The All-Party Pharmacy Group held an event in Parliament on the 19th of September where we were joined by representatives from across the pharmacy sector who were able to share with the APPG their experience, what they believe the most important challenges are to overcome and what some possible solutions would be.
On the day, we were joined by representatives from 11 organisations from the pharmacy sector:
Nick Kaye, Chair, National Pharmacy Association
Tase Oputu, England Pharmacy Board Chair, Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Malcolm Harrison, CEO, Company Chemists Association
Leyla Hannbeck, CEO, Association of Independent Multiple Pharmacies
Ian Strachan, Owner of Strachan’s Pharmacy Group, Board Member of AIMp
Claire Ward, Director of Public Affairs, Pharmacists’ Defence Association
Nathan Burley, President, Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists
Gisela Abbam, Chair, General Pharmaceutical Council
Shereen Nabhani, Co-chair of the Research Sub-committee, British Oncology Pharmacy Association, Associate Professor at Kingston University
Janet Morrison, Chief Executive, Community Pharmacy England
Elizabeth Ajayi, Executive Officer, British Pharmaceutical Students' Association
We were also joined by a number of parliamentarians who had the opportunity to discuss the challenges of the pharmacy sector with our invitees:
Taiwo Owatemi MP
Jackie Doyle-Price MP
Derek Thomas MP
Sir George Howarth MP
Marco Longhi MP
Peter Aldous MP
Peter Bottomley MP
Lord Haselhurst
Baroness Golding
The members of the APPG would like to thank the industry representatives and the parliamentarians who joined on the day for their support of the APPG and the pharmacy industry. We hope that the session was informative and that it offered the opportunity for a more united pharmacy sector.
