Rakesh is managing partner and chief executive of Erewash PCN, Derbyshire, Primary Care Provider company and COVID-19 programme director (LVS), supporting delivery for patients. He brings a great breadth and depth of knowledge from spending over 25 years as manager, director and chief executive within a number of NHS organisations, and more recently working as a consultant on national and regional programmes. He has successfully led national and local innovation and improvement initiatives, including new care models, clinical and patient pathways, performance, IM&T and other challenges.