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Event date
19 November 2025
Event time
11:00-13:00

Policy Connect and the All-Party Parliamentary Health Group will hold its second evidence session for the improving access to primary care inquiry. Co-Chaired by Dr Simon Opher MP, Sadik Al-Hassan MP, Jess-Brown Fuller MP and Lord Kamall, this session will focus on gathering evidence to understand how primary care commissioning, infrastructure and workforce can be reformed to ensure long-term sustainability, equitable access, and improved patient outcomes?
 

Speakers include:

  • Dr Victoria Tzortziou-Brown, Chair Elect, Royal College of GPs
  • Malcolm Harrison, CEO, Company Chemist Association
  • Shiv Pabary, Chair General Dental Practice Committee, BDA
  • Dr Peter Hampson, Clinical and Policy Director, AOP
  • Dr Gaurav Gupta, England GP committee Lead for premises, BMA
  • Professor Victoria Joffe, Dean of Integrated Health and Care Partnerships, University of Essex
  • George Johnston, Senior Policy and Delivery Manager, NHS Confederation
  • Dr Veline Lesperance, Senior Clinical Advisor NHS Race and Health Observatory
  • Dr James Davies, Director of Research and Insights, Community Pharmacy England

This is the second of three evidence sessions and will help shape the APHG’s evidence-based recommendations to deliver lasting improvements across primary care.

For more information about the inquiry please contact Jasmin Adebisi (jasmin.adebisi@policyconnect.org.uk). 

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