Dr Sara Felix

Dr Sara Felix is the Deputy Director of Engagement on the NHS’s 10-Year Health Plan at the Department of Health and Social Care, a role she has held since August 2024. 

Prior, she was deputy director of Medical Technologies Strategy, Policy and Regulation, where she produced the inaugural UKG strategy for the sector, and progressed a number of initiatives to support innovation, adoption, and value for money.  

Sara created the National Supply Disruption Response to manage Brexit-related disruptions to the supply of medicines and medical products, which was subsequently central to getting PPE to the frontline during the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Sara has previously worked at NHS England where she led an ambitious national innovation programme to design healthy homes and communities in ten demonstrator sites ‘Healthy New Towns’. 

Sara has a clinical background and a PhD in health policy and management; she is passionate about evidence-based policy and about effective use of public resources.