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Dr Minal Bakhai
Minal is the Director for Primary Care and Community Transformation and
Improvement for the NHS in England and is leading the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme. She leads national strategy and
delivery of large-scale complex change programmes and digital transformation. Most
recently, she has led the design and implementation of Modern General Practice and
the General Practice Improvement Programme – one of the largest systematic
national change programmes for primary care, supporting a fairer, safer, more
sustainable general practice. Prior to this she led national policy and delivery of
digital first primary care, spreading and scaling digital access and delivery across
general practice.
Minal has a unique portfolio stretching across clinical practice, national leadership,
transformation, research and regulation. Her experience includes previous executive
roles as Medical Director and Director of Research and Digital Innovation for
McKesson UK leading innovation in digital health and scaling one of the first digital
health services in the UK; the development of the first UK standards for digital health
services with the CQC and GMC; and the appraisal of cost and clinical effectiveness
of health technologies at NICE. She is also a practicing GP for 14 years in an area of
extreme socio-economic deprivation.
She is passionate about improving population health through strengthening community power, system leadership and partnership working.
Sessions
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Neighbourhood health leadership: where are my peers? A cross-system learning event12-Jun-2025Exchange 11
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Mobilising change: NHS IMPACT’s role in advancing the ten-year health plan12-Jun-2025Impact and improvement theatre