New president of guild elected
Tony West: the new president of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists |
Tony West, clinical director, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust, was elected as the new president of the Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists at the annual conference in Hinckley. Mr West was previously the vice-president.
The new vice-president is Anthony Oxley, associate director — medicines
management, Leicestership Partnership. Among the other new appointments
are David Miller, business manager, Sunderland Royal Infirmary, who becomes
the chair of the terms and conditions committee and Andrew Alldred, pharmacy
procurement manager, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, who is now the
chair of the practice committee.
Robert McArtney, who stepped down as president is now head of delegation,
international committee.
Also at the conference, the guild made two awards for outstanding contributions
to pharmacy in the health service. The gold award (national level) was
made to Professor David Cousins, head of safe medicine practice at the
National Patient Safety Agency. The silver award (local) was made to Carwen
Wynne-Howells, chief pharmaceutical adviser to the Welsh Assembly.
Stewart Glaspole, senior clinical lecturer practitioner, Brighton General
Hospital, received the AAH best oral presentation award. The title of Mr
Glaspole’s study was “Numeracy in preregistration pharmacists — a
qualitative exploration of perceptions and behaviours”. He concluded
that there are apparent differences between how able and weak students
perceive the numerical challenges of pharmacy. He suggests that adequate
support structures are important for weaker students.
The AAH best poster award was given to Samantha Dawes, medical directorate
pharmacist, Leighton Hospital, for her poster titled “Impact of pharmacy
discharge team on medication waiting times”.
A full report of the guild’s annual conference starts on p160. |
Hospital Pharmacist