Vicki Kong

Vicki Kong is a pharmacist who graduated from University College London in 1998 and completed her training with Leicestershire Hospitals and AstraZeneca. She has worked in different aspects in the NHS: hospital, intermediate care, community pharmacy and primary care. Her journey started in hospital as a clinical pharmacist rotating in various clinical areas whilst completing a postgraduate diploma in Clinical Pharmacy with the University of Wales. She later managed the Medicines Information Service in BHRUT, training other pharmacy colleagues and working in collaboration with clinicians to develop guidelines and treatment pathways. Since 2008, Vicki has worked in the Medicines Optimisation team, specialising in digital. During the COVID vaccination programme, she supported Havering vaccination sites and various initiatives to encourage uptake for the local population. In 2022, she joined the Digital First Team, North East London as a Clinical Lead for Community Pharmacy. She has developed strong partnership working to enable rollout of pharmacy digital projects across the region. She is currently undertaking the Masters in Digital Health Leadership with Imperial College (due to complete summer 2023) focussing on risk stratification in bowel cancer screening. She is passionate in using digital and data to support clinicians and partner organisations to improve the health of the local population and reduce inequalities. Vicki is an avid chess player!