About us
At Firza, we provide real-world commercial and clinical solutions to NHS CCG's, GP Practices and NHS organisations. Our team of Professionals includes some of the country's leading clinicians. We have proven success stories from a number of GP practices and across CCG's. We are one of the leading consultancies for Practice Pharmacy in the South of England. We advise CCG's and GP practices on how to recruit, how to get the best results and can provide some of the country’s best Practice Pharmacists directly to your organisation.
A recent audit by a CCG demonstrated savings in one practice of £110,000 as a result of our work – a saving of £10.50 for each £1 invested in the service from Firza. In another practice, there was a £98,000 saving – worth £9.60 for every £1 invested. Within just a few months, we demonstrated savings of over half a million pounds across eight GP Practices.
Our Consultancy was recently nominated for a General Practice award in recognition of our innovative work with GP Practices.
A recent audit by a CCG demonstrated savings in one practice of £110,000 as a result of our work – a saving of £10.50 for each £1 invested in the service from Firza. In another practice, there was a £98,000 saving – worth £9.60 for every £1 invested. Within just a few months, we demonstrated savings of over half a million pounds across eight GP Practices.
Our Consultancy was recently nominated for a General Practice award in recognition of our innovative work with GP Practices.
Meet the Team
Asim Mirza – Managing Director
Asim is our lead on developing new projects. He has extensive experience in managing multi-site independent and national chains, and creating quality systems and processes from scratch to enable healthcare businesses and organisations to run smoothly and efficiently. He has created innovative technological solutions for a number of GP Practices, Pharmacies and Dispensaries to increase productivity. Asim has helped organisations work more closely with carehomes to significantly improve service to this sector. He has a good understanding of how primary care organisations can improve cost effectiveness without shortcuts on the patient’s experience.
Asim has worked for both large national healthcare chains and independent multiples in leading management roles for a number of years. He has successfully bid for new primary care contracts on behalf of clients, including tendering through ProContract and Supply2Health.
Asim likes cycling, hiking and inventing new games and activities for his three young children.
Asim is our lead on developing new projects. He has extensive experience in managing multi-site independent and national chains, and creating quality systems and processes from scratch to enable healthcare businesses and organisations to run smoothly and efficiently. He has created innovative technological solutions for a number of GP Practices, Pharmacies and Dispensaries to increase productivity. Asim has helped organisations work more closely with carehomes to significantly improve service to this sector. He has a good understanding of how primary care organisations can improve cost effectiveness without shortcuts on the patient’s experience.
Asim has worked for both large national healthcare chains and independent multiples in leading management roles for a number of years. He has successfully bid for new primary care contracts on behalf of clients, including tendering through ProContract and Supply2Health.
Asim likes cycling, hiking and inventing new games and activities for his three young children.
Stephen Foster – Clinical Director
Stephen has been the national clinical leader for pharmacy since 2009, and over the years has been recognised as one of the key innovators in the profession. He has won a string of national pharmacy awards for his leadership, clinical services and innovation, and in 2013 won a General Practice Award for his cutting-edge Sexual Health service. He has great expertise in General Practice and Primary Care, having worked as a Practice Support Pharmacist on and off for nearly twenty years, and sits on the Executive and Council of the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) amongst other positions held.
Stephen has a variety of different clinical specialisms, and runs respiratory and allergy clinics at GP surgeries. This has helped the practices achieve their QOF points whilst improving prescribing and patient outcomes along the way. He has recently begun to support the practices in different clinical agendas, looking at hypertension, coronary heart disease and diabetes amongst other things.
Stephen is an avid Rugby fan and enjoys Golf at his local course.
Stephen has been the national clinical leader for pharmacy since 2009, and over the years has been recognised as one of the key innovators in the profession. He has won a string of national pharmacy awards for his leadership, clinical services and innovation, and in 2013 won a General Practice Award for his cutting-edge Sexual Health service. He has great expertise in General Practice and Primary Care, having worked as a Practice Support Pharmacist on and off for nearly twenty years, and sits on the Executive and Council of the National Association of Primary Care (NAPC) amongst other positions held.
Stephen has a variety of different clinical specialisms, and runs respiratory and allergy clinics at GP surgeries. This has helped the practices achieve their QOF points whilst improving prescribing and patient outcomes along the way. He has recently begun to support the practices in different clinical agendas, looking at hypertension, coronary heart disease and diabetes amongst other things.
Stephen is an avid Rugby fan and enjoys Golf at his local course.
Tony Matthews - Operations Director
Tony joins our team to support business management. He comes with experience in both educational and theatrical management, and for several years was the Company Secretary for a local Ramsgate charity.
In his spare time he plays with the Beverley Big Band!
In his spare time he plays with the Beverley Big Band!
Helen Kilminster - Head of Innovation and Clinical Services
Helen is the Primary Care Pharmacy Association committee chair for the Practice Pharmacy Group. She has worked in a GP federation consisting of 32 surgeries and has been a Senior Pharmacist for Phase One of the NHSE Pilot for pharmacists working in General Practice. Helen is in her final stages of her Master in Advance Clinical Practice at University of Worcester.
Helen has been working as a prescribing lead at practice level and as part of her local Primary Care Network team servicing a population size of 40,000. As Head of Innovation and Clinical Services, Helen is supporting new models of working, exploring areas for service improvement, embedding data driven care and developing greater collaboration across multiple disciplines.
Helen enjoys travel and good food.
Helen has been working as a prescribing lead at practice level and as part of her local Primary Care Network team servicing a population size of 40,000. As Head of Innovation and Clinical Services, Helen is supporting new models of working, exploring areas for service improvement, embedding data driven care and developing greater collaboration across multiple disciplines.
Helen enjoys travel and good food.
Practice Pharmacists
Clinical pharmacists are health professionals who train for many years to become specialists in medicines. They can work directly with you as part of the GP team to make sure your medicines help you to get better and stay well. Having a clinical pharmacist in the GP team means you can be treated by the best person to meet your needs.
Pharmacy Technicians
The kinds of roles pharmacy technicians are now undertaking include medicines reconciliation, educating patients about their medicines and running training sessions for nurses. With a wide-ranging knowledge of the various GP and Pharmacy systems, our technicians are able to accurately and efficiently affect our recommended prescribing changes while ensuring patients, local pharmacies and other stakeholders are kept suitably informed.
Paramedics
There is now growing recognition that the generalist skills of the paramedic could be deployed into more widespread in-hours general practices. This may include running clinics, triaging and managing minor illnesses, and providing continuity for patients with complex health needs. Further roles may include assessment and management of requests for same-day urgent home visits, as well as regular visits to homebound patients with long-term conditions.
