Meet the P:DaHW Working Groups

The four groups

Enhancing Patient Experience
Developing the Pharmacy Workforce
Seamless Pharmaceutical Care
Harnessing Innovation, Data and Technology.

Each theme of our Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales vision has a Working Group consisting of a Chair and members of the pharmacy profession who work across different sectors and geographical locations across Wales.

Members include pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, foundation pharmacists, undergraduate pharmacists and pre-registration pharmacy technicians. There is also patient representation on the Enhancing Patient Experience Working Group to ensure that patients can help shape the future of the profession.

Meet the members of the pharmacy profession who ensure progress towards the 2025 goals is being achieved.

1. Enhancing Patient Experience

Patients do not experience avoidable harm from medicines. Patients are supported by pharmacy teams to keep well, focusing on self-care, prevention, and early detection of illness. All patient facing pharmacists are actively prescribing wherever the patient needs them.

Sam Fisher (Chair)

Sam Fisher studied at the Welsh School of Pharmacy in Cardiff and registered as a pharmacist in 1997 before attaining her MSc in Clinical Community Pharmacy.

Sam held various pharmacy field-based operational roles including Regional Director for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and leading key business transformation programmes such as automation and centralisation of dispensing at Lloyds Pharmacy, before becoming Head of Pharmacy Affairs for McKesson UK.

Passionate about the evolution of pharmacy and its future role within the wider healthcare agenda, Sam has over 10 years’ experience as a Board director of the Company Chemists Association, board member of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) and Vice Chair of Community Pharmacy Wales (CPW).

Sam is currently Vice Chair of the Welsh Pharmaceutical Committee and Chief Pharmacist for Primary Care and Medicines Optimisation at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

Brian Moon

Brian Moon After my retirement from the Welsh Assembly where I advised on ICT, which included Health Informatics, I have been a Board member of Community Health Councils Wales (CHC) which was the patients' advocate in the local delivery of Health services. Currently, I am a team inspector with responsibility for patient perspective with Health Inspection Wales (HIW). I am also work with Health Education in Wales (HEIW) as a lay representative involved with competency reviews and service recruitment of health professionals.

I am passionate about the delivery of Health services in Wales and the engagement of the public in their delivery, with a particular interest in care of the elderly, and I am looking forward to being part of the team delivering better Pharmacy services.

I retired from the Welsh Assembly Government, where I had responsibility for ICT advice in Public Service Organisations across Wales. Subsequently, I was Chair of the Community Health Council (CHC) for Bridgend, Neath and Swansea and as such I served on the National CHC Board for Wales where supersede CHC’s by covering both Health and Social Care. I am currently a Lay Member of Health Education in Wales (HEIW) – my tenure ends April 2022 - and on the Board of the Welsh Assemblies Pharmacy Delivery Board, currently developing strategy for the role of Community Pharmacies in Wales.

I am applying for the role of a Non-Executive Board Member on either a two-, three- or four-year term.

I am passionate about the delivery of Health and Social Care and engagement of the public in the delivery of services in Wales, with a particular interest in care of the elderly.

Sian Evans

Sian Evans is a senior public health professional with over 25 years’ experience working in different sectors of the NHS with a passion for primary care. She is a Consultant in Public Health, Public Health Wales and a registered pharmacist.

She started life as a community pharmacist and since then has held a number of positions in Wales leading small teams and national pieces of work to influence the public health, NHS settings, medicines management, workforce development and healthcare professional agendas.

For the last few years, Sian has pursued her interest in climate change and is working across the system in Wales to enable others to take action to improve the planet.

Fiona Jeanes

Fionna Jeanes I'm Fiona Jeanes; I'm a Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician in the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, which is part of Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board.

I started working for the NHS nearly 11 years ago as a Cardio-thoracic Theatre assistant firstly in University Hospital of Wales and then in the Royal Glamorgan. The patient experience I gained from this and observing different medications intrigued and inspired me to apply for an ATO position within the hospital pharmacy.

I thoroughly enjoyed my ATO position and wanted to expand my career and knowledge and set myself a goal of becoming a Medicines Management technician. I was fortunate enough to gain a position as a Pre-Registration pharmacy technician and qualify later this year. Seeing how the roles of pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and ATO's are developing into more patient facing clinical roles is exciting, and being involved within this setting means we can provide a more efficient service and safer care to our patients and community.

I'm passionate about making sure that our patients get the best pharmacy experience possible and am privileged to be able to make a difference to Delivering a Healthier Wales and hopefully inspire future Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technicians to do the same.

Aled Roberts

Aled Roberts Aled is a community pharmacist and IP, who qualified from Cardiff in 2008, completed a postgraduate certificate in clinical pharmacy and therapeutics at Keele in 2019 and returned to Cardiff in 2022 to complete his independent prescribing qualification.

He currently works three days a week at Community Pharmacy Wales, providing support to community pharmacy contractors across Powys, Cwm Taf and Betsi Cadwaladr Health boards. Aled leads on collaborative working and the Accelerated Cluster Development programme for CPW, supporting the 60 Community Pharmacy Collaborative Lead roles across Wales. Aled also works as a community pharmacy locum delivering all of the nationally commissioned services including the independent prescribing service.

Mark Ireland FRPharmS

Mark Ireland After studying at the Welsh School of Pharmacy, Mark completed his preregistration training at the Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust where he continued to work in the early years of his career.

He joined Alliance Pharmacy as a pharmacy manager in 1996 and held several positions within the pharmacy retail chain including five years in international business development roles. Following the merger with Boots in 2006, Mark was appointed Head of Strategy and then moved to his current role as Director of Pharmacy Contract Development in 2009.

Mark has extensive experience in the development of pharmacy contracts and services across the UK and Europe. Mark was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in 2018 and has sat on the board of Community Pharmacy Wales since 2014.

Thomas Sauter

Thomas Sauter I attended Cardiff School of Pharmacy and registered as a Pharmacist in 2015 before completing the IP course at keele University in 2020. I started my career as a Community Pharmacist and am currently working in Bridgend, Integrated Community Services.

I am particularly passionate about delivering integrated care to support people to remain in their own homes providing a key link between Primary and Secondary care. My current role has been instrumental in implementing patient-centered practices, where I have led initiatives to improve medication management through the development of a Digital Medicines Management Service.

Catherine Pollard

My name is Catherine Pollard and I am the Pharmacist Team Leader for Unscheduled Care in the Emergency Quadrant in Glan Clwyd hospital, North Wales.

