Richard Cattell is passionate about supporting patients and the pharmacy and wider healthcare team in getting the best from medicines, reducing harm and improving care. His role primarily focusses on providing senior professional leadership at a national level across the NHS in England working closely with the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer. He has specific responsibility for the delivery of the pharmacy and medicines aspects of the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, the Medicines Value Programme and Medicines Safety Improvement Programme. He is also focussed on the development of inclusive senior pharmacy leadership across the NHS. Prior to this role, Richard has been a hospital chief pharmacist and chief operating officer during his career.