About us
We work on behalf of Community Pharmacy Surrey and Community Pharmacy Sussex to represent, support and develop just under 500 NHS community pharmacy contractors.
Background
In 2018 the, then three, LPCs in Surrey and Sussex combined forces to set up a central administration and operations function to help support contractors more effectively and better meet the expectations of external NHS stakeholders and other local organisations.
Our constituent LPCs remain the legal entities but the new overarching team uses the trading name ‘Community Pharmacy Surrey & Sussex’ and all communications and business is delivered through our central office.
Community Pharmacy Surrey & Sussex is a mechanism to allow more effective collaboration between LPCs, pool resources and share costs as well as implementing initiatives of shared interest in common areas. It is governed by the CPSS Executive Committee, which comprises of the Chair and Vice-Chair from each LPC, the HR Lead and the Treasurer from Sussex LPC.
Here’s our organisational chart and an overview of what we do.
A collaboration agreement was drawn up between the two LPCs to ensure that each committee does not lose its status or powers (as set out in their constitutions and in the NHS Act). The collaboration agreement gives delegated authority to the CPSS Executive Committee from the two LPCs to monitor the operational effectiveness of Community Pharmacy Surrey & Sussex, including holding the Chief Executive Officer to account for the organisations performance.
Lead by the Chief Executive Officer, Community Pharmacy Surrey & Sussex daily work is managed by an executive staff team.
Click on a heading below for more information.
Julia Powell, Chief Executive Officer. Find us on LinkedIn at Community Pharmacy Surrey & Sussex (CPSS).
Find us on LinkedIn at Community Pharmacy Surrey & Sussex (CPSS). Julia Powell DOI.
Role: Her role involves providing strategic direction and leadership to achieve the operating goals of CPSS. This includes promoting community pharmacy in the local NHS and representing community pharmacy interests through integration within Primary Care and the wider healthcare landscape.
Marie Hockley, Deputy Chief Officer.
Role : Her role involves promoting and representing community pharmacy, building strong effective stakeholder relationships, negotiating service contracts, growing service income, supporting contractors to increase service delivery and providing professional support.
Simran Johal, Service Development & Support Lead.
Role: Her role includes supporting community pharmacy contractors with service delivery aiming to maximise contractor income. Engaging in conversations around service development/improvement and promoting community pharmacy on several platforms to key stakeholders. Within CPSS, she leads the agenda on the development and growth of the community pharmacy workforce looking for opportunities and funding to enable this.
Eve Rockell, Community Pharmacy Services Coordinator.
Role: Her role involves leading the IP Pathfinder project as the Senior Programme Manager across Sussex ICB by supporting contractors with setting up their Pathfinder site, liaising with the ICB and GP Practices and assisting the sites ongoing including with service evaluation. Also, supporting engagement and collaboration between pharmacies and PCNs in the East Sussex area through the Community Pharmacy PCN Lead role.
Fatima Iqbal, Community Pharmacy Services Coordinator.
Role: Her role involves leading the IP Pathfinder project as the Senior Programme Manager across Surrey Heartlands ICB by supporting contractors with setting up their Pathfinder site, liaising with the ICB and GP Practices and assisting the sites ongoing including with service evaluation.
Micky Cassar, Business Administrator.
Role: Her role is to support the CPSS team and co-ordinate daily operations. This includes being the first point of contact for contractor and other healthcare professional queries, managing external communications and ensuring CPSS operates efficiently.
More information
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- Contact us at lpc@communitypharmacyss.co.uk
The work of Community Pharmacy Surrey & Sussex is overseen by the CPSS Executive Committee, which comprises of the Chair and Vice-Chair from each LPC, the HR Lead and the Treasurer from Sussex LPC. They have delegated authority from the two LPCs (described in a collaboration agreement), to monitor the operational effectiveness of Community Pharmacy Surrey & Sussex, including holding the Chief Executive Officer to account for the organisations performance.
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- The committee meets quarterly. A copy of their 25-26 forward committee plan can be found here.
- Committee agendas and minutes are available on request.
Our business as usual operation plan and budget for 2025-26 is available below.
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- Surrey & Sussex LPCs collaboration agreement view here.
- Scheme of delegation, CPSS Executive Committee view here.
- CPSS Expense Policy view here.
- Privacy Policy view here.
- Health and Safety Policy view here.
- Minute Taking Policy view here.
- How to feedback or raise an issue.
- CPSS Social Media Policy.
- CPSS Whistleblowing Policy.
- CPSS Procedure for reporting suspicions internally and to the police.
- CPSS Self Assessment
- CPSS Financial Self Assessment
- CPSS Data Access & Storage Policy
- For copies of our employment procedures and other general internal policies, please contact us by email at: LPC@communitypharmacyss.co.uk.
Every week we compile and distribute a round-up of news and updates to help pharmacy owners and pharmacy teams in Surrey and Sussex keep up to date with information from the LPCs and news from the wider network of healthcare professionals, colleagues and local commissioners.
Pharmacy is changing
We send LPC communications and newsletters to contractors NHS Mail addresses. We can send to personal email accounts too, but you must tell us if you want us to do this by registering your details with us. Sign up here and urge everyone else in your pharmacy team to sign up too.
See our news pages.
More information
- Sign up to receive our regular newsletters.
- Our news round-ups: distribution dates, archive and instructions for contributors.
- Sign up to receive news from CPE – we strongly recommend all contractors in Surrey & Sussex do this.
- Find us on LinkedIn at Community Pharmacy Surrey & Sussex (CPSS).
More information
- Download and read the CPSS Review of the Year 2020-21. Note this document is A4 landscape, so you may need to use the + and – icons on your pdf reader to adjust what you see on your screen.
- Contact us at lpc@communitypharmacyss.co.uk
- Are you on Twitter? Look out for us @CPSS_LPCs
- Media enquiries only to: 07483 176893
- If you would like to know what CPSS can offer as support for contractors, please click here.
- Find us on Linkedin at Community Pharmacy Surrey & Sussex (CPSS).