I qualified in 2003 from Bradford University and before moving back to North Wales worked as a junior pharmacist in Wirral University Teaching Hospital and then the Countess of Chester hospital as a Teacher Practitioner with Liverpool John Moores University.

Working in a busy Emergency Department I see the challenges we currently face and am excited by the opportunities that Pharmacy:Delivering a Healthier Wales proposes to improve the patient experience.

Sarah Hulse

Sarah Hulse I am the Consultant Blood Borne Virus Pharmacist at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) and last year successfully completed the RPS consultant pharmacist credentialing process.

I work across the three integrated health care communities in North Wales looking after people living with HIV and viral hepatitis.

I have been qualified as a pharmacist for thirty years working mainly in secondary care in a variety of hospitals in England before taking up my current role in BCUHB.

In North Wales I have developed a rapid test and treat pathway for hepatitis C in the community which has helped provide treatment for marginalised communities who find it difficult to access care via traditional pathways. I am passionate about reducing health inequalities and delivering patient-centred care to ensure the best outcomes and experience for patients.

Debra Roberts

Debra Roberts Debra is a registered pharmacist with experience in community pharmacy and academia who is passionate about education. She is currently Associate Pharmacy Dean, Head of Programme Development and Advanced practice at Health Education and Improvement Wales, where she is responsible for leading on the development of innovative courses and creation of eLearning, that upskill and equip the entire pharmacy workforce to meet the changing needs of the profession.

She graduated from Cardiff University before working for 10 years as a community pharmacist for Boots, holding a number of management positions within pharmacies in South Wales, before starting her academic career at Cardiff University, initially as a Continuous Professional Development tutor, before becoming Head of Programme development. Debra also has a number of post graduate degrees in therapeutics and digital education. In 2018, when Health Education and Improvement Wales was created, she took up her current role, taking on additional responsibilities for advanced practice, including independent prescribing.

Debra’s areas of expertise include e-Learning development, leadership and consultation skills and she teaches a range of these skills, in a variety of HEIW programmes for qualified professionals. She is keen to develop the role of pharmacy across Wales and sits on the RPS Education and Standards Committee, RPS Advanced Pharmacist Assessment Panel, National Extended Management Board for community pharmacy services.

George Watkins

George Watkins I'm the Senior Policy and Campaigns Officer for Mind Cymru. My work focuses on improving the experiences of people across Wales with mental health problems.

Recent things I have worked on include inpatient mental health care, reducing inequalities around accessing the right support services and developing a new Mental Health Act. I want to see a pharmacy system that works for everyone.

As the son of a pharmacist, I've grown up knowing the impact they can make to a whole community.

Pharmacies are a vital service that can help people with mental health problems feel supported and valued.

Katie Evans

She qualified as a pharmacist in 2009, initially working as a rotational hospital pharmacist. Her interest in mental health developed early in her career when she completed a mental health rotation as part of the clinical pharmacy therapeutics diploma program at Cardiff University. In 2013, she took up a specialist mental health role and never looked back.

Katie has worked across several health boards within S.E. Wales and various mental health specialties, including CAMHS, acute adult (PICU and general), rehabilitation, older persons, addictions, low - medium secure forensics and learning disabilities.

Whilst Katie’s roles have often provided steep learning curves, she loves the challenge, variation, fast pace, and wealth of colleagues she has grown to know professionally and personally.

Katie completed the psychiatric therapeutics certificate and diploma with Aston University, passing both with distinction and was thrilled to receive the Helen Tennant Award for highest overall performance in 2020. She is currently undertaking a research MSc in Psychiatric Pharmacy Practice at Aston.

Katie has also worked as an external assessor for Aston University on the psychiatric therapeutics program and is an ongoing tutor for the independent prescribing course with Cardiff University. She is a credentialed member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP) and sits on the CMHP Council as their Consultations Lead.

Her current role consists of working as a prescriber in a community mental health team alongside her hospital duties. The latter includes providing pharmaceutical care to acute adult and low-secure forensics wards. She is also chair of a medicines management group, specifically for clozapine treatment.

Outside of work, she is a busy mum, wife and keen DIY’er with a love of tilling.

Dr Sarah Hiom, BPharm, MRPharmS, PhD.

Sarah is the National Specialist Pharmacist - Research & Development, based at St Mary’s Pharmaceutical Unit - C&VUHB. She chairs Pharmacy Research Wales, is a board member for Pharmacy Delivering a Healthier Wales and sits on the Enhancing Patient Experience subgroup. Sarah is passionate about research and helping professionals to embrace research as part of their day-to-day practice.

Sarah is a registered pharmacist with over 35 years experience of working in hospital, community, and academia. After studying at the Welsh School of Pharmacy, Sarah completed her hospital pre-registration training in Oxford before returning to Cardiff for a PhD in Pharmaceutical microbiology.

She worked in Technical Services before being appointed to the Welsh National Specialist role for Research and Development. Sarah has subsequently led on the development of a Pharmacy Research Strategy for Wales [2015-2020] and established research networks such as Pharmacy Research Wales and a National Technical Services Research Collaboration between NHS and academia.

Sarah established a personal research portfolio in Technical Services exploring formulation and clinical efficacy of topical gabapentin for neuropathic pain and the use of rapid microbiological methods to improve the microbial quality assurance of bespoke parenteral nutrition.

Sarah is looking forward to developing and supporting the research agenda for Pharmacy: Delivering A Healthier Wales.

Verity Morris

My name is Verity Morris, I am the Chief Pharmacy Technician in Primary Care for Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. I have over 21 years’ experience in pharmacy, starting my career in secondary care as an ATO before qualifying as a pharmacy technician.

In my 16 years working in secondary care, I gained valuable experience including working across primary and secondary care interface following patients’ home from hospital. This led to my decision to move into primary care.

I am passionate about delivering patient-centred care and strive to improve outcomes through collaboration, innovation, and compassion. In my current role I oversee a team of technicians that are dedicated to making sure medicines are used safely, effectively, and efficiently to achieve the best possible health outcomes for patients.

I am looking forward to being part of the vision for Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales and support the role that technicians can play in improving patient experience and outcomes.

Louise Hughes

I am a senior lecturer and Director of Learning and Teaching at Cardiff University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

I am proud to be both a pharmacist and an educator: my pharmacy career began in community pharmacy in 1997 but I have spent the last 25 years in academia, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students and undertaking research in the fields of pharmacovigilance and pharmacy education.

