PCNs in Surrey & Sussex
Primary care networks (PCNs) are based on GP registered lists, typically serving natural communities of around 30,000 to 50,000.
Below is a list of the pharmacies in the Sussex and Surrey area by A-Z and aligned to their PCN.
| Pharmacy list by Area |
| Pharmacies & PCN information (as of 150426) |
To find your pharmacy and PCN area/lead details email us at LPC@communitypharmacyss.co.uk.
Community pharmacy’s role
PCNs, with community pharmacy on board, will be expected to:
- provide a wider range of primary care services to patients, involving a wider set of staff roles than might be feasible in individual primary care settings such as GP practices
- be the footprint around which integrated community-based teams will develop, and community and mental health services, will be expected to configure their services around
- think about the wider health of the local communities they serve, taking a proactive approach to managing population health and assessing the needs of their local population to identify people who would benefit from targeted, proactive support
- be focused on service delivery, rather than on the planning and funding of services, responsibility for which will remain with commissioners (public health and ICSs).
Within Surrey a Community Pharmacy PCN Lead role is in place
The Community Pharmacy PCN Lead has an important role in shaping engagement between pharmacies and other healthcare professionals in the PCN and will:
- Provide a single channel of engagement with the PCN, building collaborative working relationships with relevant PCN members.
- Identify opportunities for pharmacies in the PCN area and assist the LPC, and other relevant LPCs, with the development of community pharmacy service proposals to meet local population health needs.
- Become a champion of community pharmacy within the PCN, helping to ensure community pharmacy plays a significant role in delivering healthcare services within the community.
- Identify key priorities and capacity constraints in the PCN area by getting together with your pharmacy colleagues in the area and discussing how your skills, and the services they could provide, would support the PCN to address their health inequalities.
LPC members in Surrey urge all contractors to:
- Proactively engage with your PCN lead, discuss how you wish to collaborate and aid your PCN lead in shaping engagement between community pharmacy and other healthcare professionals in the PCN.
- Consider how you can develop and enhance community pharmacy relationship with GP practices, what you can offer to help relieve pressures on primary care and feed this into your PCN lead as a single channel of engagement with the PCN.
The Community Pharmacy PCN Leads are supported by the Service Development and Support Manager at Community Pharmacy Surrey and Sussex.
Please note the PCN lead role in Sussex concluded in March 2026 and there are no longer PCN leads in Sussex. The role has been replaced by the Community Pharmacy Integrated Neighbourhood Lead role (see here).
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