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What is an MCN?
MCNs offer a new way of delivering services to patients designed to lead to a focus on services and patients rather than upon buildings and organisations.
The concept of Managed Clinical Networks (MCNs) arises from the work of the Acute Services Review. They offer a new way of delivering services to patients designed to lead to a focus on services and patients rather than upon buildings and organisations. They involve clinical staff working across the boundaries between the different professions and parts of the health service. This should ensure that existing health service resources and staff are allowed to focus on what matters - patients and their problems. The direct involvement of patients in these networks ensures that the focus is not lost. The prime aim is really making sure that the right treatment gets to the right patient at the right time in the most appropriate place.
The definition of Managed Clinical Networks is "linked groups of health professionals and organisations from primary, secondary and tertiary care, working in a co-ordinated manner, unconstrained by existing professional and Health Board boundaries, to ensure equitable provision of high quality clinically effective services throughout Scotland ".