This NIHR SafetyNet Health Economics Working Group (HEWG) seminar explored how the rapid expansion of clinical pharmacists in English general practice has influenced prescribing quality and medicines use. It set out the policy context for pharmacist integration, summarise the existing international and UK evidence base, and then present longitudinal, practice-level evidence from England (2015–2019) using national workforce and prescribing datasets.

The talk was delivered on 4 March 2026 by Dr Michael Anderson, an NIHR-funded clinical lecturer at the University of Manchester and a visiting/senior visiting fellow at London School of Economics and Political Science.

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Speaker

Dr Michael Anderson
University of Manchester and London School of Economics and Political Science

Dr Michael Anderson is an NIHR-funded clinical lecturer at the University of Manchester and a visiting/senior visiting fellow at London School of Economics and Political Science. His work sits at the intersection of primary care, health economics, and health policy, with a focus on healthcare quality and system performance (alongside clinical practice as a GP).

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