Ian Bourns, Director of Medicines Management and Pharmacy, East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

This module provides information about the management of unlicensed medicines and the pharmacists' obligations when procuring these types of medicines.

Ian Bourns was appointed to his current post of Director of Medicines Management and Pharmacy for East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust in May 2003. Prior to this he was the joint Chief Pharmacist of Brighton and Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust with a remit for strategy. Ian has developed special interests in risk management, organisational development, staff training and development and latterly, strategic development of hospital pharmacy manufacturing services. In 2000, Ian and his then team won the HSJ Management Award for Clinical Risk Initiative of the Year, for work on reducing clinical risk through restructuring medicines management systems. Ian lectures on clinical risk and change management issues and has published a range of articles on differing subjects.

Peter Rowe, National QIPP Lead, Medicines Use and Procurement

This module provides background information on QIPP (Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention) and the things to consider when implementing its principles.

Peter Rowe is the National QIPP Lead for Medicine Use and Procurement. A pharmacist by background, Peter enjoyed the first 20 years of his career working in community, hospital and academic pharmacy. He became the District Pharmacist for Sefton Health Authority in 1990. A move to primary care followed as the first primary care pharmaceutical advisor to be appointed in the UK. A move into general management led to appointment as the Regional Director of Primary Care for the north west and then to five years as a civil servant including a period of secondment to HM Treasury as part of the health team.

In 2002, Peter was privileged to become the first Chief Executive of Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT based in his home town of Wigan, a post he held until his assignment to the Department of Heath as QIPP lead. Peter is a non-executive director of Skills for Health.

Hilary Lloyd, Director of Regulatory Services, GPhC

This module provides background information on the GPhC, detailing its roles and responsibilities in regulating the pharmacy profession.

Hilary Lloyd is director of regulatory services at the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC), the new independent regulator for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and pharmacy premises. On 27 September 2010, the GPhC assumed responsibility for the regulation of the pharmacy professions which previously had come under the auspices of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

Hilary was previously interim director of regulation at the General Social Care Council and before that was employed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (and its predecessor, the Law Society) where she held a number of roles including director of change, director of regulation standards and head of strategic policy.