By Sarah Rodricks on July 7, 2026
Over the past 18 months we have navigated change and sharpened our focus. Like many organisations working alongside the NHS, we’ve had to make some tough decisions about where we can have the greatest impact.
What makes me especially proud is that, while doing that work behind the scenes, we’ve continued to make a real impact across the business.
- Through Spirit Health Foundation and Clinitouch, we’re now supporting over 10,000 people every month in oncology and maternal health pathways. These are people who might otherwise slip through the cracks. This work is a brilliant example of the impact we can make when technology and care come together in the right way.
- Across Medicines Optimisation, we’ve continued helping the NHS deliver prescribing savings and improve patient care, including through the launch of our Continuous Glucose Monitor and the development of a novel and we think best in-class offer for patients.
- Within our EMPOWER – our education service team, we have continued to deliver for patients, achieving remarkable improvements in outcomes for people with long-term conditions.
- Spirit Pharmacy has also continued supporting a growing number of patients and services.
None of this happens without our people.
Every day, colleagues across Spirit support patients, practices, partners and each other. Whether delivering services on the front line, supporting customers, developing new ideas or working behind the scenes to keep everything running smoothly, every role plays an important part in what we achieve together.
Our Yearbook is an opportunity to celebrate and reflect on everything that’s happened over the past year.
Unlike a typical company roundup, we do things differently. Told by the people who lived it. Through honest reflections, personal perspectives and shared achievements, it captures what the year really meant across Spirit.
I’m incredibly proud of the way our people have continued to support one another, staying true to our values of Brilliance, Vigour and Family, and helped to build an even stronger business for the future.
I hope you enjoy reading our Yearbook.
More than anything, it reminds me that our greatest strength has and always will be our bloody brilliant people.
Take a look at our Yearbook for 2025-26.
Chris Barker
Chief Executive Officer & Chief Mischievist
