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<p><ins class="ministerial"> <p><ins class="ministerial">Primary Care Networks (PCNs)
are a new way for primary and community service organisations to work together. For
PCNs to be successful they will need to work in partnership with local people and
the communities they serve. Legal duties which currently apply to NHS service providers
- including general practitioner practices - and commissioners around engagement and
consultation will continue to be valid for PCNs.</ins></p></ins></p><p><del class="ministerial">NHS
England and NHS Improvement, together with the National Institute for Health and Care
Excellence, is developing a ’commercial framework’ setting out the parameters for
the commercial approach for medicines in the health service in England.</del></p><p><del
class="ministerial">The commercial framework will support a single, transparent, robust
and integrated pricing and market access process, and is being tested with and informed
through consultation with stakeholders including the Association of the British Pharmaceutical
Industry.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In preparation for public consultation
in the coming months, NHS England is actively engaging with industry trade bodies
and health system partners, in the first instance, to outline progress on the development
of the commercial framework. The consultation on the draft framework is anticipated
to be launched in Quarter 3 2019 with consultation events to be held in Manchester
and London, and implementation of the commercial framework is expected to follow.</del></p>
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