NHS Confederation responds to appointment of Professor Claire Fuller as Medical Director of Primary Care at NHSE

Responding to the announcement that Professor Claire Fuller has been appointed as the new Medical Director of Primary Care at NHS England, chief executive of the NHS Confederation Matthew Taylor said:
 
“Our members will be delighted to see Professor Fuller appointed to this important role. Members valued the thorough engagement she undertook with NHS leaders across the whole system as part of her stocktake published in 2022 and we were pleased to be able to support her and her team with NHS Confederation members involved across all workstreams and steering groups. 
 
“With her stocktake, Professor Fuller reflected a deep and first-hand understanding of the value of delivering primary care at scale and reorienting the health and care system to a local population health approach. This focus on building resilience in primary care, the primacy of neighbourhood and providing personalised, preventative and proportionate care has established primary care as an integral part of local systems and puts patients at the centre. 
 
“We look forward to continuing to work closely with Professor Fuller in her new role.”