Manchester professor appointed new trustee at Pharmacist Support

Pharmacist Support – the independent charity for pharmacists and their families, former pharmacists and pharmacy students – has announced that Professor Peter Noyce will join its board of trustees.

As Professor of Pharmacy Practice at The University of Manchester since 1991, Professor Noyces’time at Manchester has included spells as Head of School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Director of the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education (CPPE). In 2011, he was appointed Co-Chair of the Modernising Pharmacy Careers Programme Board of Medical Education England (MEE). He was formerly Deputy Chief Pharmacist for England, and also a member of the Medicines Commission. Peter was awarded the Charter Gold Medal of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in 2004, and was conferred a CBE for services to healthcare in 2008.

Commenting on his appointment, Professor Noyce said: “It is a hallmark of a mature profession that it maintains a facility to support colleagues in times of need. The Pharmaceutical Society within Great Britain has an acknowledged history of benevolent activity which more recently has been fashioned into a well-organised independent Charity providing an effective range of help and support to pharmacists: Pharmacist Support. I was delighted to be appointed as a Trustee this year to help sustain and develop this activity.”

Joining Professor Noyce on the board of trustees are Steve Churton, Professor Denis Anthony and Richard Fass. January 2012 marks the start of a three-year term for the four new recruits, who join existing board members David Thomson, Arthur Williams, Doreen Laity, Leonard Brookes and David Johns.

“Our new members bring a wealth of expertise to the Board and are worthy successors to our departing colleagues,” said Chairman David Thomson. “I am very much encouraged and optimistic for the Charity as we progress into 2012 and beyond.”