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New Education Governance Oversight Board will lead Postgraduate training for pharmacy
New Education Governance Oversight Board will lead Postgraduate training for pharmacy
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) hosted the first meeting of a new Education Governance Oversight Board (EGOB) to lead postgraduate training for pharmacy across the UK, on September 27th 2018.
The group is representative of key stakeholders and includes employers, NHS education and training, universities, the General Pharmaceutical Council, the four Chief Pharmaceutical Officers, and the RPS. It is chaired by Professor Peter Kopelman.
At its first meeting, the Board agreed the principles for its role in overseeing post-graduate education and training and creating a flexible, adaptable workforce who can easily move between care settings and provide increasingly complex care.
Pharmacy Postgraduate Training Board
It was agreed that in time the Education Governance Oversight Board will formalise its status to become a Pharmacy Postgraduate Training Board (PPTB).
The PPTB will assure quality across training pathways through a range of assurance processes that will include a strong trainee voice.
The PPTB will additionally assure that professionals are appropriately credentialed to ensure patient safety, and the maintenance of appropriate register of achievement.
Success for the Board will be characterised by a defined career framework with clear training pathways from pre-registration to foundation, and onwards to advanced practice and consultant pharmacists. The framework will support career progression for those who are already beyond the first few foundation years of practice, those seeking portfolio careers and for international graduates.
The four Chief Pharmaceutical Officers from England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland welcomed the initiative:
"We welcome the preparation work through the Education Governance Oversight Board to launch the UK Pharmacy Postgraduate Training Board. This is an important step in creating a robust education model for pharmacy practice that meets the future needs of the NHS, patients and the pharmacy professions."
Paul Bennett, Chief Executive of RPS said:
“The Royal Pharmaceutical Society views the Education Governance Oversight Board and its successor, the UK Pharmacy Postgraduate Training Board as key to securing and developing a future pharmacy workforce that is confident and competent to practise across a range of settings caring for patients with increasingly complex needs. The RPS is delighted to be hosting the Education Governance Oversight Board and enabling this vision to become a reality.”
Duncan Rudkin, Chief Executive and Registrar GPhC, said:
“I look forward to working with Professor Kopelman, the RPS and other colleagues on the new Board to help make sure that pharmacists have the postgraduate training they need to respond with confidence to their changing roles and the changing needs of people using health services.”
Professor Peter Kopelman chair of the RPS Faculty and Education Board, said:
“The agreement to establish a pharmacy postgraduate training board is a pivotal step in establishing a career framework for pharmacists to assure the highest standard of education and training for the future. This is important for the profession and crucial to the public who increasingly turn to pharmacists for health advice."
Members of the Education Governance Oversight Board
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Chairman
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Peter Kopelman
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Association Independent Multiple Pharmacies
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David Evans
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CCA – Company Chemist Association.
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Marc Donavan
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CPO England
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Keith Ridge
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CPO Northern Ireland
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Mark Timoney
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CPO Scotland
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Rose-Marie Parr
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CPO Wales
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Andrew Evans
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Foundation Student
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Peter Morgan
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GPhC
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Duncan Rudkin
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GPhC
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Nigel Clarke
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Lay Representative
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To be appointed
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Lay Representative
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To be appointed
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National Pharmacy Association
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Ian Cubbin
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NHS Commissioner/Dean Scotland
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Anne Watson
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NHS Commissioner/Dean Wales
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Margaret Allen
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NHS Commissioner/Dean NI
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Colin Adair
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NHS Commissioner/Dean England
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Chris Cutts
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NHS Employer England
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Roger Fernandes
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NHS Employer Scotland
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David Pfledger
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NHS Employer Wales
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Darrell Baker
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Pharmacy Schools Council
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Don Cairns
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Pharmacy Schools Council Chair
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Nigel Ratcliffe
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RCGP for GP employers
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Lawrence Brad
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RPS Chief Executive
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Paul Bennett
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RPS Education Director
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Gail Fleming
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In attendance AMRC
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To be appointed
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