Webinar Details
This promotional webinar has been sponsored by Optum and is for UK Healthcare professionals only.
Integrated prescribing: Pharmacy’s role in
population health and neighbourhood care
Thursday 18th December
1pm - 2pm
Three key takeaways
- Understand integrated prescribing models and how pharmacists contribute as independent prescribers within multidisciplinary teams to support joined-up care across neighbourhoods.
- Recognise pharmacy’s impact on population health through proactive management of long-term conditions, preventative care, and data-driven approaches to addressing health inequalities.
- Explore how pharmacy integrates into neighbourhood care teams, enhancing access, supporting shared decision-making, and reducing pressure on other healthcare services.
Chair:
Nipa Patel, PCPA Regional Vice President - London and S, Lead Pharmacist SASSE 2 & 3
Speakers:
Bethan George, Regional Director for London and East of England, Optum UK
Azhar Islam, Lead Clinical Pharmacist specialising in clinical content strategy, governance, and safe prescribing, Optum UK
Speakers
Bethan George
As Regional Director for London and East of England, Beth leads on strategic programmes of work across the Optum UK portfolio in those regions.
She joined Optum in 2021 as a Director in the Population Health Management Advisory team. This team supported health and care organisations to use data and analytics to improve outcomes for populations, address health inequalities and find ways to secure best possible value from local resources. This work is now incorporated into delivery programmes in London and the East of England.
Beth worked for almost 30 years in the NHS in both commissioning and provider organisations. She worked in Primary Care Commissioning and Transformation for over 15 years as commissioner and in operations for GP Federations and has experience in supporting the development of primary care networks, local multidisciplinary teams and managing systemwide integration programmes. Her career in the NHS began as a hospital pharmacist, moving into teacher practitioner roles and then Chief Pharmacist for Tower Hamlets PCT before moving into transformation roles, she is passionate about integration of pharmacy and medicines management into neighbourhood care and transformation.
Azhar Islam
Azhar Islam is a Lead Clinical Pharmacist specialising in clinical content strategy, governance, and safe prescribing at Optum. Alongside his national work, he owns a community pharmacy where he is building modern, digitally enabled care pathways that strengthen local access and population health.
