Our people

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

Dr Ruth Bednall

Day job: 
Assistant Director for Quality Improvement
Royal Stoke University Hospital, University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust 

Professional interests: 
Acute and Emergency Medicine, Delivery of pharmaceutical care services, Resourcing and deploying staff, Demonstrating value for money and patient impact

Being a Director of UKCPA…  “allows me to give something back to the organisation that has supported my professional development over the last 20 years. I hope to share the good pharmacy practice demonstrated in Staffordshire and improve this further through being part of this national professional development team.”

Odran Farrell

Day job: 
Lead Pharmacist for Critical Care and Surgery
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Foundation Trust

Professional interests: 
Education and training, medicine and patient safety, leadership

Being a Director of UKCPA…“allows me to support the strategic direction of this great organisation and ensure it continues to be responsive to the needs of the pharmacy profession and develop high quality professionals.”

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.”

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.”

Farrah Khan

Day job: 
Associate Professor Pharmacotherapeutics
London South Bank University