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Dr Richard Needle
 
Chief Pharmacist, Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust, Colchester
Richard Needle qualified as a pharmacist in 1979 having taken his pharmacy degree at Bath University. He returned to Bath University to undertake a PhD, which he completed in 1983.

After a short period of time working at the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham, Richard moved to Colchester to take up a Technical Services post. He has been Chief Pharmacist for the Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust since 1996 and maintains a clinical specialist interest in Oncology and Palliative Care. Richard was chairman of the Pharmaceutical Aseptics Services Group from its inception until he stepped down in December 2006.

He is immediate past chairman of the Hospital Pharmacist’s Group of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and was a member of the Implementation Board for the NHS Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Modernisation. He is a contributor to the Quality Assurance of Aseptics Preparation Services book, the Cytotoxic handbook and is joint editor of the CIVAS handbook.

Tim Sizer
PTQA Course Director, University of Leeds

Director of Courses including Certificate/Diploma/MSc in Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Assurance, University of Leeds.

A pharmacist, Tim obtained his degree from the University of London and went on to various roles in the hospital service of the United Kingdom, eventually acquiring 22 years experience in the management of personnel and environments for the aseptic preparation of medicines, and as a lecturer and researcher.

Now working at the University of Leeds, Tim is responsible for postgraduate and CPD programmes for healthcare professionals with links to pharmaceutical activities, and is a specialist lecturer in pharmaceutical technology and aseptic practice.

Tim also undertakes the role of an independent Pharmaceutical Consultant to the pharmaceutical industry from time to time and advises on GMP inspection and audits.

One–time advisor to Joint Formulary Committee for the British National Formulary (BNF).

Co editor of ‘The CIVAS Handbook’ (1993, 1998, 2007), with Richard Needle; and contributing author.
Executive member of NHS Pharmaceutical Aseptic Services Group.

Executive member of NHS Pharmaceutical Technical Services Education & Training Group

Past Chairman & Honorary Life Member of British Pharmaceutical Nutrition Group BPNG.

Founder Member of British Association for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition (BAPEN), and current member of the BAPEN Education Committee.

Member. Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Great Britain

Mark Oldcorne
Principal Pharmacist, Quality Assurance, Wrexham Maelor Hospital

Mark studied at the De Montfort University of Leicester and obtained his degree in pharmacy in 1980. He trained in hospital pharmacy before returning to University to a teaching and research post, specialising in aseptic processing, sterilisation, Good Manufacturing Practice(GMP), Quality Assurance and Quality Control, and pharmaceutical dispensing.

Returning to the hospital service in a senior position in 1990, Mark’s current role means he is responsible for the development and direction of the pharmaceutical Quality Assurance service in the Wrexham Trust and North Wales area.

He has additional responsibilities for Health and Safety, Information Technology; and research & development. His research interests include environmental monitoring and the development of ‘risk-reduced’ products for patients An advisor on Quality Assurance and control to other NHS hospital groups.

Qualified Person under the Provisions of the Medicine Act (1991 to date)

Member of Society of Environmental Engineers. (1988 2006)

Member of the PTQA Course Management Committee (University of Leeds) and Module Director for Module CONT 5010M Aspects of Pharmaceutical Technology and Quality Assurance

Member of Welsh QA/C and WASPP groups)

Part-time Teaching Fellow, University of Leeds.

Dr Sarah J Hiom (MRPharmS, PhD)
All Wales Specialist Pharmacist, Research and Development.
Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust

Sarah is All Wales Specialist Pharmacist, Research and Development. She is responsible for leading Welsh NHS Pharmacy R+D by initiating, enabling and co-ordinating project activities, allowing the profession to develop services in an informed manner. She is based at Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust having a remit to both Secondary and Primary care and to the National Assembly for Wales.

Sarah is a member of the All Wales NHS QA&QC and Production groups and is involved with a variety of projects, including validation of transfer disinfection practices, surface contamination detection models for cytotoxic drugs and evaluation of ACT schemes. She also facilitates research collaboration with the Welsh School of Pharmacy, has lecturing experience in pharmaceutical microbiology and a varied grant portfolio.

Sarah qualified as a Pharmacist from Cardiff University, carried out her pre-registration training at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford and then went on to complete a PhD in Pharmaceutical Microbiology under Professor Russell. She then had a 2 year Post-Doctoral research position at Bristol University where she investigated the efficacy of oral disinfectant products before returning to hospital pharmacy as a production pharmacist at Bristol Royal Infirmary and latterly, in her current post, as a practice research pharmacist. Sarah has maintained her expertise in pharmaceutical microbiology and has developed an interest in validation of disinfection practices within aseptic units, leading to several publications and awards (Baxter 2000 and ABPI 2005).