Speakers

Dr. Priya Kumar BEM

GP Partner and Health Inequalities Lead, Kumar Medical Centre
Transformational Clinical Lead for the Connected Care, Frimley ICB

Dr Priya Kumar, a practising GP Partner at Kumar Medical Centre since 2013 and has recently been appointed as the Transformational Clinical Lead for the Connected Care Programme, Frimley Integrated Care Board.

She has also been part of the wider team in Slough over the past 10 years and held a variety of roles, including primary care strategy lead, urgent care lead and more recently the health inequalities role. She developed and clinically led the ‘Multigenerational Household Project’ and ‘Wider Determinants of Health Questionnaire’. As a result of this work and her key role in the COVID-19 pulse oximetry programme, she was named the ‘Digital Innovator of the Year’ 2023 at the Digital HSJ awards.

After completing the Darzi Fellowship Programme in 2014, she understood the importance of co-production and clinical leadership within the NHS. Priya has been involved in integration across the health and social care sectors by working with public health colleagues, and the voluntary sector in developing innovative pathways to improve patient outcomes on a population basis.