Speakers

Lelly Oboh is a Consultant Pharmacist in the care of older people at Guy's & St Thomas NHS Trust, NHS Specialist Pharmacy Service and Clinical and Care Professional Lead at South East London Integrated Care System (SEL ICS), where she leads the implementation of the National Overprescribing Review (NOR) report recommendations using a whole-system approach to address overprescribing With 32 years experience across the NHS, independent, and third sectors, Lelly’s roles have focused on optimising medicines for older people living with frailty, multimorbidity, and polypharmacy and providing clinical support and expert advice to other clinicians. A Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, Lelly has been championing innovative service developments that optimise medicines use, reduce overprescribing and reduce risks of harm for older people within primary care and community-based multidisciplinary teams. She works strategically at local, regional, and national levels, collaborating with patients, health and care providers and commissioners. Lelly is widely regarded as a national expert, educator and opinion leader on complex therapeutic issues in the care of older people, particularly in the areas of overprescribing and where there’s paucity in research evidence and guidance. She has contributed to overprescribing through membership of the Department of Health Overprescribing Review working group, NHSE Overprescribing advisory group, National Institute of Health and Care Research Overprescribing research project groups, and has led several local and national initiatives to reduce overprescribing. Lelly is sought after as a speaker and has contributed significantly to publications and practical guidance in this area A passionate advocate for person-centred care, shared decision-making, deprescribing, and the use of non-drug alternatives, Lelly focuses on improving patient care by challenging existing practices and fostering improvements in care delivery. Her leadership emphasises building effective partnerships, driving reform, and creating pathways for succession planning to ensure long-term, sustainable change within and beyond the NHS.