Dr Minal Bakhai is the Director of Primary Care Transformation at NHS England and NHS Improvement. She is a practicing GP, working at an inner-city London practice for almost 10 years.

Minal has a unique portfolio with experience stretching across policy, national programme strategy, research and implementation. Additionally, she is an expert advisor at NICE appraising the effectiveness and safety of digital tools used in primary care to reduce preventable ill health and empower patients.

She is passionate about harnessing the power of technology to support the delivery of a vibrant, high quality, sustainable general practice and developing a shared learning system to ensure the use of digital tools meet the challenges of our population.