Director of Children's Medicines Centre
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, United Kingdom
Stephen has worked in the field of children’s medicines for over 30 years working in several London teaching hospitals. He is currently the Director of the Children’s Medicines Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust following 3 years as their Chief Pharmacist. This role is designed to lead on innovation, research and education to improve children’s medicines and medicine practice. He previously served as the lead pharmacist at Evelina London Children’s Hospital (Guys & St Thomas’); becoming the first UK Paediatric Consultant Pharmacist in 2007. His main fields of expertise are paediatric medicines safety, medicines compliance and competence of the paediatric pharmacy workforce. For many years he has worked part time as the Professional Lead of the Neonatal and Paediatric Pharmacists Group (NPPG), allowing him to represent paediatric pharmacy on many national forums, at government level and within the Royal Colleges and within the media. He is vice chair of the Joint Medicines Committee for the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and Medicines Sustainability for his local region.
Monday, December 4, 2023
2:00 PM – 4:30 PM