Shilpa Patel is a clinical pharmacist and partner with over 17 years of experience in community pharmacy and over 10 years as a clinical prescribing pharmacist. Specialising in opioid and benzodiazepine medicine, she calls herself a "deprescriber". Shilpa leads a team of ten pharmacists at WelBN GP and runs a practice serving 25,000 patients. As a writer for The Pharmacist, she shares insights on safe medication practices and is the founder of AskShilpa.com, providing time-saving prescribing guidelines for primary care. Connect with Shilpa on LinkedIn (@shilpapharmacist).