Neil Powell, Consultant Antimicrobial Pharmacist & Associate Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust

Neil is a Consultant Antimicrobial Pharmacist and Associate Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship at the Royal Cornwall Hospital. Neil also has a role in antimicrobial stewardship across the Integrated Care System in Cornwall and Cornwall’s One Health group which has a view on antibiotic use in animals, environmental transfer of antibiotic resistant bacteria as well as human antibiotic use.

Neil has a growing interest in antibiotic stewardship research and holder of a NIHR/HEE Doctoral Research Fellowship looking at penicillin allergy de-labelling as part of antibiotic stewardship programs. He is also co-applicant/Principal Investigator on two NIHR funded penicillin allergy de-label studies (SPACE & ALABAMA) and co-applicant on the NIHR funded procalcitonin in COVID-19 study (PEACH).