Dr Claire Copeland

Dr Copeland is a highly experienced senior geriatrician and medical leader who for over 20 years has combined delivering excellent innovative care with service review, redesign and transformation. She has worked in acute and community care roles and brings an understanding of the multidisciplinary workforce which is so vital to sustainable care for older people.

She is Deputy Medical Director Primary Care and Community Services for NHS Highlands. This exposes her to the workforce challenges of remote and rural settings, as well as deepening her understanding of urban models.

Her previous experience in Acute Services has helped shape and evolve her thinking around workforce, especially across the many interfaces that healthcare professionals caring for older people work across. She strongly believes that understanding the needs of local people by involving them in workforce planning can be incredibly powerful.