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.
I don’t understand. What is neighbourhood and how is it actually making a difference?
What does “neighbourhood” really mean in health and care? Andy Brooks explores how organising services around people can deliver real change
Prevention, Partnerships and Real Change: Building Better Neighbourhood Care
In this episode of the NAPC podcast, Andy Brooks speaks with Anna Darling, Clinical Director at Purbeck PCN, about leading an integrated neighbourhood team in a rural coastal community.
Providers and Neighbourhood Health
This paper looks at how providers need to adjust to work effectively with neighbourhood health models.
Making Neighbourhood Health a Reality
As explored in a recent conversation between Dr Johnny Marshall and Andy Mullins, Neighbourhood health has been talked about for years. The ambition is well understood. But turning that aspiration into reality has always been the hard part.
Making Neighbourhood Health A Reality – Podcast
In this episode, NAPC Senior Leader Dr Johnny Marshall, sits down with NAPC faculty member and NNHIP coach Andy Mullins to explore what the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme (NNHIP) really looks like on the ground.
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.
Digital Clinical Safety
As explored in a recent conversation between Prof Andy Brooks and digital transformation expert Joanna Fox, digital innovation is rapidly reshaping primary care. From virtual triage to AI‑supported decision‑making, the opportunities are significant. But Jo stresses a crucial point: digital tools don’t guarantee safety. Their
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?’
