Authors
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Main author
Prof. Stephen Bazire MBE is currently Chief Pharmacist for Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, an Honorary Professor for the School of Pharmacy at University of East Anglia, author of the Psychotropic Drug Directory (25 editions since 1993), Fellow of Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, ex-Chairman and co-opted Council member of the College of Mental Health Pharmacy (formerly UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group), on the Council of the British Association for Psychopharmacology, a Director of Mistura Enterprise and Mistura Informatics, melodeon player in a ceilidh band, railway enthusiast and currently a rather happy Norwich City season ticket holder.
Managing Director
Dawn Price is currently undertaking a doctorate researching the clinical outcomes of the Choice and Medication website. Former positions held include Head of clinical pharmacy at Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, acting Chief Pharmacist 2008-2009 Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Chief Pharmacist South of Tyne and Wearside Mental Heath Trust 2003-2006 and Vice Chair of UK Psychiatric Pharmacy Group 2007-2009. She is MD of Mistura Enterprise and Mistura Informatics. She is a registered independent prescriber and management guru who enjoys heavy metal, motor cycles and is an F1 fan.
Business Operations Manager
Lisa Yates is the business operations manager, tea maker, general dogsbody and prompter (for those of us who haven't yet done what we should have done), based at our office in Ashington. We occasionally let out of her cage for conferences as long as promises to behave. So far so good.
Special advisor
Mick Collins was the Daddy of the project, when working for the erstwhile NIMHE (National Institute for Mental Health, England). He is a registered mental health nurse and now acts as advisor to the project, as well as being a Nottingham Forest season ticket holder. If there's anything wrong, don't blame him; he's just the singer in a rock and roll band.
Technical advisors
Rowan Purdy, Director of Surepoint, is responsible for the technical development. Rowan is ably supported by the technical wizardry of Dan Donald (Here in the Hive). The rest of us have no idea what they are on about most of the time but it all seems to work so we're more than happy with that.
Advisory board
Members of the Service User Council from Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
With thanks to
Maureen Ng, UKPPG, Ian Smyth, Rob McPherson, Sarah Branch
Updated 12.11