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Candidates confirmed for inaugural National Pharmacy Advisory Council elections

Thirty‑eight candidates have been confirmed for the first National Pharmacy Advisory Council elections, with voting for eligible RPS members running from 23 February to 11 March 2026.

Published: 5 February 2026

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

A total of 38 candidates are standing in the inaugural elections to the National Pharmacy Advisory Councils of England, Scotland and Wales. The Councils will play a central role in shaping pharmacy policy and practice of the future Royal College of Pharmacy in their nation.

No election is required in Scotland as the number of candidates match the number of vacancies.

The confirmed candidates are:

England

Hend Abdelhakim
Adebayo Adegbite
Aditya Aggarwal
Sarah Shaheen Baig
Aisling Considine
Nigel Dugmore
Mohammed Hussain
Rose Inyama
Mildred Johnson
Rona Medina Lee
Gursaran Matharu
Stacey Middlemass
Claire Nevinson
Ebunoluwa Ojo
Andrea Okoloekwe
Ankish Patel
Mahendra G Patel
Shazia Patel
Katherine Pearson
Darren Powell
Matthew Prior
Shilpa Shah
Ashok Soni
Kandarp Thakkar
Bruce Warner
Joseph Williams

Scotland

Jonathan Burton
Paul Forsyth
Kellie King
Joshua Miller
Jill Swan

Wales

Sarah Brown
Clare Clement
Elizabeth Hallett
Gareth Hughes
Rafia Jamil
Aled Roberts
Amy Jayham

All Royal Pharmaceutical Society Members (MRPharmS) and RPS Fellows (FRPharmS) are eligible to vote in these elections.

Voting opens at 9am 23 February and will close at 5pm 11 March. Eligible members will be able to cast their votes securely through the Mi-Voice online voting platform and results will be announced on 13 March.

Professor Claire Anderson RPS President said:

“I’d like to thank all the candidates for standing in these vitally important elections to the future Royal College of Pharmacy and wish them the best of luck. They represent a wide range of professional backgrounds with a diverse range of expertise and experience of pharmacy across Great Britain.”