Kath Gulson

Experience

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  Boots UK Ltd

  Aug 1983 - Jan 2016

  General Manager of this City Centre Health and Beauty Store; leading a team of people to deliver the customer and patient experience, by providing clarity and focus on what is important. A role model to lead the thinking, and ensure the store is responsive to the needs of local customers, so the team is set up to deliver sales, items targets and other key performance indicators. Accountable for the compliance to the clinical governance agenda, and the Health and Safety and other statutory requirements of running a public business. Acting as a Company Ambassador in external local forums. Show less

  • Healthcare Development Manager

    Apr 2012 - Jan 2016

  • Area Manager

    Apr 2010 - Apr 2012

  • Regional Pharmacy Manager UK Airports

    Apr 2008 - Mar 2010

  • Area Pharmacy Manager

    Apr 2004 - Mar 2008

  • Store Manager

    May 2002 - Mar 2004

  • Customer Area Manager

    Sept 2000 - Apr 2002

  • Store Manager

    Apr 1998 - Sept 2000

  • District Manager

    Mar 1995 - Mar 1998

  • Store Manager

    Jun 1992 - Feb 1995

  • Store Manager

    Mar 1989 - May 1992

  • Pharmacy Manager

    Jul 1986 - Mar 1989

  • Relief Pharmacist

    Mar 1986 - Jun 1986

  • Store Pharmacist

    Aug 1984 - Mar 1986

  • Pre-Registration Student

    Aug 1983 - Jul 1984
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  Halton St Helens Knowsley Local Pharmaceutical Committee

  Jan 2007 - Apr 2016

  The LPC represents 120 community pharmacies working across three Health and Well Being Boards (HWB).The role of the Chief Officer is to represent the interests of these community pharmacies, the contractors and the pharmacists who provide NHS services in the locality, raising the profile of just what community pharmacy can do. This role is a job share, with my other responsibility that of Chairing the LPC meetings to lead the team of LPC members to enable the committee to function effectively and efficiently. Show less The Chair of the Local Pharmaceutical Committee (LPC), having overall responsibly of chairing the meetings and ensuring that LPC business is conducted in a proper manner. I led the committee members and ensured the committee employees have clear goals and objectives; and that finances are run to give the best value to the pharmacies that we represent. The LPC has a statutory role to represent the views of the 120 local community pharmacies in the locality to the NHS; and also represents community pharmacy to General Practice, Public Health Authorities, Heath and Well Being Boards, Healthwatch, and the general public to name a few.I ensure that the work of the LPC has close links with the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC). Show less

  • Chief Officer and Chair of HStHK LPC meetings

    Feb 2016 - Apr 2016

  • Chair

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2016
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  Apr 2012 - Jan 2016

  Healthcare Development Manager

  16th February 2016Testimonial for Kath GulsonGtd healthcare is a not for profit healthcare organisation which provides Primary Care services across 11 GP Practices, including three GP Led Health Centres, across Greater Manchester, Out of Hours urgent care services across four CCG areas in Greater Manchester and Merseyside, Referral Gateway services, alternative to transfer services and GP input into two intermediate care homes.We began working with Boots when we secured the contract to provide a GP Led Health Centre in Manchester in April 2009. The health centre is located in the Boots Manchester, Market Street store. Since the opening of the GP Led Health Centre we have continued to enjoy good working relationships with the store managers and team on a day to day basis. In addition to the store team we have developed good working relationships with the Healthcare Development Manager, Kath Gulson, to actively pursue shared ideas for service developments. Kath has worked proactively to maintain optimal working relationships and has included gtd healthcare managers in exciting service developments, for example, potential healthcare developments in Ireland. Kath has also supported the continued development of good working relationships with the Pharmacy team and we have been able to work jointly on addressing any pharmaceutical issues that have arisen or new ways of working.On a personal level Kath has always been great to work with, very friendly and approachable and happy to share her skills and knowledge in order to progress service improvements. Kath always seemed genuinely passionate and enthusiastic about her work and her commitment to improving patient services which always made for interesting discussions.Kath has been a great ally to have and she’ll be a hard act to follow! Paula VanderpeerHead of Primary Carewww.gtdhealthcare.co.uk Show less

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  Community Pharmacy Lancashire

  May 2016 - Feb 2022

  Chief Executive Officer

  The Chief Executive Officer for Community Pharmacy Lancashire (CPL), this is the name adopted by the Local Pharmaceutical Committee that represents over 385 community pharmacies found across the cities, towns and villages of Blackburn with Darwen, Blackpool and Lancashire.CPL is the voice of the local community pharmacies to the NHS and local government in our locality, working with them to promote the active role that the community pharmacies can and do play within our local communities, providing health and wellbeing services for the benefit of the general public; along with the supply of medicines. Community pharmacy is more than a packet of pills; we are a packet of services; services supplied without the need for an appointment.The community pharmacies in our footprint employ over 3,500 people, and we are committed to drive and support the development of this workforce to ensure the pharmacy teams have the skills and capabilities to support people to keep well, and when they are unwell to prevent ill health through the public services that we provide, in partnership with general practice and other providers. Show less

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  Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB)

  Oct 2021 - now

  Chair - Local Professional Network - Pharmacy
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  Community Pharmacy Lancashire and South Cumbria

  Feb 2022 - now

  Executive Chair

  Responsible for developing and delivery of a strategy for CPLSC, turning this into a vision, clearly communicated to contractors and stakeholders. Raising the profile of community pharmacy locally and nationally, working with key health stakeholders across the different parts of the system, commercial entities and politicians to bring benefits to patients, contractors and allied healthcare professionals.