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Dr. Duncan Petty
Chairmand.petty@leeds.ac.uk
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Duncan is a co-founder of the PCPA and is a practice pharmacist in Bradford and Airedale Teaching Primary care Trust where he manages a team of practice based pharmacists and technicians. He also researches and teaches medicines management at the University of Leeds. He undertook his PhD at the University of Leeds on pharmacist conducted medication reviews. Duncan was the pharmaceutical adviser for Leeds Health Authority. Previous to this he worked in hospital pharmacy
"My vision for the PCPA is that it provides a national forum for pharmacists working in relative isolation in primary care to share ideas and give each other mutual support. I wish to see the PCPA publicise and promote the role of primary care pharmacy outside of the pharmacy professional to other health care professionals and purchasers of health care." |
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Shailen Rao
Immediate Past Chairrao_shailen@yahoo.com
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Shailen has a background in community pharmacy and independent prescribing advice to GPs. He is the Head of Medicines Management at Hillingdon PCT and is also the PCT lead for diabetes. Shailen has been involved in several projects in which the medicines management has been used to implement local and national health priorities and believes that primary care pharmacists are a vital cog in the delivery of healthcare.
"I hope that the PCPA will continue to provide support and networking opportunities for primary care pharmacists. In particular I believe that the PCPA provides a unique service in the delivery of practical support and training tools for key initiatives via training events, the newsletter and website. This will be even more important in the future to ensure that pharmacists are at the forefront of new developments arising from initiatives from new contracting and commissioning arrangements." |
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Sue Carter
Secretarysuecarter@retrac.co.uk
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Sue has a background in both community and hospital pharmacy and has worked in primary care for eleven years. She now works as Head of Prescribing, Medicines Management and Pharmacy for a large Primary Care Trust on the South Coast. Sue helped co-found the PCPA, and she is really proud that the hard work of the Committee means that primary care pharmacy is now recognised as a separate specialist branch of pharmacy, equal to other branches of the profession, if not more important to the development of the NHS than any other. Sue is also a member of Council of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists, and an adviser on Pharmacy and Prescribing to the NHS Alliance, which are both partner organisations of the PCPA.
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Gillian Laurence
Committee member
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Gillian began her career in hospital pharmacy where she worked for 9 years before moving into Community Pharmacy. Over the last 9 years she has worked in Primary Care, initially providing GP prescribing support, but latterly as Pharmaceutical Adviser. Gillian is currently the Head of Medicines Management at East Leeds Primary Care Trust.
"I believe that PCPA has an important role to play in ensuring the voice of Primary Care Pharmacy is heard at a national level. Primary Care in general is developing with increasing speed. It is important that the pharmacy profession is seen as a key contributor to the modernisation and development agenda." |
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Michael Holden MRPharmS
Community Pharmacy Lead
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Michael has worked in the field of community pharmacy for 30 years and has extensive experience of multiple group management and independent pharmacy ownership. Since selling his pharmacies, Michael has been involved in the design and successful implementation of patient-centred services delivered by community pharmacies throughout the UK.
Michael is currently the Chief Officer of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Pharmaceutical Committee with responsibility for over 325 community pharmacies and their interface with the NHS, other commissioners and patients.
In addition he is commissioned through balance (www.balancesolutions.org.uk) for consultancy work by various healthcare organisations and the pharmaceutical industry, sits on a number of professional advisory boards and national committees, and is a frequent speaker at healthcare conferences both in the UK and Internationally.
In any time left after his three daughters, wife and dog have had their share, Michael enjoys travel, golf, tennis, cycling, music, cooking and fine wine.
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Carol Abdulezer
Treasurercarol@lorac.co.uk
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Carol has a background in both hospital and community pharmacy and has worked in primary care for fifteen years. She is the Managing Director of 'Lorac', a company of Independent Pharmacist Consultants, who work with PCO's throughout the NorthWest. The work carried out is both advisory for strategic level development and hands-on practice support work tailored to individual PCO requirements. Lorac has been involved with developing key services for various PCOs for example Tier 2 services in COPD, Heart Failure, Dermatology and Diabetes. Lorac pharmacists also carry out practice based clinics for example anticoagulation, medicines review and Hypertension monitoring. Lorac has also been involved with developing education programmes for pharmacists working in the North West .
"I believe the PCPA provides an appropriate forum for the development of primary care skills both at strategic and practice level. The PCPA training programmes give the opportunity for networking, support and continuing professional education. The organisation is a strong advocate for Primary Care Pharmacy, both within and outside the profession, and its ever developing roles." |
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Rob Davies
Wales Lead
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Rob is Prescribing Team Leader , Practice Pharmacist/Independent Prescriber in Wrexham Local Health Board in North Wales ( in 2009 to become part of the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board). With Experience of hospital medicine information and formulary posts Rob has been working in Primary Care in North Wales for over 15yrs. Rob's current clinical interests include evidence based practice/ information mastery/ applying evidence to practice , primary care prescribing , cardiovascular risk management in primary care. As well as practice pharmacist work , he runs primary care Hypertension/CVD risk clinics , and is an NPC therapeutics trainer .
When not working , Rob may be seen pounding the roads & paths of North Wales training for his next marathon.
"I joined the PCPA committee in 2002 , since then I have been impressed by the commitment and enthusiasm of all those involved. In this rapidly changing world of pharmacy we can all benefit by sharing of ideas , experience (and problems/ challenges). I recommend PCPA membership and events to colleagues to help us all improve our contribution to patient care." |
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Zahra Irranejad
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Zahra has been working as the Head of Prescribing for the provider arm of North of Tyne (Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland) Primary Care Organisations since August 2007 following implementation of the "Commissioning a Patient Led NHS" which resulted in the split of the commissioning and provider medicines management teams and their functions.
Prior to that Zahra was the Head of Medicines Management for Newcastle PCT where she achieved to develop many pharmaceutical and pharmacy services both in general practice and in community pharmacy.
Zahra has been involved with provision of medicines management in primary care since 1997, starting as a practice pharmacist when she was working as a Community pharmacy manager. She then was appointed as the pharmaceutical adviser to the Newcastle East Primary Care Group and in 2005 as the Head of medicines Management.
"A large number of pharmacists are working in primary Care sector. PCPA has provided support, networking opportunity and training for these pharmacists since its establishment. PCPA was the response to the isolation of the primary care pharmacists. Over the past few years, PCPA has been involved in negotiations and discussions around the future of pharmacy, NHS reorganisation and many other national issues as well as providing practical trainings for the practice pharmacists, and supporting PCT advisers. I really believe that PCPA is the independent voice of primary care pharmacists." |
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Michelle Kaulbach
PCPA communications directormichelle@pharmacomm.co.uk
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Michelle was a co-founder of the PCPA in 1999 and has been their communications manager for the past 10 years. She worked within the NHS for nine years, before moving into a sales and marketing role for a publishing and medical education company for 8 years. She manages the PCPA's secretariat, events and resources and is responsible for professional liaison and sponsorship. Michelle also runs her own company Pharmacomm Ltd. which specialises in pharmacy medical communications.
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