My work has also included teaching students and supporting colleagues in Malaysia, Malawi, Namibia and Iraq, and enhancing and promoting Adverse Drug Reaction reporting both in the UK and Malawi.

I am excited to have the opportunity to contribute to Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales, to develop and support work which will benefit both the profession and patients and the public throughout Wales.

Sophie Hubbard

I am a first-year pharmacy student at Bangor University and am very excited and honoured to be part of Bangor’s first ever pharmacy cohort.

I have a strong passion for pharmacy and a genuine commitment to contributing to the future of the profession.

I am keen to support the aims of Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales and to play an active role in shaping the development of pharmacy services in Wales.

Mackenzie Green

I’m a fourth-year pharmacy student at Swansea University and have worked at Tynewydd Pharmacy, a community pharmacy, alongside my studies for just over 2.5 years.

My role in community pharmacy has strengthened my interest in enhancing patient care across primary care, where pharmacy is often the first point of contact, and through to the wider community.

As I will complete my pre-registration training as an independent prescriber, I am keen to be involved in the progressive approach to patient care.

Ima Whitehouse

I am a fourth year pharmacy student at Swansea University.

It has been a privilege to study pharmacy over these past years and experience the changes, e.g graduating as independent prescribers, that are improving the profession.

I am excited to discuss with others how a focus on self care and prevention will impact patient outcomes. This is something I believe that pharmacists have a lot of untapped potential in contributing towards.

2. Developing the Pharmacy Workforce

The pharmacy workforce has the skills necessary to lead innovation in medical therapies. Education and training is embedded within multi-sectoral training sites and with multidisciplinary input. Every member of the pharmacy team has access to training to maximise their contribution to patient care.he pharmacy team. Supply of medicines is streamlined, and artificial Intelligence and personalised medicines are championed by pharmacy teams.

Michele Sehrawat (Chair of Working Group)

Michele Sehrawat Michele worked as a hospital pharmacist in Wales from 2001-2014, taking a lead on development of the pharmacy workforce in ABM. To grow a flexible pharmacy workforce, Michele worked with teams to increase work experience and vacation placement capacity and implemented Health Board rotational programmes for trainees.

Taking up the role as the All Wales Principal Pharmacist Education and Training for NHS Wales, Michele implemented the switch to National Recruitment for trainee pharmacists via the Oriel system. Subsequently, in 2018 Michele joined Health Education and Improvement Wales and worked with stakeholders to develop and launch the HEIW Pharmacy Workforce Plan in 2023, which is now being implemented.

Michele championed the value of professional credentialing, setting up the Consultant Pharmacist Community of Practice.

Wendy Penny

Wendy Penny I started in pharmacy on a Youth Opportunity Scheme as a pharmacy assistant in a local hospital in 1980. Almost 25 years later as a pharmacy technician, I moved into a role within Education and Training and completed a BA (Hons) in Post Compulsory Education and Training. My passion for education and training has been consistent throughout my career and now as Head of Pharmacy Technician Training at Health Education and Improvement Wales I feel privileged to have the opportunity to influence changes within Pharmacy Technician and Pharmacy Support Staff education and training which have a positive outcome on patient experience.

PDaHW goal ‘Developing the Pharmacy Workforce’ enables the opportunity to consider how with the appropriate education, training and development the whole pharmacy workforce can be effectively utilised to meet the needs, expectations and changing lifestyles of the population of Wales now and in the future.

Geraint Jones

Geraint Jones Geraint is an Advanced Clinical Pharmacist specialising in HIV & Homecare in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. From September 2023 until August 2024, Geraint will be on secondment with Health Education & Improvement Wales (HEIW) as part of the Welsh Clinical Leadership Fellowship.

Geraint studied Pharmacy at Aston University in Birmingham, graduating in 2014 and qualifying after undertaking his pre-registration year with Lloyds Pharmacy. After working as a Pharmacist Manager in Croesyceiliog in Cwmbran for a year, Geraint decided to return to university, choosing to undertake a PGDip. in Clinical Pharmacy with the University of Manchester. In 2019, an exciting opportunity arose to grow the Homecare Service within the Health Board, which also involved working within the Integrated Sexual Health Service. Keen to educate and reduce the stigma associated with blood-borne viruses, Geraint has been involved in projects and funding to seek novel ways of educating healthcare professionals and the public on blood-borne viruses.

As part of his Clinical Leadership Fellowship, Geraint is creating a ‘virtual work experience’ for children aged 13 – 18 years of age to allow them to learn more about the roles available within the profession. ‘Pharma-SEE!’ will be device agnostic; available for use on smartphones, tablets, and VR-headsets, being accessible from anywhere in the world, and free of charge. Geraint has also been involved with The Bevan Commission as part of their ‘Future Thinkers’ Group after attending their ‘Intensive Innovation Learning Week’ and has recently completed the ‘Climb’ leadership programme with the Dragon’s Heart Institute. Geraint is currently undertaking a PGCert ‘Professional Practice in Health’ at Wrexham University alongside a PGCert ‘Advanced Management (Applied Innovation)’ with Swansea University.

Outside of work, Geraint is usually being pestered by his miniature dachshund, Lenny. He also enjoys going to the gym, is involved in the management of a local football team, Caerphilly Athletic Football Club and ‘enjoys’ watching Cardiff City Football Club.

Stephanie Hough

Stephanie Hough I am a Senior Pharmacy Technician at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. During my career over the last 20 years I have worked in various different roles within primary care, secondary care and community pharmacy. Currently I’m responsible for the pharmacy service in the community hospitals in the Central area of BCUHB, I work within a team whose vision is to improve the standard of care delivered to patients by creating and recognising efficiencies.

I'm passionate about exploring and implementing innovative ways of working, which aligns with staff and service development, hence why I sit on the “Developing the Workforce” sub-group for P:DaHW. I strongly believe that developing Pharmacy Technicians and Pharmacy Assistants by securing them access to appropriate education and training is integral to delivering on the wider pharmacy goals.

Joseph Oakley

Joseph Oakley Joseph leads on the RPS assessment and credentialing function, including curriculum development, as part of the Education & Professional Development directorate.

Joseph is an educationalist who joined the RPS in 2019 as Head of Assessment & Credentialing, having previously held Head of Assessment roles at the College of Optometrists and Federation of Royal Colleges of Physicians. He has expertise in the development and delivery of curricula and high-stakes assessment programmes, and is passionate about the collaborative development of post-registration educational infrastructure to support professional advancement and improved patient care.

