Rose Marie Parr

Rose Marie Parr undertook her pharmacy undergraduate degree and postgraduate degrees at the School of Pharmacy at Strathclyde University Glasgow and her Doctorate in Education at Glasgow University. She worked in hospital pharmacy from 1980-1990s in various posts in Lanarkshire Health Board and Forth Valley Health Board areas. In 1993 she became the Director of Postgraduate Pharmacy Education for Scotland known as SCPPE (or SKIPPY) to pharmacists. SCPPE had a remit for all postgraduate education for pharmacists in the NHS.

In April 2002, SCPPE was brought together with other professional educational groups into the special health Board, NHS Education for Scotland (NES) which has a remit for all NHS staff in Scotland. Rose Marie Parr was the Director of Pharmacy for NHS Education for Scotland. Rose Marie is also past Chair of the Scottish Pharmacy Board of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB) and a designated Fellow of the RPSGB and a RPS Faculty Fellow. Rose Marie currently holds honorary Professorships at both Scottish Schools of Pharmacy; Strathclyde University in Glasgow and Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. Since 1st June 2015, Rose Marie has taken up post of Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for Scotland and is the policy and professional lead for Pharmaceutical Care and the NHS Pharmaceutical services across Scotland.