I work in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde in two roles as a pharmacist in public health protection and within sexual health services. I understand the pressures and workforce issues that frontline staff face after much experience as a hospital pharmacist. I have the pleasure of chairing the GHP Executive Committee – the decision makers in regards to GHP policy, output, and focus. I regularly represent the work and voice of GHP at UK and European level and 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.

I am the Chief Pharmacist at South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust and the Chair of GHP Subgroups. I have had tenure as President and Immediate Past President. I am inspired by Min Na and Barry’s work as champions for sustainability, having recently switched to an electric vehicle.

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 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. 

My roles on the GHP NOPC are as Regional Member for the West Midlands and also Chair of Terms and Conditions. I represent Pharmacists at the Unite in Health West Midlands Regional Industrial Sector Committee (RISC) meetings, and also attend Unite in Health National Industrial Sector Committee (NISC) meetings, representing GHP and focusing on Terms and Conditions (including pay and pensions). It’s very important that pharmacists join a union and get involved, in order that we can access support with employment issues and that our profession is heard and represented. My day job is as Medicines Safety Officer (MSO) at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust, leading on medicines safety and governance. I am an active member of the MSO network both locally and nationally, and a longstanding member of both RPS and UKCPA. I have been a member of GHP since 1994 and became a rep in 2012. I regularly support GHP members with employment concerns and am also Vice-Chair of the Staff Side of the Trust, working with colleagues from other trade unions to consult and negotiate with managers on local workplace issues.

I am the Chair of Regional Members and Regional North East and Yorkshire Member of the guild council, representing any issues occurring in the region. I am an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist in Medication Safety and Diabetes at The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. I am a keen activist within Unite the Union and the Labour party, and I am chair of Whitley Bay Labour, the largest branch in the constituency. I am the GHP representative on the national Inclusive Pharmacy Practice Best Practice and Engagement Group. I have built a strong local network which I use proactively to identify any areas where my support will be required.

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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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 a Primary Care Network Pharmacist in the East Riding of Yorkshire with a passion for patient-centred care. In addition to my role as regional ambassador for the Primary Care Pharmacy Association, I am also very active on social media, blogging and sharing the work and challenges that pharmacists face. I’m delighted to be the Lead for Primary Care for GHP and hope to represent accurately the voice of pharmacists in primary care. I am usually found on Twitter and I am keen to hear your views.

Since qualifying last millennium, I have worked throughout community and a broad range of acute specialities at different organisations. I am currently a medicines information specialist, an independent prescriber, and I have a special interest in palliative and end of life care. I live in Nottingham and work at Sherwood Forest Hospitals in Nottinghamshire where I am also a Unite the Union workplace rep

I care deeply about my colleagues and my profession. It is my pleasure to work with the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists – the pharmacy organisation that openly and explicitly represents the best interests of individual members in all pharmacy sectors and specialities.

I work as a medical pharmacist in hospital within NHS Lanarkshire, and I am an Early Careers Representative for the GHP. With the rapidly evolving role of the pharmacist and training restructuring, we need to ensure we support the development of newly qualified pharmacists. As I am in the midst of the new Post-Registration Foundation programme in Scotland, I appreciate the challenges faced within the early years of practice and I am keen to use my perspective to feedback and inspire change.

I am a 2nd year Foundation Pharmacist at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust gaining experience in multiple specialities and services. I am currently studying for my post graduate diploma at Leeds University and will soon be starting my independent prescribing qualification as part of this. I am the Co-Chair of my Trust’s LGBTQ+ staff network and sit on the Early Career Pharmacist Advisory Board with the RPS.