Ed Waller, Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer, Interim Chief Delivery Officer - NHS Kent and Medway: In his role at NHS Kent and Medway, Ed Waller oversees Strategy, Partnerships and the ICB’s commissioning and delivery functions He joined NHS Kent and Medway from NHS England, where he had served as deputy chief finance officer leading on strategic finance and planning.

Previously, he has held various senior roles at NHSE and in the Civil Service, including as director of primary care for England, in which he led development of the five-year contract deals for GPs and community pharmacists that supported the NHS Long Term Plan. He was the NHS senior responsible officer for the response to Covid-19 across primary care; this included a period working as part of the successful Covid vaccination programme where he was responsible for establishing arrangements for the network of GP and community pharmacy vaccination sites.