Claire Spencer

Claire Spencer I am a Senior Pharmacy Technician working in primary and community care in North Wales for the last 20 years with nine years of experience in hospital and community pharmacy before that.

Throughout this journey I have had experience with clinical development of pharmacy technicians and service and quality improvement projects which has allowed me to further progress my skills within research, leadership and management.I’m passionate about education and training and developing staff and have been fortunate to complete a BSc in Medicines Management and an MSc in Health Sciences.

Andrew Morris

Andrew Morris I am Head of Pharmacy and Professor of Pharmacy Education at Swansea University. Previously, I was Dean of Science at the University of Nottingham Malaysia following periods working in the community pharmacy and primary care sectors in South Wales.

I want to see Wales leading the way with innovative and high-quality pharmacy education and training. One of the themes underpinning the whole vision of P:DaHW is “developing the workforce”. Long-term high quality pharmaceutical care and an excellent patient experience are only possible by ensuring that the future workforce have the appropriate education and training to prepare them for the roles outlined in the vision.

Samantha Kearle

Samantha Britton Samantha works as a Senior HR Professional, driving innovative and commercial solutions. She is absolutely passionate about building capability and capacity that enables individuals, teams and organisations to thrive.

With extensive experience across complex, regulated and fast changing environments, the opportunity to be part of driving the Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales is the 2030 vision for pharmacy in Wales is exciting, transformative and will directly have an impact on our communities.

On a personal level, Sam has lived in the UK and Australia and loves being outdoors with her family, friends and Labradors. Living a healthier, enriched and fulfilling life is directly supported by the work she is involved in every day.

Rhiannon Robinson

Rhiannon Robinson Antimicrobial Pharmacist, Hywel Dda University Health Board

Having graduated from the University of Bath in 2012, I specialised early in my career to become an antimicrobial pharmacist. My experience includes working for three Welsh Health Boards, where I am now based in an integrated role spanning primary and secondary care in Hywel Dda UHB. My role is embedded in a microbiology and infection prevention MDT where I work to develop national and local prescribing guidelines, review resistance data, audit prescribing practice and provide education.

I also sit on national workstreams to contribute to the antimicrobial stewardship agenda. I am passionate about developing the workforce and work closely with not only pharmacy colleagues but a wide range of health care professionals.

I am a member of the RPS faculty and am currently undergoing my consultant pharmacist credentialing journey so look forward to being able to support professional advancement and ultimately improve patient care.

Rhian Carta

Rhian Carta Rhian qualified from Bath University and completed her pre-registration training in London.

Rhian has extensive experience across primary and secondary care in the NHS in England and Wales, she has worked in specialist mental health services at the Maudsley Hospital, formulary positions at University College London Hospitals, and clinical services lead for Queens Hospital, and the Homerton Hospital. She was project manager for outcomes on the Now or Never: Shaping Pharmacy for the Future report for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, which looked at ensuring the pharmacy workforce was ready and enabled for the future NHS.

In her most recent position as a regional manager for CPPE, Rhian supported the education provision for pharmacy professionals to enable them to carry out extended roles, as well as delivering leadership training.

Rhian is now working at Cwm Taf Morgannwg as Head of Pharmacy for Prince Charles and community hospitals, and as workforce development lead.

Chris Schofield

Chris Schofield Chris is an Advanced Pharmacist working in a cross sector role in BCUHB Central area. He has a background in community pharmacy, but decided to undertake the PGClin Cert in Keele University, then on to Independent prescriber at Bangor University, which led to him changing his role to his current job.

Chris has always been passionate about training and development, for all roles within the pharmacy workforce, so he is very excited to be part of the P:DaHW “Developing the Workforce” group. Chris has always believed that in order for the profession to develop, we need a strong foundation of education, and leadership that is passionate about the development of the profession.

Farzana Mohammed

Farzana Mohammed Farzana has a portfolio career with experience of working in a variety of clinical and management roles in primary, secondary and urgent care across Wales in addition to developing the skills of the pharmacy workforce with Health education Improvement Wales. She collaborated with Informing Healthcare to deliver the Individual Health record (IHR) project to gain access to GP records in Wales.

Farzana completed a Clinical fellowship with Health Education England South on Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in pharmacy programmes: exploring the lived experience of Black and minority ethnic trainee pharmacists during the foundation training year. She worked as a clinical case manager in the Professional Support and Wellbeing service (PSW) in England where she created a referral pathway for trainee pharmacists into the service and provided wellbeing support during the foundation training year. She is now working as the Herefordshire and Worcestershire ICS Pharmacy Faculty Workforce Lead and provides EDI training to foundation trainees as part of the HEIW foundation training programme.

Farzana is Pharmacy lead for Muslim Doctors Cymru, a volunteer group working to tackle health inequalities in ethnic minority communities in Wales where she led on successful projects to increase diversity on the stem cell register, diversity in clinical trials and was nominated for a St David’s award 2024. Farzana is passionate about advocating for ethnic minority communities to ensure their voice and opinions are heard and gave evidence at the Senedd inquiry on progress with the ‘Antiracist Wales action plan’.

Sioned Rees

Sioned Rees I studied at the Welsh School of Pharmacy in Cardiff and registered as a Pharmacist in 2003. I then continued to complete a PGDip in Clinical Pharmacy in 2005 followed by IP training in 2007.

I have had a variety of roles from Pre-registration within the Cardiff Hospital Rotation, Clinical Diploma Pharmacist at the Countess of Chester Foundation Hospital. This was then followed by a period as Pharmacy Inspector for CIW and a Medicines Management Pharmacist, before developing into my current role as Lead Pharmacist in Community services – including Community Hospitals, Care homes and Domiciliary Care, CRT and Frailty.

I now live in my birth town of Dolgellau with my husband and three children. In my spare time I enjoy walking the varied paths within the Snowdonia range on my doorstep!

Rhodri Thomas

Rhodri Thomas Rhodri started his career at Boots, Carmarthen as a summer student and graduated from the Welsh School of Pharmacy over 20 years ago.

He has worked in various roles and has gained extensive experience in the Community Pharmacy Sector.

He now works as the Welsh Representation manager for the National Pharmacy Association and as a Director for Contractor Engagement for Community Pharmacy Wales.

He has completed a Diploma in Community Pharmacy and is currently undergoing training to become an Independent Prescriber.

