Dr Emily Kennedy has worked as a prescribing support pharmacist in primary care in NHS Dumfries and Galloway for 16 years.
Career spotlight
The career path to become President of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy
Ciara Ni Dhubhlaing on her path to becoming President of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy
Career Spotlight: Dr Ruth Edwards
What has been your career path to date and could you tell us a little about your current role? My current role is Senior Teaching Fellow and Head of Professional Experience in Aston Pharmacy School, Aston University, Birmingham and I have been in post since August 2018. My early professional experiences were as a […]
Mental health pharmacy is all about the person and their story
Wendy Ackroyd is the lead pharmacist at the mental health directorate in NHS Dumfries and Galloway. We were delighted to welcome her to share her experiences working as a pharmacist working in the area of mental health. Why did you become a pharmacist? The brutally honest truth? I’m a failed medic, kind […]
Secrets from a pharmacist on the front line
Robert Liddington was kind enough to join us on the podcast to talk about his extremely interesting career so far. Robert spent almost 18 years in the army as a pharmacist and more recently has taken roles in the MHRA and also the Care Quality Commission.
Career spotlight: Dolly Sud on her role as a mental health pharmacist
Career spotlight: Dolly Sud on her role as a mental health pharmacist
Career Spotlight: Chris Maguire on his journey to become a marketing manager
Where did you study? I studied pharmacy at Queens University Belfast. I completed my pre-registration year in community pharmacy in a small chain, in the same town I went to school. Once I had finished I did a few locums for the same company and was offered a relief position. Why did […]
David Kološić on what community pharmacy can learn from the booming health tech sector
This podcast is all about David’s career so far and the advice he would give others to achieve what he has but also about what community pharmacy can learn from the health tech market.
Rob Davies on his career as a pharmacist in primary care: How far have we come since 1992?
I was very pleased to be invited to write a few words on my pharmacy career, particularly about my time as one of the first primary care pharmacists. Following a discussion about primary care pharmacy, I commented that it is really heartening how far it has developed since those early days in 1992. PIP […]
Careers in Pharmacy – What is it like to be a medicines information pharmacist?
I was recently very fortunate to have the opportunity to talk to a Medicines Information Pharmacist about their role. The Medicines Information (MI) department provides unbiased, evidence-based answers to queries about the safe and effective use of medicines. Enquiries include questions about the conversion of drug doses from oral to IV, the stability of […]
