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Management
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The management of the Association is vested in an
Executive of seven elected officers. The Executive can also have
ex-officio members, can co-opt non-voting members for specific
purposes and includes the Chief Executive Officer and the Immediate
Past Chairman
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is appointed
annually and is a full member of the Executive. The CEO is the
primary contact for all members, potential members, Boots The
Chemists management and, externally, to the wider professional
world. The CEO can provide professional, legal and employment
guidance to members and uses professional legal advice and services
on matters outside his/her knowledge. The CEO administers the
day-to-day activities of Boots Pharmacists’ Association and
coordinates the working of the Executive and the standing
committees.
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Executive
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has prime responsibility for the representative
and consultative roles
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agreed the Communication and Information
Agreement with Boots The Chemists to enhance the consultation
process
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continues to present the Association's views on
the requirements of the Working Time Regulations
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participates in the exploration of the pharmacist
establishment
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promotes involvement in the election procedures
for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council and National Boards
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continues
to meet and discuss with other influential pharmacy bodies. A
significant contact is maintained with the Parliamentary All-Party
Pharmacy Group.
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Professional Committee
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interacts with the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society on matters such as the remit and function of the Society and
its modernisation programme, the regulation and registration of
pharmacy support staff, the self-regulation of the pharmacy
profession, revisions of the Code of Ethics, mandatory continuing
professional development, the proposals relating to standard
operating procedures for dispensing, Registration and Fitness to
Practice, Patient and Public Involvement strategy, regulations for
National Boards and the “Foster Review”.
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contributed
to Government debate on the future roles for community pharmacy in
primary healthcare including the Pharmacy Workforce in the NHS
consultation.
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responded to the Government's consultations
on A Vision for Pharmacy in the New NHS,
Fair for all, personal to you: choice,
responsiveness and equity in the NHS and social care, proposals
to reform and modernise the NHS (Pharmaceutical Services)
Regulations 1992, the Best Use of the Pharmacy Workforce and the
Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2006 (aka the Section 60
order).
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responds to the Medicines and Healthcare
products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) on matters such as POM to P and P
to GSL proposals, patient information leaflets, the advertising of
medicines to the public, child resistant packaging and aspirin and
Reye's Syndrome.
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contributed to the Home Office debates
relating to the supply of various items of drugs paraphernalia to
drug users and the computerisation of prescriptions and records for
controlled drugs.
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responded vigorously to the Office of Fair
Trading market investigation of entry regulations and pharmacy
services in the
UK.
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responded to and participated in Stage
Three of the Shipman Inquiry - the use and monitoring of controlled
drugs in the community.
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replied to the NHS Information Authority in
connection with the draft code of confidentiality practice for NHS
staff
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responded to the Crown Enquiry and the
subsequent proposals to implement supplementary prescribing for
nurses and pharmacists.
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interacts
with Boots The Chemists on matters such as continuing professional
development and primary care training.
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responded to the All-Party Pharmacy Group’s
inquiry into The Future of Pharmacy
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Recruitment Committee
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main function is to increase membership
numbers
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maintains contact with pharmacy
pre-registration graduates throughout their pre-registration
experience with Boots The Chemists
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annually surveys pre-registration
graduates' perception of the effectiveness of the pre-registration
experience
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periodically reviews the Association's
benefit package for members
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reviews and refines the methods of
communication to members
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Remuneration Committee
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annually surveys members' remuneration
expectations
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discusses these expectations with Boots The
Chemists as part of the BTC/BPA consultative process
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annually surveys members' level of
satisfaction following a salary review
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discusses benefits and concerns arising
from the salary review survey as part of the consultative process
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occasionally surveys others areas of
concern e.g. time owing and performance management
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has a place on the Advisory Committee of
Boots Pensions
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