Pharmacogenomic resource background

Pharmacogenomic resource background

Published: 17 March 2026

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This was published when the organisation was the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

Development of this resource

In 2025, the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) (now the Royal College of Pharmacy) was commissioned by NHS England (led by the NHSE Network of Excellence in Pharmacogenomics and Medicines Optimisation) to develop this resource. The expertise from a UK-wide multidisciplinary task and finish group and a further validation group supported and refined this resource.

Who created the framework resource – acknowledgments

We are grateful to the following people who have provided expert advice and information during the update of A Competency Framework for all Prescribers as part of the task and finish group.

Lead author

Dr Sophie Elizabeth Harding – Consultant Pharmacist for Genomics & Pharmacogenomics.

Chair

Dr Jude Hayward – GP, Shipley Medical Practice, Affinity Care, Primary Care Lead, National Genomics Education Programme GPwER in Clinical Genetics/Genomics, Leeds Clinical Genomics Service.

Task and finish group
  • Dr Aaron J Courtenay – Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacy at Ulster University, Pharmacy Forum board Northern Ireland (PFNI)
  • Dr Alison Wood – Senior Lecturer, Non-medical Prescribing Registered Nurse, Division of Nursing and Paramedic Science Queen Margaret University – Scotland 
  • Amira Shaikh – Lecturer in Prescribing for Healthcare Practice (AEP)
  • Aris Saoulidis – Clinical Pharmacy Lead, NHS East Genomic Medicine Service Alliance and UKCPA
  • Ben McIntyre – Senior Pharmacist, North West Genomics Medicines Service Alliance (NW GMSA) and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
  • Bhavna Halai – Pharmacist, Independent Expert
  • Christine Blanks – Pharmacist, Independent Expert
  • Colette Scrace – Clinical Lead Nurse, Genomics, (Cancer and Rare Diseases), Specialised Commissioning NHS England
  • David Rovardi – Specialist Medicines Advisor, Royal College of Paramedics 
  • Dr Duncan Jenkins – Associate Director Primary Care Pharmacy and Population Health Management Place Division, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
  • Dr Greg Scutt – Principal Clinical Lecturer in Medicines Use, University of Brighton
  • Shamir B. Mehta – Lead Clinical Adviser for the General Dental Council
  • Emma Groves – Consultant Pharmacist Genomic Medicine, North East & Yorkshire Genomic Medicine Service
  • Hayley Wickens – Consultant Pharmacist Genomic Medicine, NHS Central and South Genomics Chair, UKCPA Genomics Committee
  • Hazel Boyce – Specialist Radiographer
  • James Pickard – Interim Chair, Medicines and Medical Devices Committee, Royal College of Podiatry
  • Dr Helen Branthwaite – Chief Clinical Advisor, Royal College of Podiatry
  • Jennifer Thompson – Consultant Therapeutic Radiographer, Society of Radiographers
  • Jess Keen – Wellcome 4Ward North Clinical PhD Fellow, University of Manchester, NHS Network of Excellence in Pharmacogenomics and Medicines Optimisation
  • Lindsay Ketcher – Senior Mental Health in Learning Disabilities Nurse Specialist/Non-Medical Prescriber
  • Michelle Lyne – Professional Advisor Education, Royal College of Midwives
  • Miriam Lettieri – Clinical trials Pharmacist, Independent Expert
  • Nicola Hussain – Pharmacist, Independent Expert 
  • Parbir Jagpal – Associate Professor Clinical Pharmacy & Prescribing, University of Birmingham
  • Professor John G. Lawrenson – Professor of Clinical Visual Science, School of Health and Medical Sciences, City St George’s University of London. Representing the College of Optometrists
  • Simon R.J. Maxwell – Prescribing Safety Assessment (Medical Director), British Pharmacological Society (President-Elect)
  • Samantha McLean – Associate Professor in Pharmacology, University of Bradford
  • Stuart John Evans – HEAG member & Pharmacy, Swansea Bay University Health Board – Wales
  • Traci Miles – Associate Director of Nursing and Midwifery.
Validation group
  • Owens Igudala – Dentist, Independent Expert 
  • Andrew Lilley – Associate Chief Pharmacist and NMP Lead, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital
  • Peter Hawkes – Lay Member/Person 
  • Ebraheem Junaid – Directorate Team Lead & Highly Advanced Pharmacist for Children & Neonates, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • Jill Swan – Director of Pharmacy, NHS Golden Jubilee Clinical Lead, ANIA pathway CYP2C19 testing rollout. Independent Expert Member – Scotland
  • Dr Laura Maria Laiglesia – Pharmacist, Independent Expert Member
  • Sneha Jethwa – Clinical Trials Pharmacist, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
  • Nick Haddington – Pharmacy Dean, South West, NHSE Workforce Training and Education
  • Paula Little – Lead Pharmacist for Independent Prescribing, Northern Ireland Centre for Pharmacy Learning and Development
  • Professor Dyfrig Hughes – Professor of Pharmacoeconomics, Co-Director of the Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation and Director of Impact and Engagement,  Bangor University. Independent expert.
Royal Pharmaceutical Society staff
  • Regina Ahmed
  • Osman Ali
  • Elen Jones
  • Geraldine Mccaffrey
  • Caitlin O’Sullivan
  • Wing Tang
  • Laura Wilson