Foundation Pharmacist Assessment Panel

Overseeing RPS Post-registration Foundation credentialing

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has established a Foundation Pharmacist Assessment Panel (FPAP) as part of its education governance structure.

FPAP’s role will be to oversee all RPS Post-registration Foundation credentialing processes and will report to the RPS Education and Standards Committee.
More specifically FPAP will:

  • Setting of standards for post-registration foundation assessments
  • Quality assurance of post-registration foundation assessments
  • Ratification of post-registration foundation assessments.

Members of FPAP were recruited through an open process with a number of high-quality applicants from across the UK and pharmacy sectors.

Members

  • Ailsa MacDonald, Principal Lead Prescribing and Clinical Skills, NHS Education for Scotland
  • Fiona McMillan, Principal Lead, Post Registration Foundation Programme, NHS Education for Scotland
  • Jenny Hannah, Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, University of East Anglia
  • Kate Francis, Post Registration Foundation Pharmacist Programme Director, Cardiff University
  • Leon Zlotos, Associate Postgraduate Pharmacy Dean, NHS Education for Scotland
  • Leona Rogers, Senior Lead for the Post Registration Foundation Programme, Northern Ireland Centre for Pharmacy
  • Neil Thomas, Senior Lecturer Adult Nursing and Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Cardiff University
  • Parbir Jagpal, Associate Professor Clinical Practice and Prescribing, University of Birmingham
  • Siobhan Dobie, Medical Clinical Pharmacist, NHS Lanarkshire
  • Thomas Wareing, Lead Pharmacist – Education, Training & Workforce Development, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
  • Tim Harrison, Associate Professor Postgraduate Pharmacy Education, De Montfort University