Conexus Corporate Strategy: 2026-2031
Conexus Healthcare exists to provide tangible support that benefits our member practices and the people of Wakefield. Our new five-year strategy sets out how we aim to do that.
At its core, the strategy has a single purpose. We want to protect and strengthen generalism as the organising function of neighbourhood health. Generalism is the ability of a General Practice to manage undifferentiated need (patients with unclear or complex needs), multiple conditions and risk, and to provide continuity of care over time – it is where the “General” bit of “General Practice” comes from and it is what makes General Practice safe, effective and trusted, and it is the capability we want to preserve.
Right care, right sector, right place
To do that, we need to address a clear problem. A growing share of General Practice capacity is spent on work that does not resolve a patient’s need or add value, often because demand that belongs elsewhere in the system has nowhere else to go. Our central aim over the next five years is to reduce the proportion of appointments that end this way, so that GPs and their teams can concentrate on continuity, complexity and prevention.
Our approach is guided by a simple principle of right care, right sector, right place. Rather than move work between organisations, the strategy focuses on making sure people are supported in the most appropriate setting, with stronger pathways into mental health services, social care, children’s services and the voluntary and community sector. When the wrong demand is removed from General Practice, the capacity it releases goes back into the care that only General Practice can provide.
Partnership is key
Because no part of the health system succeeds alone, the strategy also commits us to working closely with our hospital and community partners, beginning with the interface between primary and secondary care where duplication and administrative chasing place the greatest strain. Closer to home, Conexus will coordinate the development of neighbourhood health teams across the district, acting as the convening and coordinating infrastructure that individual practices cannot build alone.
Underpinning all of this is our commitment to the people who deliver General Practice. We will protect generalist skills across the workforce and invest in mentoring and supervision through our General Practice Resilience Academy.
This strategy was written with our practices and system partners, and it aligns with the Wakefield District Plan. It will be our umbrella document for the next five years, helping us to align and focus the work that we do to support our practices.
To read our strategy in full and to see the one page summaries specifically written for different audience, visit the Strategy page on this website.