S2, Episode 5: Clinical Pharmacy in the NHS 10 Year Plan with Sarah Trust

In this episode of Policy Unpacked, a podcast by the Global Policy Network (GPN), host Stephen Riley is joined by Sarah Trust, an experienced clinical pharmacist and healthcare leader, to explore the future of primary care pharmacy through the lens of the NHS 10-Year Plan.

In this episode, we discuss

• Sarah’s career journey into clinical pharmacy, leadership, and national policy roles

• Key experiences and challenges that shaped her progression beyond frontline practice

• Advice for early-career pharmacists considering leadership and policy pathways

• What success looks like for primary care pharmacy by 2035 under the NHS 10-Year Plan

• The role of primary care pharmacy in prevention and medicines optimisation

• Deprescribing as an emerging priority and the barriers to implementing it at scale

• Balancing patient-centred care with financial and system pressures

• The impact of collaborative working on patient outcomes in local systems

• What makes effective industry partnerships work and where they can fall short

• How training for pharmacists entering primary care is evolving to support the three shifts in the NHS 10-Year Plan

• Sarah’s role as a GPN Associate and what she brings to the network

  
  

  Key Themes

• Leadership and career pathways in primary care pharmacy

• Prevention, medicines optimisation, and deprescribing

• Patient-centred care and value-based decision making

• Collaborative working across primary care systems

• Workforce development and training reform

• Strengthening the influence of pharmacy in primary care

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