Community Pharmacy Scotland Chair and Vice Chair Announcement
Published: 07/04/25
We are pleased to announce that following the close of the nominations on Thursday 3rd of April 2025, Martin Green, who stood unopposed for the position of Chair of Community Pharmacy Scotland and James Semple, who also stood unopposed for the position of Vice Chair, have both accepted these appointments for the 2025-2028 term. We would like to congratulate them both on these reappointments and we look forward to working with them during the 2025-2028 term.
Following the formation of the CPS Council, the reappointments of the Chair and Vice Chair positions along with the close of the nominations process we are able to announce that there will be an election for the Independent member places of the Community Pharmacy Scotland Board which will commence on Tuesday 22nd April 2025 and closes on the Friday 25th April 2025 with results being published on the Monday 28th April 2025. Only Independent contractor members that sit on the CPS Council are eligible to vote for the independent member places on the CPS Board.
If you have any questions please contact elections@cps.scot.
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