Background: NHS England (NHSE) instigated primary care networks (PCNs) as a collaboration of general practices working together at scale to improve population health in the local community.
Aim: To capture GP PCN leaders' perceptions of the opportunities and pitfalls of PCNs, as well as points of learning, during their inception and development, in order to guide the future development of PCN form and function.
Design & Setting: A qualitative study in UK primary care.