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NHS Neighbourhood Health Implementation: Assumptions Checklist and Facilitation Exercise to Avoid Project Failure
Don't let hidden assumptions derail your neighbourhood health project. Use this exercise at your next team meeting to surface risks early. Based on analysis of major NHS failures like NPfIT and terminated integration contracts, this practical tool helps teams identify dangerous blind spots across 8 key areas: relationships, funding, governance, community needs, and more.
3 min read


Should Form Follow Function or Function Follow Form when it comes to PCNs and Neighbourhood Teams?
PCN leaders face critical decisions: adapt to neighbourhood team structures or build on strengths? Practical guidance on NHS transformation ahead.
6 min read


Neighbourhood Working for PCN Leaders | A Strategic Framework to Guide Positioning
Neighbourhood working is new territory for PCN leaders. The 10 Forces framework helps you understand the complexities around healthcare partnerships and make better strategic decisions when there's no established approach to follow.
5 min read


Questions to Aid Your Next Primary Care Network or Neighbourhood Strategy Meeting
This blog summarises the key changes in NHS commissioning and poses essential strategic questions that primary care leaders should consider
4 min read


Building Effective Child and Adolescent Mental Health Neighbourhood Teams: Key Questions to Consider
In this blog, we are sharing some thoughts and reflective questions for those of you looking to build and enhance integrated working.
3 min read


NHS Neighbourhood Health Guidelines 2025/26 | The Summary for Primary Care Network Leaders
The blog summarises the Neighbourhood Health Guidelines 2025/26 in a one-page summary and then discusses what this may mean for PCNs
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What is an Integrated Neighbourhood Team, and where do we start?
One of our websites' most frequently searched questions is what is an Integrated Neighbourhood Team?
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