GP Partner, Primary Care Network Clinical Director, Chair of the Berkshire West GP Leadership Group, and Chief Executive of Berkshire West Primary Care Alliance

There are leaders who talk about change, and leaders who quietly build it. Dr Amit Sharma is firmly in the second camp.

As Chief Executive of Berkshire West Primary Care Alliance, Primary Care Network (PCN) Clinical Director, Chair of the Berkshire West GP Leadership Group, and a practising GP Partner, Amit operates across every level of the local health system — from the consulting room to the boardroom. It is a combination he uses to powerful effect.

Under his leadership, the Berkshire West Primary Care Alliance has been transformed from a representative body into a trusted partner organisation, now providing NHS-commissioned services including women’s health, urgent care centres, and the community wellbeing outreach programme. What was once a landscape of fragmented practice working has become a coordinated, place-based system built around neighbourhood health principles and the needs of local communities.

The results speak for themselves. Working with secondary care providers urgent care provision has been stabilised and expanded, reducing avoidable pressure on emergency departments. Women’s health services have brought specialist support into primary care, reducing secondary care referrals and improving patient experience. Digital transformation, segmented triage models, and multidisciplinary workforce development have strengthened resilience across a network serving 31,000 patients.

What distinguishes Amit’s leadership is not just what has been delivered, but how. Colleagues describe him as calm under pressure, strategically clear, and deeply values-driven. He fosters psychological safety, develops future leaders across clinical and non-clinical roles, and ensures that every voice — from GPs and nurses to care coordinators and wellbeing workers — is heard and valued.

Bringing people together has ensured primary care has a strong, confident voice within the wider system — and that services are designed around patient need rather than organisational boundaries, providing care that is joined up, equitable and close to home.

His leadership is a living example of the NHS 10 Year Health Plan in action: shifting care from hospital to community, embracing digital innovation, and building a system that prevents ill health rather than simply responding to it. As the NHS turns 78, Amit Sharma’s work shows what is possible when partnership, purpose and pragmatism come together.