Our story
Conexus Healthcare: Strengthening General Practice Across Wakefield District
Conexus Healthcare is the GP Federation for the Wakefield District, bringing together 34 GP practices that work collaboratively to improve local healthcare for our communities.
A GP Federation is a partnership of general practices working together to share expertise, resources, and innovation. By uniting our practices, we can deliver consistent, high-quality healthcare, support our staff, and develop new services that respond directly to the needs of local people.
Our practices are grouped into seven Primary Care Networks (PCNs) allowing us to design services that truly reflect the health priorities of our communities. Together, we provide care for communities across Wakefield, Normanton, Pontefract, Featherstone, Castleford, Knottingley and beyond, ensuring every resident has access to trusted, accessible, and high-quality healthcare close to home.
Guided by our Five-Year Strategy (2023–2028), we’re investing in the future of primary care and empowering local GPs, improving patient experience, and strengthening community wellbeing across the district.
On this page you can learn more about the beliefs and principles we work to, our milestones and awards and the local partners we work closely with to make Wakefield District healthcare the best it can be.
Our mission, our vision and our values
Our mission
Conexus Healthcare CIC provides tangible support that benefits our practices and the people of Wakefield.
Our goals
- Provide a pick-and-mix offer of support to our practices and primary care networks that supports and strengthens their operations.
- Deliver district-wide services under our brand "GP Care Wakefield," that help expand general practice to local people and improve access to primary care services.
- Hold district-wide contracts on behalf of general practice for delivery by our PCNs or practices.
- Provide a one-stop-shop for general practice training and consultancy in West Yorkshire and sell our accredited training programmes nationally.
- Support practices to provide district-wide services where the efficiencies or scale dictate the need to deliver it once.
- Offer a unified voice for general practice in the district and advocate for general practice within our wider community of stakeholders.
Our values
Our people, teams and culture are what people know and trust us for best. Our values proudly guide our decisions and influence our actions every day we come to work:
- We are transparent and honest.
- We actively listen and collaborate.
- We deliver great value through quality and innovation.
- We are proud to grow our business and learn from our mistakes.
- We share our learning generously.
- We cultivate and develop primary care staff, providers and leaders.
Awards
Patient experience, learner feedback and positive support from our member practices are the most important success signals for Conexus.
It’s still nice to be recognised for the hard work of our teams and practices though in national awards. Here are just a few of them:
Local partners
Conexus is proud to be the voice for Wakefield District’s general practice system. We sit firmly around the table with other local partners and providers to advise, plan, coordinate and deliver vital district-wide healthcare services and projects.
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