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NAPC membership is free and open to professionals involved in the delivery of NHS services from the public sector, voluntary sector or not for profit sector, who have an interest in healthcare transformation, integrated neighbourhood working and population health improvement.

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Welcome
10:00

Andy welcomed delegates and set the scene for a day focused on accelerating neighbourhood health. He introduced the shared themes of Community by Design and neighbourhood working, bringing together perspectives from across England and Wales…

The national context for neighbourhood health
10:20

Anna Randle is CEO of New Local and Non-Executive Director of NAPC. An expert in collaborative public services and organisational change, she convenes partners, develops place-based strategies and helps leaders build collaborative approaches that strengthen…

A neighbourhood health model fit for scale: Community Health and Wellbeing Workers
10:40

Simon Billingham is Director of Health & Care (South England) at the British Red Cross. With more than 20 years’ experience across the NHS, social care and the voluntary sector, Simon is passionate about prevention,…

The landscape we are operating within - a sense of the road ahead
10:55

Prof Andy Brooks  lead our first table-top task: “The landscape we are operating within – a sense of the road ahead”. Following the opening keynote sessions, delegates used a traffic-light exercise to consider what feels…

How might we fund neighbourhood working? A work in progress
11:15

Dr Stephanie Coughlin is Chief Partnership and Place Officer at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and GP in Hackney. Stephanie’s session tackled one of the most important questions facing health and care systems today. Drawing…

Instructions not included: Ignoring service silos to create a community frailty hub
11:30

Professor Mike Holmes is CEO and GP Partner at Haxby Group, Executive Chair at Nimbuscare, Honorary Professor at the University of York, and Chair of the Trustee Board at the Royal College of General Practitioners.…

Community By Design: the interventions required to achieve real shifts in care
11:45

Gethin Hughes is Chief Operating Officer & Deputy Chief Executive at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB). Gethin explored the challenges faced across England and Wales and the practical interventions needed to deliver major…

What resonates? What do we see very differently? What's the real work ahead?
12:00

Dr Johnny Marshall led an interactive table-top discussion exploring three important questions: What resonates? What do we see differently? And what is the real work ahead? Delegates reflected on the morning’s presentations, test ideas against…

Morning round-up
12:20

Dr Johnny Marshall hosted the morning round-up, bringing together Anna Randle, Professor Mike Holmes, Simon Billingham, Dr Stephanie Coughlin and Gethin Hughes. The panel revisited the morning’s key themes, from community power and highly local…

Working lunch: From neighbourhood ambition to daily delivery: How Heim can help coordinate demand, capacity and care
12:50

Dr Eve Corner MBE is clinical academic physiotherapist and Partnerships Manager at Heim Health. Eve has worked across clinical practice, research and NHS service improvement, and was awarded an MBE for her work supporting COVID-19…

Compare and Contrast: A view from the other side of the globe (New Zealand and Australia vs the UK)
13:15

Chris Ash is Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer at St Vincent’s Health Australia in Sydney. A UK-born New Zealander, he has held health, policy and advisory roles across three countries. Drawing on experiences from…

Creating a fundamental system-wide shift to a neighbourhood, population centric model
13:35

Andrew Edmunds is Director of Innovation at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Katrina Percy, Joint CEO of NAPC, introduced the session by setting out the neighbourhood health care model and sharing insights from NAPC’s leadership…

The system-wide shift: Where are you now and what's next?
13:55

Sarah Reese, NAPC Faculty Member led this table top task “The system-wide shift: Where are you now and what’s next?” This interactive task invited delegates to assess progress across four essential areas: leadership, relationships, system…

Afternoon round-up
14:15

Katrina Percy, Joint CEO of NAPC, hosted the afternoon panel and plenary. Bringing together reflections from Chris Ash and Andrew Edmunds, the discussion explored what international experience and integrated organisational models can teach us about…

Leading neighbourhoods well
14:45

Prof Andy Brooks, NAPC Clinical Chair and Dr Liam Loftus, NAPC Head of Policy led this session. The session explored both the ambition and the reality of neighbourhood leadership, including the tensions facing general practice,…

Leading in Practice: Reflections of a clinical director
15:05

Dr David Lawson is GP Partner at Garswood Surgery and Clinical Director of St Helens North Primary Care Network. As a leader within one of the country’s pioneering neighbourhood health implementation sites, David has helped…

Turning discussion into action: What will you take back to your neighbourhood?
15:15

Prof Andy Brooks and Dr Liam Loftus asked: What will you take back to your neighbourhood? This table top task connected national direction with local choice, inviting delegates to share insights, challenges and opportunities from…

Making it possible: The legal perspective
15:45

Robert McGough and Ruth Griffiths are partners at Hill Dickinson. Drawing on their experience advising primary care and healthcare organisations, Robert and Ruth examined the partnership structures, contracts, governance and practical legal considerations that underpin…

Introducing the speed round - the investment case for...
16:00

Prof Andy Brooks, Clinical Chair at NAPC, will introduced a fast-paced speed round on the investment case for neighbourhood health. A series of concise contributions which made the case for investing in the capabilities, models…

Digital: A do or die opportunity
16:05

Matthew Walker, Joint CEO of NAPC, explored “Digital: A do or die opportunity”. The session considered why digital capability is now essential to better decisions, joined-up services and more responsive care around people and communities.…

Outpatients: Ctrl + Alt + Delete. Time to reboot the model
16:10

Amanda Quincey is a Faculty member at NAPC and experienced NHS transformation leader. With more than 23 years in the NHS, Amanda has led strategic and operational change across primary, secondary and tertiary care. Her…

What do you count? A learning system for neighbourhood health
16:15

Jag Mundra is Faculty Member at NAPC. Jag explored how measurement can support improvement rather than simply report activity. The session considered which outcomes matter, how teams can learn from data and how shared measures…

The magic dust for integration: real teams
16:20

Jack Short is an NAPC Faculty member and senior transformation specialist. With more than 20 years’ experience across health and social care, Jack has led major programmes spanning acute, community, primary care and voluntary sector…

Federations: Why this is the F word we all need to use
16:25

Laura Sherburn is a Faculty Member at NAPC. Laura examined how federations can provide the shared infrastructure, scale and collaborative capacity needed to help practices respond to local needs and deliver integrated services. The National…

What are you going to do tomorrow?...
16:40

Prof Andy Brooks led a final table-top task asking: “What are you going to do tomorrow?” Delegates identified the actions they have noted, the issues they now see differently and the people they plan to…

Helping integrated neighbourhood teams work as one

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