Estimate your network’s funding entitlement under the 2026/27 Network Contract DES. Enter your three published population figures and care-home beds — nothing is pulled from a dashboard, and nothing is saved.
Find your three population figures in the NHS England PCN Adjusted Populations spreadsheet (figures as at 1 January 2026 drive 2026/27 payments).
The PCN’s DES cash entitlement for the year. This excludes the ARRS workforce budget and the practice-level GP reimbursement shown below — neither is PCN DES cash income.
Each DES income stream, the population basis it is paid on, the 2026/27 rate and your amount.
| Payment | Population basis | Rate | Your amount |
|---|---|---|---|
Core PCN Funding Includes the former Clinical Director and PCN Leadership & Management payments, folded in for 2026/27. Calculated as £2.311 per registered patient plus £0.748 per adjusted-population patient (£3.059 combined). | Registered list size + Adjusted population 55,000 | £2.311 reg + £0.748 adj per patient | £166,001 |
Enhanced Access For delivering extended-hours / enhanced access across the network. | Adjusted population 52,000 | £8.903 per patient | £462,956 |
Network Participation Payment Paid for participating in the Network Contract DES. | Contractor weighted population 50,000 | £1.761 per patient | £88,050 |
Care Home Premium For each bed in care homes aligned to the PCN. 2026/27 rate per the Network Contract DES specification 2026/27 (Section 10.4, Table 1); uplifted from £130.253 in 2025/26. | Care home beds 80 | £133.158 per bed | £10,653 |
| Total PCN DES income (excluding the ARRS workforce budget) | £727,660 | ||
A ring-fenced budget to reimburse Additional Roles staff — not cash income, so it is not part of your Total PCN DES income. Calculated at £27.668 per contractor weighted patient.
Practice-level GP reimbursement— the scheme that replaces the old Capacity & Access Payment. £4.57 per adjusted patient, claimed at practice level (not by the PCN), so it sits outside the PCN DES total above.
Rates: 2026/27 Network Contract DES (NHS England). Core PCN Funding folds in the former Clinical Director and Leadership & Management payments; the Capacity & Access Payment and the Investment & Impact Fund are not part of the 2026/27 DES. All figures are your own estimates for planning only — verify your population figures against the NHS England PCN Adjusted Populations spreadsheet and confirm funding with your ICB before any financial commitments.