Dr Claire Fuller

Who Dr Claire Fuller is

Dr Claire Fuller has been National Medical Director of NHS England since 1 April 2025, having previously served as National Medical Director of Primary Care from September 2023. Her portfolio covers primary care, community care, mental health, neighbourhood services, public health and medicines. She qualified from St Mary's Hospital in 1992 and has remained a practising GP throughout her career, with experience in rural Northumberland and large practices in Surrey. Before joining NHS England she was Chief Executive of Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care System and, prior to that, Accountable Officer for NHS Surrey Heartlands CCG. She is best known as the author of the 2022 Fuller Stocktake report on integrating primary care, co-signed by all 42 ICS chief executives, and has since prioritised GP retention, the primary/secondary care interface, patient safety in primary care, and the formation of a national ADHD task force.

References for this biography

1. 1.A History of the NHS: Dr Claire Fuller – Birkenhead School — Confirms appointment as National Medical Director from 1 April 2025, portfolio scope, medical qualification year, ADHD task force, and Responsible Officer role from July 2025
2. 2.Next steps for integrating primary care: Fuller stocktake report – NHS England — Official NHS England publication page for the Fuller Stocktake, confirming authorship and scope of the review
3. 3.Claire Fuller appointed new NHSE medical director of primary care – Pulse Today — Confirms appointment as National Medical Director of Primary Care from September 2023 and prior role as Surrey Heartlands ICS CEO
4. 4.2017 Winners – HSJ Awards — Confirms Dr Claire Fuller won HSJ Clinical Leader of the Year 2017 at Surrey Downs CCG
5. 5.Dr Claire Fuller – RCGP Academic Centre — Confirms career background, Surrey Heartlands roles, Fuller Stocktake, and NHS England priorities including GP retention
6. 6.Media enquiries – NHS England — Confirms organisational press contact email nhsengland.media@nhs.net
7. 7.NHS England – Our contact details and Data Protection Officer — Confirms NHS England head office address: Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG

Notable achievements

• Led the Fuller Stocktake (published May 2022), a national review of integrated primary care commissioned by NHS England CEO Amanda Pritchard, co-signed by all 42 ICS chief executives. Source ↗
• Won HSJ Clinical Leader of the Year 2017 while at Surrey Downs Clinical Commissioning Group. Source ↗
• Led the clinical review of ADHD services, resulting in the formation of a national ADHD task force. Source ↗
• Appointed higher tier Responsible Officer for performers list and professional standards in July 2025. Source ↗

What Dr Claire Fuller has said

• “This is a hugely positive moment for children and their families, providing protection against chickenpox for the first time and adding to the arsenal of routine vaccinations we give to children to safeguard them against serious illnesses.”

  national medical director for NHS England · Respiratory (asthma/COPD) · 10 Sept 2026 · Health visitors to offer childhood vaccines to families who have not taken up GP offer ↗

• “This is a hugely positive moment for children and their families, providing protection against chickenpox for the first time and adding to the arsenal of routine vaccinations we give to children to safeguard them against serious illnesses”

  NHS England's joint medical director · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · UK children to get chickenpox vaccine with measles, mumps and rubella jab ↗

• “Stressing the importance of Jess's rule in a letter to GP surgeries”

  NHS England's national medical director · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · ‘Jess’s rule’ posters remind GPs in England to re-examine patients’ symptoms ↗

Where Dr Claire Fuller has been quoted

1. Tobacco and Vapes Bill becomes lawgov.uk · 30 Sept 2026
2. Health visitors to offer childhood vaccines to families who have not taken up GP offerpulsetoday.co.uk · 10 Sept 2026
3. UK children to get chickenpox vaccine with measles, mumps and rubella jabtheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
4. ‘Jess’s rule’ posters remind GPs in England to re-examine patients’ symptomstheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

Related media coverage

Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.

• Metro Health’s Baby Buggy Walk and Health Expo spotlights infant mortalityWOAI
• ‘It gave a lot of relief’: How guaranteed income changed one mother’s pregnancyCNN
• Radiation exposure linked to pulmonary hypertension after lung cancer treatmentMedical Xpress

Contact & links

• LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/claire-fuller-bb29bb15/
• Press office emailnhsengland.media@nhs.netpublished here ↗
• Staff pagehttps://www.rcgpac.org.uk/dr-claire-fuller

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