Elen Jones, HonProf, FRPharmS, FHEA

Elen Jones is the Pharmacy Dean at Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW). She leads the strategic development of pharmacy education and workforce transformation across Wales, ensuring the profession is equipped to meet the needs of a modern healthcare system.

Elen is also an Honorary Professor in Pharmacy at Swansea University, reflecting her commitment to advancing pharmacy education and research.

Prior to joining HEIW, Elen served as Acting Director of Pharmacy across Great Britain at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS), alongside her substantive role as Director for Wales. During her time at RPS, she led national policy and practice initiatives and was project manager and lead author of Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales, the ten-year vision for pharmacy in Wales published in 2019.

Her career spans community pharmacy management, clinical governance roles, and academic teaching. She has lectured at Cardiff University since 2010 and holds a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy. Elen has championed Welsh language provision in pharmacy education, ensuring bilingual competence for patient consultations.

Angharad Morris

Angharad Morris I am an Area Operations Manager and qualified Pharmacy Technician with eight years of experience in community pharmacy. Since starting my career in 2017, I’ve built a strong foundation in patient care, dispensary operations, accuracy checking, and delivering high-quality frontline services. Qualifying as a Pharmacy Technician in 2022 strengthened my clinical knowledge and allowed me to take on greater responsibility in supporting both colleagues and patients.

In 2024, I stepped into the role of Area Operations Manager, where I now oversee multiple pharmacy sites across Wales, where I lead and develop teams, and drive operational excellence across my region. My work focuses on supporting colleagues, improving workflow and compliance, and ensuring that every branch delivers a consistently safe and effective service.

I am passionate about working collaboratively at every level and believe strongly in the importance of education, professional growth, and empowering people to reach their full potential. I take pride in creating an environment where colleagues feel supported, confident, and motivated.

Jaden Sanni

My name is Jaden Sanni and I am a second-year student, currently studying at Swansea University.

I am thrilled to be a part of the PDaHW working groups where as an undergraduate student, I hope to contribute meaningfully by providing new insights and helping to shape the future of pharmacy in Wales. Pharmacy is ever-evolving and we must also change with the times, ensuring patients are always kept at the centre of our practice. We must represent all patients from all the many backgrounds they may come from, to ensure all remain seen, heard and fulfilled with the care that we provide to them.

Having already spoken at the RPS PDaHW conference in 2025, I have been inspired by all the work that is being done towards achieving this goal - towards delivering a healthier Wales. And I am very proud to have been given the opportunity to share my thoughts and inspire others. To ensure that when 2030 comes, we have accomplished all the goals we set out to complete 10 years prior. That we left healthcare in a better state than we found it.

3. Seamless Pharmaceutical Care

Pharmacy teams lead the management of medicines as the experts in therapeutics, medicines usage and optimisation. Pharmacy is a core part of the patient’s multidisciplinary team and are considered in all new care pathways.

Jonathan Simms (Chair)

Jonathan Simms I am Clinical Director of Pharmacy at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board and represent Chief Pharmacists on the Delivery Board. My career has included various roles in hospital pharmacy, including time as a teacher practitioner and then Primary Care prescribing advisor roles within Gwent. I have a strong interest in clinical effectiveness and have been a member of AWMSG and AWPAG. I am currently one of the NICE Medicines and Prescribing Associates in Wales.

As a member and now Chair of the Welsh Pharmaceutical Committee, I have seen the journey of P:DaHW from a request from the then Health Minister to the Vision we have today.

I’m proud to be able to champion this Vision within my Health Board and help to deliver better services and outcomes for the patients we serve, whilst driving forward the pharmacy profession within all sectors.

Amanda Powell

I am currently the Lead Pharmacist for Community Resource Teams (CRTs) and Frailty in Aneurin Bevan UHB. Over the last six years we have developed a service, helped by the ‘A Healthier Wales’ agenda.

I have previously worked in hospital and primary care pharmacy and have taught on the prescribing course in Cardiff University.

I believe that pharmacy should work completely within the MDT contributing to decision-making because we are there at the point of decision-making and care planning. I am passionate about realising the full potential of our fellow registrants, Pharmacy Technicians, because they can bring such value to patient care. In my opinion, pharmacy home visits to frail or vulnerable patients provide so many benefits to patients and health & social care generally.

A Healthier Wales and P:DaHW continue to give me so many opportunities to transform a service that I believe truly makes a difference to the people in our communities. I’d like to help others within the profession take those opportunities too.

Emyr Jones

Emyr Jones Consultant Pharmacist, National lead for Wales: Community Healthcare

I am a non-executive member of the Board and also a sub-group member for the Seamless Pharmaceutical Care theme. My main objective is to represent pharmacy's role in enhancing health in care homes and focus on pharmacy's role in supporting the social care sector.

As a consultant pharmacist and national lead for community health care, I work across health and social care services to improve coordination and continuity of care for patients across organisational boundaries.

Throughout my career, I have held various roles across all sectors of pharmacy, including primary care, secondary care, academia, and the third sector. I have a special interest in palliative care and prescribing for the frail population. In addition, I have previously served as a NICE fellow, contributing to developing evidence-based guidelines and recommendations.

Kayleigh Williams

Kayleigh studied pharmacy at Cardiff University and qualified as a pharmacist in 2013. Since then, she has worked as a community pharmacist predominantly in South West Wales.

In 2017, Kayleigh joined Community Pharmacy Wales (CPW) part time as an Associate Director. In this role, she supports pharmacy contractors in Hywel Dda, Swansea Bay and Betsi Cadwaladr with the delivery of the Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework. She also leads on key workstreams including Electronic Prescribing and Training and Workforce, supporting the CPW Board in representing contractors on issues that may impact them.

Kayleigh qualified as an Independent Prescriber in 2024 and continues to work as a locum in community pharmacy. This allows her to further develop her prescribing skills while maintaining a connection to frontline practice.

Liz Hallett

Liz Hallett is a Pharmacist at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board (ABUHB). She serves as Lead Pharmacist for Prisons, Care Homes, and as Locality Prescribing Advisor.

Liz began her career as a community pharmacist before moving into GP practice-based roles, where she gained her clinical diploma and independent prescribing qualifications.

Her passion about improving patient care and showcasing the impact of the pharmacy profession led her to become a Board Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

Alison Jones

Alison Jones is an experienced hospital pharmacist specialising in pharmacy technical services for over 20 years.

Alison graduated and completed her pre-registration training in Cardiff before moving to London to work as a resident and rotational hospital pharmacist.

