Breaking Barriers: What’s Holding Back Integrated Care?
Despite years of policy, pilots and structural reform, the same barriers to integrated care keep resurfacing. Drawing on her MBA research and insights shared at NAPC Live, Dr Stephanie Coughlin explores what is really holding integration back, and what leaders can do differently.
Learning Across Continents: Reflections from Brazil’s Community Health Workers
CHWW Programme Manager Marcus McAlister travelled to Brazil to see the model that inspired the UK’s CHWW Programme firsthand. Here, he shares what he found.
Providers and Neighbourhood Health
This paper looks at how providers need to adjust to work effectively with neighbourhood health models.
Resident Case Study: Barry’s Journey to a Safe, Warm Home
Barry, an 80‑year‑old man living alone, first met CHWWs Sam and Amy from the Bodmin Way project through a simple doorstep conversation.
A metronome or conductor for neighbourhood health?
Explore the tension between NHS targets and neighbourhood health, and why leaders must balance performance with community‑driven care.
Staff Activation and Real Teams: The Foundation for Safe and Effective Integrated Care
In this blog, Dr Minesh Patel describes how Integrated care cannot succeed without activated staff working in real teams.
Activation for Better Health and Care
Discover how activation, agency, and community connection can transform health and care systems.
NAPC responds to 2026/27 GP Contract: “Opportunity to reset the relationship and strengthen general practice”
The National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) has today responded to the publication of the 2026/27 GP Contract changes, following formal discussion with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and NHS England.
Beyond Survival: What a Better GP Contract Could Unlock
When we talk about the proposed direction of the GP contract, the first question we should be asking is ‘how will it help?’
The Future of General Practice: NAPC’s Perspective
This note sets out our high-level perspective, as a membership organisation, drawing on our long-standing work in population health, neighbourhood care, and primary care transformation.
