Who We Are
CoreHealth Partners is a specialist consultancy dedicated to strengthening NHS Primary Care, Community Services and Adult Social Care – underpinning the Neighbourhood agenda.
We exist to close the gap between national policy ambition and frontline reality.
Our team brings together deep, real-world expertise in digital transformation, clinical safety, strategic analytics, governance, quality and compliance, workforce leadership, and integrated care delivery. We work at the point where operational pressure, regulatory expectation, and system reform collide – supporting organisations to stabilise performance, build maturity, and create sustainable, neighbourhood-based models of care that genuinely improve outcomes.
Our Mission:
To strengthen neighbourhood care systems, empower frontline teams, and build the foundations for safer services, better outcomes and sustainable care for communities.
Our Leadership
Conor Price
Chief Executive Officer
Conor is a recognised system leader in primary care transformation, with over a decade of experience shaping neighbourhood, place and ICS-level models of care across general practice and community pharmacy.
As Founder of CoreHealth Partners and Chief Executive of Community Pharmacy London, he provides senior leadership across data, digital and system design, supporting organisations to move from policy ambition to operational delivery. His work focuses on building scalable, sustainable models that strengthen neighbourhood working, improve access, and create measurable improvements in quality and outcomes.
Conor has a strong track record of advising NHS organisations on developing and delivering data-driven strategies that improve patient care, operational resilience and workforce sustainability. Known for his practical, delivery-led approach, he is a trusted voice in primary care and neighbourhood system transformation.
Cathy Price
Chief Operating Officer
Cathy is a senior health and social care leader with a strong track record in operational delivery, regulatory governance and organisational growth across adult social care and community services. With extensive experience as a Registered Manager, Cathy has successfully led services through CQC inspection, stabilising governance frameworks, strengthening safeguarding and compliance systems, and improving inspection outcomes. She is widely recognised for her ability to take under pressure services and rapidly build structure, clarity and control – creating safe, well-led, and resilient organisations.
As Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of CoreHealth Partners, Cathy provides executive leadership across quality, performance, workforce and business development. Cathy is known for building high-performing teams and positive care cultures that balance compassion with accountability. Her work focuses on creating services that are not only compliant, but confident, stable and capable of continuous improvement.
Dr Chris Nortcliff
Chief Medical Officer
Chris is Chief Medical Officer for Clinical Services and Safety at CoreHealth Partners, providing senior clinical leadership across governance, patient safety, service development and digital transformation.
A GP by background, Chris has held a range of senior system leadership roles including GP Partner, Head of a large multi-site social enterprise practice and Director within a GP federation. He currently works as a salaried GP at Cornbrook Medical Practice and serves as Chief Clinical Information Officer for the Greater Manchester Primary Care Provider Board, where he leads clinical input into data, digital and information governance strategy.
Chris is widely recognised for his ability to bring clinical and non-clinical teams together to deliver practical, system-wide improvement. He is particularly skilled at translating complex primary care challenges into clear, actionable delivery plans that strengthen governance, improve safety and support sustainable neighbourhood-based models of care.
Dr Nisha Patel
Chief Medical Officer
Nisha is a GP with over 20 years’ experience in primary care and is Chief Medical Officer for CoreHealth Partners, leading clinical safety, digital strategy and quality improvement across neighbourhood, place and system-level programmes.
She has held senior leadership roles across City and Hackney Integrated Primary Care and wider London primary care systems, where she has led large-scale digital transformation programmes focused on demand and capacity management, workforce analytics, continuity of care and population health improvement.
Nisha specialises in translating complex digital and data initiatives into practical frontline delivery, ensuring transformation programmes strengthen clinical safety, improve outcomes, support workforce sustainability and reduce health inequalities.
Michael Smith
Strategic Partner for At Scale & System Integration
Michael is a senior system leader with extensive experience delivering primary care at scale and integrating services across Integrated Care Systems. As Strategic Partner for Primary Care at Scale and System Integration at CoreHealth, he brings deep expertise in provider collaboration, population health, workforce development, and innovative contracting models.
Michael until recently was Managing Director of Greater Manchester Primary Care CIC and has previously led Bolton GP Federation, growing it into a large-scale primary care provider embedded within system governance. He is widely recognised for building effective partnerships across primary care, commissioners, the voluntary sector, and industry, with a strong focus on tackling health inequalities and improving access through digital and workforce-led solutions.
Layla Mills
Insights Investigator
Layla joined CoreHealth Partners in 2026 as our Insights Investigator, undertaking a year-long placement as part of her Statistics degree at the University of Bath.
With a passion for analytics and using data to create real-world impact, Layla works across our health and care projects to analyse complex data, identify trends and turn information into clear, meaningful insight.
From developing dashboards and exploring service performance to supporting research and wider analytics projects, Layla brings a fresh perspective and an inquisitive approach to the team.
Her role as Insights Investigator is about going beyond simply reporting the numbers – asking what the data is telling us, why it matters, and how it can be used to improve decisions, services and outcomes.
