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Niraj is currently the lead clinical pharmacist for the largest primary care provider in Leicester. He oversees a team of 12 pharmacy professionals and is responsible for their professional development and ensuring clinical excellence through governance standards and holistic chronic disease management. Niraj is also involved in the development and quality improvement of general practice and delivery of care with the RCGP. Niraj has a keen interest in cardio-renal-metabolic medicine and is currently the primary care lead for the Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland Chronic Kidney Disease Integrated Care Delivery project. Niraj is also the chronic disease lead for his practice, overseeing complex conditions such as diabetes, CKD, cholesterol management and heart failure for over 65,000 patients and has recently founded the pioneering Willows Health ‘Centre for CaReMe Excellence’ which aims to take population health management approach to lower local health inequalities and improve outcomes for high-risk patients in a holistic manner. Niraj’s team’s work in the proactive management for cardio-renal-metabolic diseases has received merit and contributed to his team being named highly commended PCN of the Year, along with their role in research and new treatment discovery as a National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) accredited centre.