Our people

John Warburton

Day job:
Divisional Director of Professions & Clinical Pharmacy Manager of Surgery and Cardiac Services

University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Foundation Trust

Professional interests:
Critical Care, Professional leadership, education

Being a Director of UKCPA…  “coach, facilitate, distil and develop the inspirational educational content of the next few years with the educational committee members and the wider UKCPA membership.”

Mohamed Rahman

Day job: 
Assistant Chief Pharmacist & Operational Services Manager
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Professional interests: 
Leadership, Strategic development of clinical pharmacy services

Islam Elkonaissi

Day job: 
Lead lung cancer & clinical commissioning support pharmacist
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust

Professional interests: 
Paediatrics & Neonates, Neurosciences, Research

Being a Director of UKCPA…“is an enormous sense of privilege. Through various positions and responsibilities I have gathered the opinions of healthcare professionals on possible improvements in the delivery of clinical pharmacy services in the UK. The UKCPA provides me with the platform to action these ideas and suggestions by developing workable plans with clear targets.”

Bartosz Tomaszewicz

Day job: 
Chief Pharmacist
HCRG Care Group 

Professional interests: 
Clinical Governance, Transformation and service improvements, Clinical substance misuse

Being a Director of UKCPA…  “is extremely rewarding and something I am proud to be a part of. Supporting UKCPA provides me with a great sense of pride and achievement. It gives me a platform to share my knowledge and it is a great way to work with colleagues across the healthcare system. As the Chief Pharmacist for HCRG Care Group I lead on medicines optimisation, non-medical prescribing, transformation and pharmacy leadership. I also represent Independent Healthcare Providers (IHP) on the National SPS PGD Service Advisory Board. Wearing a number of hats allows me to support large scale change within the profession.”

Sarah Knighton

Day job: 
Senior Clinical Lecturer – Pharmacy, University of Manchester

Professional interests: 
Driving forward education, training and scholarship in clinical pharmacy.

Karen Gunnell

Day job: 
MPharm Programme Director & Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Keele University

Professional interests: 
Higher education, professional development, mentoring.