NAPC Board

Caroline was appointed as Chair of NAPC in September 2021.  She is a GP practicing in Calderdale and the Calderdale GP clinical lead for mental health/LD/Autism and children/young people. Caroline believes firmly in the neighbourhood care model, described originally by NAPC. She is passionate about the need to improve wellbeing of those working in health and care. She is working on the innovative Calderdale Community Mental Health Transformation and, through NAPC, with other projects nationally which are also founded on the Community Health and Wellbeing Worker model.

John has nearly 40 years’ experience in healthcare – his roles have included Finance Director and a decade as an acute trust CEO. He has worked at national level for the Department of Health reviewing whole health communities and undertook the role of Chief Operating Officer for the London Deanery during a period of major change in doctor and dentist training. John joined the NAPC in 2015 supporting the development of the primary care home programme and was Chief Executive Officer from 2016 to 2024. He is inspired by local frontline energy and a desire to improve local health and care services.

Katrina is NAPC’s Joint CEO and has worked across all sectors of the health service, including internationally, since joining on the NHS graduate management training scheme over 27 years ago. Katrina was an NHS CEO for nearly 10 years. She is known for leading transformational and innovative change through the creation of integrated primary and community care teams.

More recently her focus has been on working with systems and their senior leaders to enable the delivery and implementation of the integrated neighbourhood care model and leadership development. Katrina is Joint Chief Executive of the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) and her experience in and passion for Neighbourhood Care supports the development of the wider NAPC Neighbourhood Care movement focusing on collaborative and innovative approaches to personalised health, care and wellbeing within communities delivered through integrated neighbourhood teams.

Matthew is NAPC’s Joint CEO and leads NAPC’s work in Place Development, Estates and Digital Transformation. He has a keen interest in the role of Planetary Health in Population Health Improvement. Prior to joining NAPC in 2019, Matthew worked for 13 years as a management consultant focused on workforce strategy and planning, primary care estates strategy and investment, and the development of new models of integrated care and quality improvement. During this time, he led a multi-year STP wide programme of work supporting investment into primary and community care estates and was deputy director of primary care transformation for one of the most populated STPs in England. Matthew has been involved in the NAPC’s primary care home programme since 2015 supporting its set up, spread and evaluation.

Sally joined the NAPC in 2001 from a multinational IT organisation, looking for a complete change in industry. Her background is administration management and support. Sally’s role as Chief Operating Officer is to ensure the day-to-day running of the organisation supporting and working closely with the Chief Executive Officer, Chair and President. She finds it hugely rewarding to work at the heart of an innovative organisation which is shaping the future of healthcare, influencing policy and connecting professionals across primary care.

Dr Minesh Patel has been a GP for over 25 years. He is a GP Partner at Moatfield Surgery in East Grinstead. He took on the Mid-Sussex Primary Care Trust (PCT) lead role to adopt gold standards frameworks for coronary heart disease (CHD) and then diabetes. Minesh has been a clinical voice in commissioning and for five years was the Chair of Horsham and Mid-Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group. He led a review of Stroke Services in Sussex and chairs the Sussex Sustainability Transformation Partnership (STP) Clinical Board and has also led the development of the Healthy East Grinstead Partnership Primary Care Home.