Sue Alldred
Regional Vice President - North East and Advanced Practice Pharmacist
Sue has worked as Senior Practice Pharmacist and Prescribing Lead at Colton Mill Medical Centre in Leeds since 2015.
She is also Head of Clinical Pharmacy for South and East Leeds GP Group where she supports and employs clinical pharmacists and technicians on behalf of their member practices and PCNs. She leads the successful Leeds GP pharmacy network.
She qualified from Nottingham University in 1996 and initially worked in hospital pharmacy, specialising in rheumatology, care of the elderly, neurology and education and training.
In 2013 she became Care Homes Pharmacist for Leeds South and East CCG, followed by Medicines Optimisation Team Leader and subsequently acting Head of Medicines Optimisation. Sue completed a diploma in clinical pharmacy in 2000 at the University of Bradford and became a non-medical prescriber in 2011 initially specialising in neurology. She completed a postgraduate certificate in clinical examination at the University of Leeds in 2020.
Gareth Malson
Regional Vice President - North West and Practice Pharmacist
Gareth has been a GP practice pharmacist on the Wirral since 2016 and is the author of the PCPA's Medicines Matters publication. He specialises in anticoagulation and cardiovascular condition management. He has also been seconded by NHS England, on a part time basis, for 12 months to help promote the employment of pharmacists within general practice across Cheshire and Merseyside.
Laura Buckley
Regional Ambassador - North East and Advanced Primary Care Network Pharmacist
Laura Buckley is an advanced clinical pharmacist (PCN), regional ambassador for the Primary Care Pharmacy Association (PCPA), Chair of Primary Care for the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists (GHP), pharmacist clinical adviser to MIMS Learning and guest lecturer for MPharm undergraduates.
She has extensive experience of working with patients in care homes and providing structured medication reviews for patients with significant polypharmacy and multimorbidity. Laura has a keen interest in the primary care management of chronic pain and mental health - and advocates for patient-centred care in all aspects of her roles.
Kayleigh Davison
Regional Ambassador - North East & Lead Senior Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner
Kayleigh currently works as Lead Senior Advanced Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner. Kayleigh is also a visiting Lecturer at Newcastle University and works for CPPE intermittently as Expert Speaker/ Clinical Demonstrator on the PCPEP.
Kayleigh's original area of prescribing practice is acute general practice; however, her speciality is multimorbidity with polypharmacy and elderly care (prev. developed elderly care medicines management postgraduate programme for nurses at University of Sunderland when in previous job there). Kayleigh is a ALS facilitator on the national polypharmacy programme, and is developing the local AHSN polypharmacy rollout programme with the regional team.
Kayleigh is also on the steering group for two communities of practice; Lead primary care pharmacists northern ICB and polypharmacy NENC. Kayleight has undertaken research via NPA funding focused on the changing primary care pharmacist workforce and the CHEMIST trial with York university.
Faye Gallon
Regional Ambassador - North West and PCN Pharmacist
Faye has extensive experience as an ICB Medicines Optimisation (MO) Pharmacist, and currently works as a PCN Pharmacist within a GP practice in North Cumbria. Faye's role includes undertaking Structured Medication Reviews, particularly for care home residents, and supporting lipid optimisation.
Alongside Faye's clinical work, she has contributed to undergraduate pharmacy education as a visiting lecturer at De Montfort University. Faye also works intermittently with CPPE as a guest speaker and clinical demonstrator on the Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP), as well as serving as a Programme Guardian.
Faye is deeply passionate about supporting others to develop their knowledge, confidence and clinical practice.
