Committee Members and Employees – Supporting pharmacy throughout the Tees Valley

LPC COMMITTEE
Update April 2024


Pete Horrocks	Chair	Bestway	CCA	peter.horrocks@well.co.uk	Well.co.uk Healthcare Service Centre Whittle Road Meir Park Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire ST3 7UN
Brent Foster	Vice Treasurer	Whitworth Chemists	Independent	Brent@wcl-ho.co.uk	Whitworth Pharmacy 2c Atkinsons Way, Foxhills Industrial Estate Scunthorpe Lincolnshire DN15 8QJ
Steven Welsh	Committee Member	Boots	CCA	Steven.welsh@boots.co.uk	Boots North Office, Hotspur Way, Eldon Square, Newcastle, NE1 7XE
Monica Sagu	Committee Member	Harry Hill Chemists	Independent	monica.bhalla1@nhs.net	Harry Hill pharmacy 8 Kenilworth Road, Billingham, Cleveland TS23 2HZ
Lisa Jobson	Committee Member	Boots	CCA	Lisa.x.jobson@boots.co.uk	Boots North Office, Hotspur Way, Eldon Square, Newcastle, NE1 7XE
Riccardo DeVittoris	Committee Member	Day Lewis	AIMp	riccardo.devittoris@daylewisplc.co.uk	Day Lewis pharmacies 2 Peterwood Way, Croydon, Surrey, England, CR0 4UQ
Ruth Hutchinson	Treasurer	Morrisons	CCA	Ruth.hutchinson@morrisonsplc.co.uk	Wm Morrison Supermarkets Limited Hilmore House, Gain Lane, Bradford
Dawn Cruishank	Vice Chair	Harrops Pharmacy	Independent	dawn.cruickshank@nhs.net	Director / Superintendent Pharmacist, Harrops Pharmacy, Loftus
Sunil Kumar	Committee Member	Cockerton Pharmacy	Independent	sunil.kumar7@nhs.net	Cockerton Pharmacy 5/7 West Auckland Road, Cockerton, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 9EJ
EMPLOYED

Sandie Keall Chief Officer	Chief Officer	Full Time
Lindsay Clode	Training and Quality Manager	30 hours
Jane Harvey	Service Implementation and Peer Support Manager	30 hours

Pete Horrocks

Pete represents contractors from the Association of Independent Multiples and is Clinical Standards Director at Knights Pharmacy.

Pete has been involved in the work of LPCs since 2007 and is formally a member of Durham LPC. In addition to this Pete is a Responsible Person for pharmaceutical wholesaler Lexon UK, PCN Lead Pharmacist for Greater Middlesbrough and a member of the Community Pharmacy Patient Safety Group all of which adding a breadth of industry knowledge to his role on the LPC.

In May 2021 Pete was delighted to be recognised by the Prime Minister for his local contribution to the C19 vaccination programme.

Brent Foster

Steven Welsh

Steven`s Current role is as Pharmacy Operations Manager for North of England and Northern Ireland with Boots.

He has worked for Boots since school, which has included lots of different roles including various store management and pharmacy field team positions.

Steven is a total sportaholic, with his latest addiction being his bike – on which he can be found in the middle of nowhere most weekends. He also loves to go for a run….when his left knee lets him!

Ruth Hutchinson

Dawn Cruishank

Dawn is an independent contractor working in Loftus and is the Superintendent and Director of Harrops Pharmacy.

Dawn has a great deal of experience working with LPCs. She was chair of County Durham and Darlington LPC between 2009 and 2021 and joined Community Pharmacy Tees in 2023.

Dawn is also a Director and the Chair of Pharmaceutical Services North East since 2016. This is the provider Company covering North of Tyne, Gateshead, South Tyneside, County Durham, Darlington, Cumbria and Tees.

In her time working as Superintendent Pharmacist for John Low Pharmacy Dawn was delighted to receive the award for Winner of Chemist and Druggist Independent Pharmacy of the Year in 2018.

Outside of work, she likes nothing more than walking her two dogs in the local woods or escaping up very large mountains for days on end.

Monica Sagu

Monica represents Independent contractors and is currently a full-time Pharmacist at Harry Hills Pharmacy in Billingham.

Starting off in the Midlands, she managed a small independent and went into locuming, followed by a 100+ mile move up north, where she has gained valuable knowledge and experience through locuming for bigger pharmacy chains.

In her downtime, she likes to bake, read and spend time on the sofa with a fluffy blanket.

Sunil Kumar

Lisa Jobson

Lisa represents contractors from the Community Chemists’ Association (CCA) and is a Pharmacy Support Manager for Boots.

Currently working part-time, Lisa has over 25 years of experience within pharmacy as a pharmacist, trainer and has held various management positions within Boots.

Having joined Tees LPC in 2019, she is the CCA representative on the finance sub-committee.

Riccardo DeVittoris (Rick)

Sandie Keall

Sandie Keall has been with Tees LPC for the past 11 years.

She is a nurse by profession and still works in palliative care on an infrequent basis to maintain her professional registration.

Was involved in the national formulation of the Healthy Living Pharmacy programme and the public health agenda in pharmacy. Passionate about self-development has also been involved with training and development for the entirety of her career.

Outside of work she can often be found in the garden with her chickens, ducks and various other animals.

Jane Harvey

Jane has been employed by Tees LPC since 2017 prior to that she spent 7 years working in multiples and independent pharmacies in Tees.

My whole career has been based on customer experience and retail. I am a Dispenser and a Smoking cessation advisor but my heart lies on the counter as a healthy living advisor spending time with patients ensuring they get all the information they require to be the healthiest version of themselves.

I have a keen interest in mental well-being and how we can promote self-care within ourselves, our families and local communities.

Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with friends and family, cooking and running (well I don’t really enjoy the running bit ha ha!)

Lindsay Clode

Lindsay has been the Training and Quality Manager at Tees LPC since 2017, she has 20 years of experience working in and managing pharmacies.

RSPH accredited trainer delivering for the LPC over the last 7 years.

In her spare time, Lindsay enjoys relaxing with her family, watching her Husband & daughter play football and attending to her allotment and chickens.