Alicia Piwko

Alicia Piwko

Alicia Piwko is a specialist pharmacist working in Asthma, COPD & Integrated Respiratory Care. She has represented South East London ICS at the London Responsible Respiratory Prescribing (RRP) Group, led the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Pharmacy Sustainable Inhaler Working Group and continues to be an active member at the SEL RRP. In addition to pharmacist led patient facing clinics and multiple disciplinary team working, her role involves the promotion and implementation of evidence-based prescribing guidance across both SEL and the wider London area, considering clinical effectiveness, environmental sustainability and local health inequalities. Having worked in primary care for many years, she is a member of the Primary Care Respiratory Society (PCRS) Education Committee, who drive to support individual clinician change through education. Her clinical interests are focused on the management of airway disease, linked comorbidities and polypharmacy. She is passionate about the pharmacist’s role in respiratory medicine, clinical education and empowering patients to become experts in their disease management.