If you broke me open like a stick of rock, you would find the words “patient” around my core.  I have worked within the NHS as a clinical pharmacist specialising in holistic care for thirty five years, including twenty years as a pharmacist independent prescriber (medical admissions & diabetic/ anticoagulant/polypharmacy clinics) and nine as a consultant pharmacist in medicine & medication safety in hospitals. I worked as head of medication & medical devices safety at NHS England in 2014/15 and have taught & researched prescribing and medication optimisation / safety for doctors, nurses, and pharmacists for more than twenty years. I also hold an honorary clinical lecturer appointment at the University of Manchester Pharmacy School, with more than sixty publications.  

I am a curious pragmatist and my enthusiasm, positivity, and motivation to continually improve patient care through teamwork, systems change and understanding the bigger healthcare picture has defined my career. I currently lead a medicines optimisation team across a large urban Primary Care Network (PCN) in Bournemouth and am driven by the need to protect all patients from the biggest medication safety problem of all – problematic polypharmacy in an ageing population with multi-morbidity. 

Finally, I have a national and international reputation as an engaging presenter and clinical leader who always offers a different way of thinking and have TV, radio, podcast, social and print media, experience about medication safety / optimisation

Steve Williams

Owner of One less pill ltd