A total of 38 candidates are standing in the inaugural elections to the National Pharmacy Advisory Councils of England, Scotland and Wales. The Councils will play a central role in shaping pharmacy policy and practice of the future Royal College of Pharmacy in their nation.

No election is required in Scotland as the number of candidates match the number of vacancies.

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
• 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

All Royal Pharmaceutical Society Members (MRPharmS) and RPS Fellows (FRPharmS) are eligible to vote in these elections.

Voting opens at 9am 23 February and will close at 5pm 11 March. 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.

Professor Claire Anderson RPS President 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.”

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