Chief Pharmacist & Clinical Director for Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation

After graduating from the London School of Pharmacy, Kandarp trained at Guy’s & St. Thomas’ Hospital before taking up a junior pharmacist post at Ealing Hospital. Kandarp joined Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHNT) as part of the first admissions pharmacy team in 2004 and took on the post of Lead Pharmacist Admissions in 2007. Kandarp was the project manager for various NIHR CLAHRC funded Improving Prescribing for the Elderly (ImPE) projects and was also involved in a project examining anti-infective prescribing within ICHNT. He is currently the Deputy Chief Pharmacist for Clinical Services & Project Manager for the electronic prescribing and administration project at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust. He continues to work closely with the CLAHRC for NWL as a member of the Frailty theme. He also teaches extensively, not just on clinical pharmacy, but also on leadership and change management. His specialist areas of clinical interest include acute and elderly medicine. Postgraduate education includes an MSc in qualitative research and a certificate in independent prescribing. His research interests include polypharmacy and medication review in the elderly, antimicrobial stewardship, pharmacist prescribing and quality improvement.