Alison specialised in technical services working across aseptics and classical manufacturing before moving into quality assurance and becoming the head of quality and qualified person at Guys and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust.

Alison returned to Wales in 2015 to a QA role at St. Mary’s Pharmaceutical Unit SMPU within Cardiff and Vale UHB. Alison is now the Head of Technical services for Cardiff and Vale and has also been appointed as the SE Wales Hub Lead for the TRAMS Programme.

Alison is passionate about building a transformed pharmacy technical services model for Wales, that will meet the growing clinical demands and enhance patient experience when receiving specialist medicines.

‘I am very much looking forward to developing the ‘Seamless Pharmaceutical Care’ agenda for Pharmacy Delivering a Healthier Wales’.

Laura Doyle

Laura Doyle Laura has been working as Head of Undergraduate and Foundation Pharmacist at HEIW (and formerly WCPPE) for ten years. In this time, she has transformed the foundation training programme in Wales, as well as more recently developing the undergraduate placement programme in collaboration with the Universities in Wales.

Laura is a member of the Board of Assessors and an Accreditation Team member for the General Pharmaceutical Council.

In addition to this, Laura remains working in community pharmacy practice as a pharmacist.

Ceri Jones

Current Position: Deputy Head of Pharmacy Primary Care and Community Services, Central Integrated Health Community, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB)

A dedicated pharmacy professional with over ten years of experience spanning tertiary, secondary, primary care, and community sectors in both England and Wales. Graduating with a degree in Pharmacy from Liverpool John Moores University and an MSc from University College London, Ceri Ann is also an independent prescriber.

My diverse background has equipped me with a comprehensive understanding of the various facets of pharmacy practice. I am a strong advocate for the importance of collaboration among different healthcare sectors to ensure well-rounded and effective patient care.

I am committed to building strong relationships and supporting initiatives that aim to enhance the patient experience and health outcomes, aligning with the PDaHW 2030 vision for pharmacy in Wales.

Kate Gardiner

Kate Gardiner I am a deputy regional manager at present, and have been registered as a Pharmacy Technician since 2010.

I have worked in various different roles for 19 years, some in community pharmacy and others in prison undertaking medicines management.

One of my job roles as a deputy regional manager is undertaking and supporting service delivery, I absolutely love face to face consultations with patients and delivering professional and quality services to my patients as well as coaching and mentoring, this was one of the reasons I jumped at the chance to sit on the board for Seamless Pharmaceutical Care.

I have an extensive knowledge of leading and managing teams and projects to achieve great results for our patients.

Last year, I was recognised for my work by APTUK, and won the Community Pharmacy Technician of the Year award. I am very driven in supporting P:DAHW to achieve the goals for the 2030 vision for pharmacy in Wales.

Kate Crandon-Lewis

Kate Crandon-Lewis studied at the Welsh School of Pharmacy in Cardiff University before registering as a pharmacist in 2013.

Kate started her career in Community Pharmacy and held various store and field-based operational roles including Head of Retail Division Wales, South West England and Channel Islands for Lloydspharmacy.

While holding responsibilities for operational performance across Wales, Kate was a Board Member of Community Pharmacy Wales (CPW) for five years supporting negotiations for the development of the contract framework in Wales.

Passionate to continue working in Pharmacy in Wales Kate has in the last year joined Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and is currently the Chief Pharmacist for Primary Care and Medicines Optimisation.

Vanessa Adams

Vanessa Adams I am an experienced clinical pharmacist having lead roles in a number of specialities in Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Care, a year working for the Ministry of Health in Uganda improving access to medicines, consultant work for the WHO, Help the Hospices and project lead for the South Wales – Sierra Leone cancer care link.

I am currently a cluster pharmacist in Cardiff & Vale UHB working as an independant prescriber in GP Practices. My experience has allowed me to see the potential for further expansion of pharmacy roles, streamlining within pharmacy and increased collaboration with other healthcare professionals.

I am passionate about Climate Health and currently undertaking a Bevan Examplar Project to increase Pharmaceutical Sustainability.

I am honoured and excited to help improve patient care through the delivery of seamless pharmaceutical care and realise pharmacies integral role in delivering a healthier Wales.

Sunesh Mistry

I am a GP Practice Pharmacist independent prescriber based in Ely Bridge Surgery, Ely, Cardiff.

I have been in this role for nearly 4 years and was a cluster pharmacist in Cwm Taff health board before being employed directly by a GP Practice. I have also worked as a community pharmacist for
12 years.

I am passionate about progressing our profession forward and making sure pharmacists in all sectors have the best opportunities for their careers.

Owain Brooks

Owain Brooks As Lead Pharmacist for Kidney Services across South West Wales, Owain provides strategic leadership for the region’s Renal Medicines Service, ensuring high standards of care. He champions patient-centred and innovative approaches to healthcare, and as an independent prescriber delivers specialist, tailored treatment for people living with kidney disease.

Owain serves as a national clinical lead for the Welsh Kidney Network, where he oversees patient and public education and drives pharmacy-led innovation, with a focus on the optimal management of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and Acute Kidney Injury (AKI). Owain maintains a broad portfolio in service improvement and research. He co-authors national clinical guidelines and teaches safe prescribing to undergraduate and postgraduate learners.

Owain is a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and is undertaking a Doctorate in Business Administration (DBA) to deepen his understanding of organisational structures and complex adaptive systems, such as the NHS, to improve patient care.

Natalie Dunn

Natalie Dunn I am the senior pharmacy technician for care homes in ABUHB but am currently on Academy secondment as a pharmacy technician in GP practice, based in Meddygfa Cwm Rhymni surgery in Rhymney.

I started my pharmacy career as an ATO in the Pharmacy dept of the University Hospital of Wales, which lead me to train as a pharmacy technician in the hospital. My role involved supporting medicines supply to, and management of, out-patient clinics, in-patient wards such as neurology, haematology, cardiology, transplant and general medicine and surgery. I then joined the pharmacy team for the Children’s Hospital for Wales which included counselling parents on their children’s medicines and establishing an efficient discharge service.

I then joined ABUHB as a medicines management and antimicrobial pharmacy technician, supporting local and national antimicrobial practices and initiatives to drive down unnecessary antimicrobial use.
I am due to complete the Level 4 clinical diploma for pharmacy technicians within the next few months and am hoping to apply these skills to improve patient care and experience in Primary Care.

I really enjoy learning about how the different aspects of pharmacy in both primary and secondary care can work together to provide seamless continuity of care for our patients, to enhance medicine compliance, improve medicine safety and education.

