The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 273 No 7318 p408
25 September 2004

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Scottish Pharmaceutical General Council appoints chief executive after organisation review

The Scottish Pharmaceutical General Council announced this week that Paul White is to become its chief executive officer. The chief executive role is a new position at the SPGC and follows an extensive organisational review. He will take up the position on 1 November.

Mr White is currently working at the justice department of the Scottish Executive and has previously held positions in the NHS. These include chief executive officer of an acute hospital group in Londonderry and director of finance/deputy chief executive officer at Lothian Health Board in Scotland. Mr White is a graduate of Queen’s University, Belfast, the Henley Business School and the University of Edinburgh. He is also a qualified accountant.

An SPGC statement said that Mr White would be a key member of the team that is negotiating the new Scottish pharmacy contract. “His depth of experience across many sectors of the NHS will be an asset to the organisation as it addresses the challenges ahead,” it said.

The new chief executive position means that the SPGC has adopted a similar organisational structure to that of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, the equivalent body in England.