Laura Wilson
Laura went to Strathclyde University and did her pre-reg in community pharmacy. Starting work at Crosshouse Hospital in Ayrshire, she then spent 14 years as a pharmacy manager for Morrisons in Kilmarnock.
Laura was one of the first pharmacists to qualify as a prescriber, within her clinical area of psychiatry. After setting up prescribing clinics in mental health within an addiction service, she ran a clinic from the pharmacy consultation room.
In 2008 Laura became a spokesperson for the Royal College of Pharmacy, promoting the role of pharmacy in the media and at political conferences.
After moving to addiction services within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, she led a project to change how pharmacies are paid for treating patients receiving opiate substitution therapy, leading to a more person-centred model. She was also seconded to Strathclyde University as a teacher practitioner for two years.
Laura is interested in drug misuse and addiction, mental health and education and training. Laura first joined the College in 2021 as policy and practice lead where one of the first policies she wrote was Improving care, reducing harm and preventing death in People Who Use Drugs: Pharmacy’s role. She was promoted to her current role of director for Scotland in 2023.