our Services

We offer routine bookable primary care appointments with GPs, Nurses and
Health Care Assistants outside normal working hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

News and Updates

Cancer Screening Awareness event

We welcomed around 50 local residents to our Cancer Screening Awareness event on 9th October at Plaistow Library. Joining us were Mansi, the Health Promotion Lead from the North London and Central and
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COVID-19 Spring Booster

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