Claire has worked in the NHS for over 20 years, leading work to improve patient access, experience and outcomes in care and treatments. Over the last decade, Claire has focused on developing medicines policy and strategy in specialised commissioning in regional and national roles. Claire joined the Commercial Medicines Directorate in the summer of 2021 to lead our policy, strategy and analysis work, helping drive our efforts on medicines access including innovative treatments, on optimisation and value programmes, and on medicines sustainability and Net Zero. Claire is passionate about the role of medicines in improving patient outcomes and reducing health inequalities and has a particular interest in innovative medicines.