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Fig 4 The Four Levels of the PACs Model
A PACS brings together health and care providers with shared goals and incentives, so that they can focus on what is best for the local population. As in the case of MCPs, funding of these new models of care will be through a capitated budget and also through greater use of personal budgets.
The current fragmented and complex contracting, funding and governance systems within the NHS, and between NHS and social care, frustrate a focus on population health. Joining up services in a PACS allows better decision-making and more sustainable use of resources, with a greater focus on prevention and integrated community-based care, and less reliance on hospital care. Again, as in the case of MCPs, the PACS model will see a transition of care from the acute sectors, to community and closer to home settings.
With a renewed focus on prevention, along with the ability to plan for the long term through the imminent publication of the ten-year plan, it will be possible for these new care models to focus more attention on prevention and holistic care, utilising skills sets outside of general practice and in a far more joined up way. (NHS England, 2016)
(NHS England, 2016)
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