• What is the need that we are trying to meet?

• How much of that is best provided by health?

• What is all the evidence about how best to meet that need?

• Are we using that evidence to develop our own responses to need?

• Are we doing all we can to not make our own work?

• Do we have metrics in place that help us understand what we are doing and whether its’ working?

• Are we peer-reviewing our work and learning together about how best to deliver primary care?

At the heart of all of this is accurate and inspiring data.

PCNs are getting a range of support to meet needs, but they need help understanding population need, understanding variation and acuity, differentiating their list, understanding if what they are doing is making a difference. As yet there is no additional provision for data support to understand all these key factors.

If there is one thing that will help PCNs get off the ground it is compelling data.