Key Summary
- The elected members will play a vital role in shaping the future of Royal College of Pharmacy.
- No election is required in Scotland as the number of candidates matches the number of vacancies.
- All Royal Pharmaceutical Society Members and RPS Fellows are eligible to vote.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has announced that 39 candidates will be contesting the inaugural elections to the National Pharmacy Advisory Councils of England, Scotland, and Wales.
The elected members will play a vital role in shaping the pharmacy policy and practice of the future Royal College of Pharmacy in their respective nations.
No election is required in Scotland as the number of candidates matches the number of vacancies.
Voting will open at 9 am on 23 February and close at 5 pm on 11 March, and all Royal Pharmaceutical Society Members (MRPharmS) and RPS Fellows (FRPharmS) are eligible to vote.
Eligible members will be able to cast their votes securely through the Mi-Voice online voting platform and results will be announced on 13 March.
The confirmed candidates are:
England
Hend Abdelhakim
Adebayo Adegbite
Aditya Aggarwal
Sarah Shaheen Baig
Aisling Considine
Nigel Dugmore
Mohammed Hussain
Rose Inyama
Mildred Johnson
Rona Medina Lee
Gursaran Matharu
Stacey Middlemass
Claire Nevinson
Ebunoluwa Ojo
Andrea Okoloekwe
Ankish Patel
Mahendra G Patel
Shazia Patel
Katherine Pearson
Darren Powell
Matthew Prior
Shilpa Shah
Ashok Soni
Kandarp Thakkar
Amanda Tragen
Bruce Warner
Joseph Williams
Scotland
Jonathan Burton
Paul Forsyth
Kellie King
Joshua Miller
Jill Swan
Wales
Sarah Brown
Clare Clement
Elizabeth Hallett
Gareth Hughes
Rafia Jamil
Aled Roberts
Amy Jayham
RPS president Professor Claire Anderson said, “I’d like to thank all the candidates for standing in these vitally important elections to the future Royal College of Pharmacy and wish them the best of luck. They represent a wide range of professional backgrounds with a diverse range of expertise and experience of pharmacy across Great Britain.”
