Ankish Patel
Regional Ambassador and Senior Clinical Pharmacist
Ankish is the Chief Pharmacist & Head of Workforce for a GP Federation in Nottingham City where he supports both service and workforce development. He has a passion for supporting, integrating and optimising the range of new roles in primary care.
His current workforce includes pharmacists, technicians, physician associates and many of the PCN personalised care roles. He has been involved in pharmacy leadership throughout his career supporting community pharmacy and general practice, at local, regional, and national levels.
Ankish currently supports the PCPA Leadership Forum.
Minesh Parbat
West Midlands Vice President and Chief Pharmacist
Minesh Parbat, MPharm(Hons), ClinDip, IPresc, MSc has worked in senior leadership positions within the NHS and has led on medicines optimisation projects both strategically and operationally.
He continues to practice as an independent prescribing pharmacist and runs long term conditions clinics in asthma and structured medication reviews in a GP Practice, and has done for over 10 years. Minesh has supported varies academic institutions as a visiting lecturer to engage students in research projects and audit initiatives.
He has also served on a numbers of national and local Pharmacy related committees to support the progression of the pharmacy profession and has a keen interest in leadership, equality, diversity and inclusion across various healthcare professions.
