The function of the Health Committee is set out in Article 51 of the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians Order 2007 and Rule 7 of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (Fitness to Practise and Disqualification etc) Rules 2007.
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Membership of the Health Committee
Current and recent hearings
Proceedings
Interim orders
Appeals
The members of the Health Committee are:
Lionel Campuzano (Chairman)
Alain Gogarty (Deputy Chairman)
Mary Symes (Deputy Chairman)
Jillian Alderwick (Lay member)
Samantha Butler (Pharmacy technician member)
Helen Dalrymple (Pharmacy technician member)
Elaine Donnelly (Lay member)
Roy Fitzsimmons (Pharmacist member)
Ros Gardner (Lay member)
Harriet Murch (Pharmacist member)
Kay Roberts (Pharmacist member)
Dr Nagarajah Thevamanoharan (Lay member)
Sarah Wilcox (Pharmacy technician member)
For the register of members' interests, click on a member's name in the list above
For an explanation of the register of members' interests, click here
All Committee members are expected to abide by a Code of Conduct. To see the Code, click here
For information relating to current and recent Health Committee hearings, click on the links below:
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The Health Committee is required to consider all cases referred to it, to determine whether or not a registrant’s fitness to practise is impaired, and if so, whether or not a sanction should be imposed.
The procedure for the hearing is set out in Part 6 of the procedure Rules. The Health Committee normally sits in private (Rule 42). The Health Committee may receive any evidence (including oral evidence) subject only to the requirements of relevance and fairness (Rule 30). In considering whether a registrant’s fitness to practise is impaired, it may take into account a refusal to submit to medical examination, a continuing or episodic condition suffered by the registrant or a condition which although in remission, may be expected to reoccur (Rule 30(8). The Health Committee may take a breach of the Code of Ethics into account when deciding whether or not the registrant’s fitness to practise is impaired (Rule 30(9)).
Before a hearing is held, the timetable for disclosure of the parties’ respective cases set out in Rule 18 must be complied with, as must any relevant practice directions issued by the Committee under Rule 26. Where the timetable needs to be varied, a case management meeting may be convened and case management directions issued (Rules 24 and 25). A Notice of Hearing must be served on the registrant , not less than 28 days in advance of the hearing, unless the registrant agrees otherwise (Rule 20). Twenty-four hours before the hearing, the parties are required to exchange a schedule of costs and to serve a copy of their Schedules on the Committee Secretariat (Rule 48(1)).
The Registrar must notify the registrant of any decision taken by the Health Committee, together with the reasons for that decision (Article 51(7)). In practice, this will be done by the Committee Secretariat.
For a guide to proceedings before the Committee, click on the link below:
For a guide to the sanctions available to the Committee, and the way in which the Committee will approach its powers of sanction, click on the link below:
For information relating to interim orders made by the Health Committee, click here
Anyone wishing to appeal a decision of the Committee must appeal directly to the High Court. For a fact sheet on appeals, click on the link below: