I work in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde as a pharmacist in public health and sexual health and have a small clinical remit alongside governance roles. I advocate for service users who experience systemic difficulties in accessing seamless healthcare with a recent focus on trans healthcare issues. I understand the pressures and workforce issues that frontline staff face after much experience as a hospital pharmacist. I regularly meet with the CPO for Scotland alongside engagement with the GPhC and organisations such as the RPS and EAHP. I can always be contacted on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/NathanBurley4 or via president@ghp.org.uk
I have been a clinical pharmacist and educator working in a hospital environment for over 20 years. As one of the first independent prescribers in NI, I established pharmacist-led clinics to managing CVD and now lead the NI Universities Teacher Practitioner Pharmacist Team, across hospital Trusts and Schools of Pharmacy. I’ve proudly served as President of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists from 2019 to 2022 and represented GHP members in diverse workstreams as Inclusion and Diversity, Sustainability, Bullying and the Review of Initial Education and Training.
For 28 years (until I retired from the NHS) I was the Regional Member and National Secretary for Scotland. I now work on the National Organising Professional Committee (NOPC) of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists in a role supporting the Executive and the work of the Committee. Prior to retiring in 2021, I was a senior clinical trials pharmacist in Glasgow. In my clinical role, I worked on a vascular surgery ward and, previously, care of the elderly and ophthalmology.
I am an experienced pharmacist with over 25 years in the NHS. I have spent most of my career working in some of the largest NHS Trusts in the country. I am a registrant member of the GPhC council where I co-chair a post-registration assurance of practice advisory group. I was a board member for the RPS English Pharmacy Board and, before that, was on the UKCPA General Committee. I am a lay member for NHS Blood and Transplant.
I am a Principal Pharmacist in Public Health Scotland, Scotland’s lead public health organisation. My background includes community pharmacy, academia and primary care. I completed my MPH, receiving the John Last Award. My research explored the relationship between environmental pharmaceutical pollution and prescribing activity in Scotland. With two children, I am passionate around environmental sustainability and social justice for this and future generations.
I am pharmacist academic of national and international profile with roles in the UK, Malaysia and USA. I served the RPS as national board member and Treasurer. I am also a member of UNESCO’s Teaching Faculty and Patron of Commonwealth Pharmacy Association. My work includes improving health, health inequalities in disadvantaged communities. I am the national lead for University of one of Oxford’s Covid-19 clinical trials. I have received national and international awards including OBE in 2022.
I work as a Primary Care Network and Integrated Urgent Care pharmacist in the East Midlands. I am also Independent Prescriber and currently a Health Education England Population Health Fellow. Prior to these roles, I worked in the secondary care setting as a specialist HIV and sexual health pharmacist.
I believe that representative leadership is one which is as diverse as the people it serves and I am passionate about seeing inclusive, diverse and effective leadership structures serving our profession!
I am currently working full-time as an Advanced Pharmacist Practitioner (Acute Medicine) at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust. I also work as a bank Urgent Care NHS 111 Pharmacist at North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust. I am one of the co-founders of an environmentally conscious pharmacy group Pharmacy Declares. Soon, I will be starting my Masters in Environment & Human Health as a full-time student in Cornwall.
I’m a specialist pharmacist in liaison psychiatry, working across Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board in North Wales. After completing a postgraduate diploma in clinical pharmacy, I went on to become an independent prescriber and have since established this novel role in Wales’ largest Health Board.
Pharmacists work in a highly dynamic profession and as the regional member for Wales, I am building a network to support the challenges and pressures we face daily.
If any members within this region are interested in supporting the Guild by participating in this network, then please email me at: robert.connah@unitetheunion.org
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