4. Harnessing Innovation, Data and Technology

Patient’s central electronic medical records are accessed and updated by practitioners involved in their care, including the pharmacy team. Supply of medicines is streamlined, and artificial Intelligence and personalised medicines are championed by pharmacy teams.

Cath O'Brien (Chair)

Cath O'Brien

Cath was appointed as Chief Pharmacy Information Officer for DHCW in 2024 where she is engaged with the delivery of the current digital medicines initiatives as well as helping shape the next steps in achieving the digital medicines roadmap for NHS Wales.

Historically, Cath has held a number of senior pharmacy roles at WCPPE and RPSGB; taking a leadership role in establishing RPS. She has now returned to a pharmacy role following a decade as Director of the Welsh Blood Service and Chief Operating Officer at Velindre NHS University Trust. Her digital experience ranges from e-learning platforms to major system implementations in Blood, LIMS, Cancer Informatics and Radiotherapy.

She was made Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to the Welsh Blood Service and the adoption of Cell and Gene Therapy in Wales for leading the development of the Advanced Therapies Statement of Intent on behalf of Welsh Government.

She has extensive experience in service transformation and a particular interest in innovation in the life science sector; having been a Board member of the Life Science Hub Wales.

Adam Turner

Adam Turner Adam is a senior lecturer at Swansea University, and teaches in the areas of pharmacy practice and clinical pharmacy. He registered as a pharmacist in 2008 and began his career working in various roles in community pharmacy, including both multiple and independent pharmacies, and spent time working as a hospital outpatients pharmacist.

As an academic pharmacist Adam has taught pharmacists in the UK and in Malaysia. His area of expertise primarily focusses on pharmacy practice, and he has experience teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level, as well as teaching to students registered for the overseas pharmacists' assessment programme (OSPAP).

He attends international conferences with his research within the field of pharmacy practice and pharmacy education.

Dafydd James

Dafydd James Dafydd is a Pharmacy Lead for Informatics, Analytics, Digital Innovation & Quality for Hywel Dda UHB.

For the past decade he has been instrumental in transforming services for professional, patients and the public These approaches have been endorsed by Welsh Government (WG), the Bevan Commission, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) and the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) as exemplars for delivering Prudent and Value based Healthcare and have won numerous awards along the way. Dafydd has also played instrumental roles within APTUK as a Membership Director and Director of Digital Strategy.

I am passionate about empowering people to embrace digital systems and services to manage their health and care for a Healthier Wales.

Georgia Hill

Georgia Hill I originally trained as a Pharmacy Technician and ACT in community pharmacy during my role as Store Manager. In later years moved to private hospital prior to joining the NHS. Initially as a Pharmacy Technician within Primary Care and Prison. An opportunity arose for me to become the trust technician for EPMA, newly involved in digital this opened a lot of different avenues of workflow within project management, service improvement, IT, clinical safety, and training. This is where I became heavily involved in training education and development. This led to my current role at HEIW as Regional Lead Pharmacy Technician for Training Education and Development for ABUHB.

The role of pharmacy is changing, to be involved in the development of trainees to start their careers, whilst supporting with the benefits and positive changes that digital brings is a fantastic role to be part of.

Outisde of work you will find me: at the gym teaching classes, I have been a fitness instructor for over 30 years. Travelling, I am lucky enough to have a brother living in South Africa and parents in Florida, tidying up after two children, walking my Dachshund or sat with my Ragdoll!!

Nia Evans

Nia Evans I have recently been appointed as Lead Pharmacist for Haematology Services at Hywel Dda UHB, having worked in haematology, oncology and technical services for most of my career.

I was previously Consultant Pharmacist for Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products and Haematology at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board and the Midlands-Wales Advanced Therapy Treatment Centre before deciding to relocate to West Wales.

I am an Independent Prescriber and have a degree in pharmacy and a PhD from Cardiff University.

Patrick Singh

Patrick Singh I am the Lead Pharmacist for Digital and Informatics at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. My role involves leading on the deployment of digital solutions within healthcare to improve the quality of care provided.

Throughout my career, I have held numerous roles in hospital Pharmacy where I discovered my passion for leveraging technology to enhance pharmaceutical services.

Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales relies on the integration of technology to achieve our goals of enhancing pharmacy services and promoting better health outcomes. Introducing digital solutions, like Electronic Patient Records and AI-based diagnostics, will improve patient safety whilst creating a more positive experience for both patients and healthcare staff. Leveraging technology will ensure that pharmacies become pivotal hubs for delivering comprehensive and technologically advanced healthcare services across the country.

Lynette James

Dr Lynette James is a clinical and academic pharmacist working as the National Clinical Lead and All Wales Consultant Pharmacist for Acute Care and Medication Safety, hosted at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.

In her role, she supports Welsh Government, Health Boards and contracted primary care services to ensure the safe and effective use of medicines. After qualifying as a pharmacist, Dr James pursued a PhD in medication safety at King’s College London under the supervision of Professor Cate Whittlesea. Thereafter, she worked as a Research Fellow in Medication Safety within King’s Health Partners Academic Health Science Network collaborating with colleagues across the NHS in London, South West of England and Wales on research into impact of organisational psychology and impact of technology on medication errors.

Before taking up her current appointment, Dr James worked as a Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice at the University of Bath, where she convened undergraduate teaching on clinical pharmacy practice, medicines governance and interprofessional learning; and delivered research methods training. Dr James has supervised doctoral students to completion and Masters students.

Dr James is committed to healthcare professional education and professional development, using her skills as a qualified executive coach and mentor and expertise in management and leadership to support practitioners progress in their career. She also delivers teaching and training to undergraduate and qualified healthcare professionals, winning awards from the Higher Education Academy for innovative teaching style.

Dr James is an active researcher and has published research articles and book chapters on medication safety, psychology of safety and impact of technology. She has also contributed to the preparation of national, UK and global policy documents. Her research focusses on knowledge mobilisation to identify medication optimisation priorities and risk reduction strategies using mixed methods to investigate the prevalence, causes and harm severity of medication safety incidents; and the development and evaluation of complex interventions through quality improvement methodologies to reduce patient harm using psychology of human error, human factors, organisational psychology and behaviour change.

Dr James is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Royal Pharmaceutical Society and UK Clinical Pharmacy Association.

Poonam Kerai

My name is Poonam Kerai, and I am the Contractor Services (Engagement) Pharmacy Technician working for Community Pharmacy Wales.

