Pharmacy and Medicines in the Integrated Care Systems (ICS) of the new NHS with Laura Angus

With new policy passing power to Integrated Care Systems (ICS), we explore how pharmacy and medicines commissioning will work in the new system, with Laura Angus (Interim Lead Pharmacist, Humber, Coast and Vale ICS) In our December #WhispersWordsofWisdom webinar, Tom Clarke was joined by Laura Angus who, in her new appointment as a Lead Pharmacist in an Integrated Care System (ICS), is currently evaluating the impact of the transfers of budget and decision-making power from Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) to an ICS. Her appointment as Interim Lead Pharmacist at Humber Coast and Vale ICS in November, follows 7-years as Head of Prescribing at NHS Vale of York CCG. Laura shares her frontline insights into the structural changes in the NHS, and what this means for pharmacy and the role of medicines. This recording was originally broadcast on 15th December 2020 as a webinar.