Usama Ali, MPharm
Co-founder and Pharmacist, and clinical content reviewer at Contraception Direct. GPhC registration 2224726.
Usama Ali is a pharmacist registered with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC 2224726) and a co-founder of Contraception Direct. He is responsible for reviewing the clinical content on this site so that what you read is accurate, up to date, and in line with national guidance.
Credentials and registration
- Master of Pharmacy (MPharm).
- Registered pharmacist with the General Pharmaceutical Council, registration number 2224726, verifiable on the GPhC register.
- Co-founder of Contraception Direct, the online contraception service delivered by a GPhC-registered pharmacy (registration 9013012) through the NHS Pharmacy Contraception Service.
What Usama reviews, and how
Every guide on Contraception Direct is checked against current NHS guidance, the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH), the British National Formulary (BNF), and the Summary of Product Characteristics (SPC) for each medicine. Where a guide names a specific pill, the information is used for recognition and education, not promotion, and always pairs benefits with risks.
The aim is information you would get from a pharmacist, written plainly, with nothing overstated. Guidance changes, so pages carry a visible last-reviewed date and are revisited when the underlying guidance is updated.
Guides reviewed by Usama
- What is the mini pill?
- What is the combined pill?
- Cerelle
- Slynd
- Levest
- Side effects of the pill
- Is Contraception Direct safe and legit?
For how the service is regulated and kept safe, see is Contraception Direct safe and legit?, and to meet the wider clinical team, see about us.