Within my role at CPW I work closely with Pre-Registration and Registered Pharmacy Technicians throughout Wales and provide a support system for questions and queries regarding their specific role and the CPCF.

Alongside this role I also work as an Accuracy Checking Technician in a Community Pharmacy. This enables me to maintain my professional standards, continue providing safe and effective care to the community, and deliver services to patients.

A well-developed team is beneficial in countless ways. With the future for Pharmacy Technicians changing, I am here to support Contractors and their team to utilise the tools, thus enabling Pharmacies to carry out all the services valuable to them and the community.

Sudhir Sehrawat

Sudhir Sehrawat I have been registered as a pharmacist for over 20 years. My experience includes community pharmacist (independent and multiple), working for a primary care trust, GP practice pharmacist and in the last 5 years as a pharmacy contractor based in Cardiff.

am also a RPS Board member and have a role within CPW.

P:DaHW sets out clear aims and goals that are owned by the pharmacy profession and we all have a part to play to ensure success. Working and learning from pharmacists and pharmacy technicians as well as collaboratively working with stakeholders is key. Understanding processes, looking for improvements, creating efficiencies, releasing capacity and sharing good practice is how I can contribute to delivering the goals of PDaHW.

Kath Hodgson

Kath Hodgson Kath has worked at a Senior Manager level with wide ranging exposure to both the Public and Private Sector and with an in-depth proven track record in Learning & Development based within a large multi-site retail pharmacy business.

Kath as a registered pharmacist spent the majority of her practice in community pharmacy with experience in GP practice, NHS Workforce Development Deanery and also in academia as a teacher practitioner.

Kath is currently Associate Pharmacy Dean, Head of CPD Programme Delivery and Post registration foundation practice at Health Education and Improvement Wales.

Kath oversees the CPD delivery programme for pharmacy professionals provided by HEIW and works across the HEIW teams to enhance the inter- professional learning opportunities (IPL) in addition to delivering education sessions for specific areas of pharmacy practice across all sectors.

Kath also heads up post registration foundation practice for pharmacist registrants and works closely with other senior team members in HEIW to deliver a programme that will support the implementation of the new initial education and training standards for pharmacists by 2026 and beyond.

Sophie Harding

Dr Sophie Harding Sophie registered as a pharmacist in 2004, and has predominantly practiced within the hospital sector but has experience of practicing within community pharmacy. Since 2010, Sophie has regularly utilised her independent prescriber qualification and has achieved postgraduate qualifications such as an MSc in Clinical Pharmacy and a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Sophie recently credentialed as Consultant Pharmacist ready and became a designated fellow of the RPS.

Over the last 16 years, Sophie has led a very varied role within oncology at Velindre Cancer Centre (VCC) in Cardiff and has developed a passion for genomics. In 2020, she co-led on the implementation of DPYD pharmacogenomic testing as a pilot project at VCC. The All Wales Medicines Genomics Service (AWMGS) later rolled out the pathway across Wales, and this project won a MediWales award in 2021. She is currently working on other genomic and pharmacogenomics implementation projects both regionally and nationally in Wales as part of the National Pharmacogenomic Group (NPGG) and All Wales Genomics Oncology Group (AWGOG).

Sophie has recently fulfilled a secondment role as the RPS Pharmacogenomic Lead for Great Britain. The RPS role involved leading on the development of national policies, setting up national stakeholder groups and developing genomic education resources to raise awareness of the mainstreaming of genomics within all areas of clinical practice.Sophie is currently the pharmacogenomic lead at HEIW co-leading on the development of a strategic workforce plan for genomics in Wales alongside genomic experts, and is undertaking genomic education related research at Swansea University, where she is also an honorary lecturer on the MPharm programme.

David Fox

David Fox David is Principal Pharmacist for Aseptic Services at CTMUHB and has over 15 years’ experience in pharmacy working across community, hospital and industry sectors.
David graduated from the University of Manchester and completed his pre-registration training in Cardiff before moving to Manchester to work as hospital pharmacist.

David specialised in hospital technical services before moving to a UK wide high tech homecare provider and multinational drug company. David obtained post-graduate qualifications in clinical pharmacy and quality assurance from the University of Manchester.

David moved back to Wales in 2021 to be the lead for Aseptic services at CTMUHB and to help transform the service model for Aseptic services in Wales. As a committee member of the AWMSG David has been committed to improving the provision of healthcare throughout Wales since moving back.

“I am passionate about improving patient care throughout Wales and really looking forward to collaborating with my colleagues in delivering a healthier Wales.”

Gareth Tyrrell

Gareth Tyrrell I am currently the Head of Pharmacy Technical Services for NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership & National Clinical Lead for Transforming Access to Medicines, whilst also a non-executive board member for Pharmacy Delivering a Healthier Wales in the Innovation and Technology subgroup.

My career has included various clinical lead roles in critical care, surgery and pain management as well as extensive experience in Pharmacy Technical Services. During this time, I have also completed post-graduate qualifications in Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Technology & Quality Assurance and NHS Leadership & Management.

I have a passion for innovation, research and development across interfaces of care that result in improved service delivery and the patient experience.

Lia Popa

Lia Popa After graduating from the University of Manchester and completing pre-registration training in industry and hospital pharmacy in London, I returned to beautiful North Wales, where I continue to live and practise.

I am an Advanced Clinical Practitioner Pharmacist with extensive experience across hospital, community pharmacy, and primary care. This has given me a strong understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing pharmacy teams today. I have mentored and trained pharmacists and pharmacy technicians across multiple sectors and I have been an active member of numerous multidisciplinary teams.

I currently work in primary care and community pharmacy, roles I am equally passionate about. My clinical interests centre on chronic disease management and cardiorenal health, particularly where lifestyle interventions can complement pharmacological treatments. I strongly believe that early intervention, patient education, and empowerment are fundamental to preventing and managing long-term conditions, ultimately supporting healthier individuals, communities, and a healthier Wales.

Being involved with Pharmacy: Delivering a Healthier Wales offers a valuable opportunity to help shape the future of pharmacy practice in Wales. I am committed to advancing the roles of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to deliver the high-quality, patient-centred care that we need to meet current healthcare demands and future challenges.

Amy Jayham

Amy Jayham Amy has worked as a senior Pharmacist in NHS Wales for a number of years and is currently Deputy Chief Pharmacist/ Head of Pharmacy Operations at Swansea Bay UHB.