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Pharmacy recognised in New Year’s honours

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Pharmacy recognised in New Year’s honours

Professor Bill Scott OBE

Pharmacy was recognised in the 2016 New Year’s honours list, with four representatives of the profession made Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and one made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).

Professor Bill Scott, chief pharmaceutical officer for Scotland for 22 years until 2015, was awarded an OBE for services to healthcare. Prof Scott was instrumental in the launch of ‘Prescription for Excellence’ in 2013, the vision for pharmaceutical care in Scotland.

Dr Norman Morrow, chief pharmaceutical officer for Northern Ireland for 17 years until 2013 was awarded an OBE for services to the pharmaceutical profession in Northern Ireland. He is now a member of the board of the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority, and strategy development officer for the Commonwealth Pharmacists Association

Professor David Cowan, professor of pharmaceutical toxicology, and director of the Drug Control Centre at King’s College London was made an OBE for services to anti-doping science. Prof Cowan received the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Pharmaceutical Scientist of the Year award in 2013.

Dr Alan Willson, former director of the 1,000 Lives programme for Public Health Wales, was awarded an OBE for services to the quality and safety of healthcare in Wales. Dr Willson began his career as a pharmacist and is now a member of the Continuous Improvement Team at Aneurin Bevan Health Board and a senior researcher at Swansea University.

Zameer Choudrey, chief executive of the Bestway Group, owner of Well Pharmacy, was made a CBE for services to the UK wholesale industry and charity in the UK and abroad. Mr Choudrey joined Bestway in 1984 as financial controller, and was appointed to the role of chief executive for Bestway Group in 2004.

 

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