What are the benefits of PBC?
Answer Better clinical engagement: PBC gives practices and primary care professionals the freedom to develop innovative, high-quality services for their patients. Using information on current health service usage, primary care professionals can understand how resources are used, and identify areas that will benefit from redesign. Better services for patients: PBC enables primary care professionals, working across boundaries with secondary care clinicians and others, to redesign services that better meet the needs of their patients. Patients can benefit from a greater variety of services from a larger number of providers in settings that are closer to home or more convenient for them. Patients will also benefit from reduced waiting times when they do need to go to hospital. Better use of resources: By giving practices the ability to develop new services for patients within a framework of accountability and support, PBC will improve access, extend patient choice and help restore financia
