Two LPCs in Surrey & Sussex

Representing, supporting, developing and promoting just under 500 NHS community pharmacy across Sussex and Surrey. (195 Surrey, 304 in Sussex).

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, Vice-Chair and Treasurer from each LPC. Here’s our organisational chart. For more information on CPSS click here.

A collaboration agreement has been drawn up between the two LPCs to ensure that each committee did 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.

Two local pharmaceutical committees in Surrey and Sussex work locally with the local NHS England area teams, ICSs, local authorities and other healthcare professionals to help plan healthcare services.

We negotiate and discuss pharmacy services with commissioners and give advice to community pharmacy contractors and others wanting to know more about local pharmacy.

Consultation with NHS England – the LPC is a statutory body, recognised by Government and NHS England. NHS England is required to consult with LPCs but not required to act on that consultation. As the services that can be provided by pharmacy extends to those that may be commissioned by other commissioners including ICSs and Local Authorities, the Committees will seek to gain recognition as the representative body for pharmacy contractors by building strong relationships with these other organisations.

LPCs are not responsible for service commissioning in any way, but they can provide support and advice about services.

LPCs are not allowed to hold a contract on behalf of pharmacies (eg a stop smoking service), however, they can facilitate the setup of a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) of interested pharmacies to work together to bid for services.

The Committees are recognised by NHS England under the provisions of section 167 of the Act as representative of the pharmacy contractors in the area(s) of the following Health and Wellbeing Boards: –

Brighton and Hove Health & Wellbeing Board (East Sussex LPC)
East Sussex Health & Wellbeing Board (East Sussex LPC)
West Sussex Health & Wellbeing Board (West Sussex LPC)
Surrey Health & Wellbeing Board (Surrey LPC)

The work of the LPC is governed by committee. Members are either elected or nominated to join the committee to represent contractors (‘pharmacy owners’) views. Members do not get paid; however, they can claim expenses and locum fees for attending meetings.

Community Pharmacy Surrey and Sussex actively promotes and strives to adhere to the Nolan principles which are the basis of the ethical standards expected of public office holders. In 2023, all members of our two LPCs have agreed to adhere to these principles.

Responsibilities:

Setting strategic direction and policy
Agreeing and demonstrating vision, mission and values
oversight and control of the following areas
- Strategy and work plan, ensure operations are aligned
- Monitoring and evaluation against agreed goals
- Financial scrutiny – integrity, robustness, controls
- Value and level of service to contractors
- Management of CEO and to provide help and advice, act as a soundboard for management/executive team
Looking after the interests of the local contractors and to bring member insight and effectively represent views

LPC meetings are open to observers, and we especially encourage community pharmacy contractors and their team members to join us and find out what we do. Should you wish to attend an LPC meeting as an observer in person or by video, this needs to be pre-arranged. Email us at: LPC@communitypharmacyss.co.uk.

Click on a heading below for more information including LPC constitutions and LPC members, meeting dates, minutes of meetings, annual reports & accounts

Community Pharmacy Sussex

Community Pharmacy Sussex members

Name	Organisation	Representative	Declaration of interest
Michaela Tytherleigh	Paydens	AIMp	Available upon request
Sukhpreet Uppal	Sidley Pharmacy	IND	Available upon request
Dervis Gurol	Healthy U Pharmacy	IND	Available upon request
Aakarsh Patel		IND	Available upon request
Yola Barnard	Superdrug	CCA	Available upon request
James Grieves	Boots	CCA	Available upon request
Paul Antenen (Treasurer)	Kamsons	AIMp	Available upon request
Ankit Tyagi	Clarity Stores Limited	IND	Available upon request
Sarah Davis (Chair)	Boots	CCA	Available upon request
Sam Ingram	Boots	CCA	Available upon request
Mark Donaghy (Chair)	Kamsons	AIMp	Available upon request
Daniel Melrose	Day Lewis	AIMp	Available upon request
James Williams	Well	CCA	Available upon request

Members of the committee with specific roles are indicated.

If you would like to contact an LPC member, please email LPC@communitypharmacyss.co.uk

Sussex LPC dates

Here are the upcoming LPC Meeting dates:

- 23 Nov 2023 Venue: East Sussex National, Uckfield, TN22 5ES. All day meeting to commence at 9.30am
- 8 Feb 2024 Venue: East Sussex National, Uckfield, TN22 5ES. All day meeting to commence at 9.30am
- 16 May 2024 Venue: East Sussex National, Uckfield, TN22 5ES. All day meeting to commence at 9.30am
- 18 July 2024 Venue: East Sussex National, Uckfield, TN22 5ES. All day meeting to commence at 9.30am
- 12 Sep 2024 Venue: East Sussex National, Uckfield, TN22 5ES. All day meeting to commence at 9.30am
- 21 Nov 2024 Venue: East Sussex National, Uckfield, TN22 5ES. All day meeting to commence at 9.30am
- 6 Feb 2025 Venue: East Sussex National, Uckfield, TN22 5ES. All day meeting to commence at 9.30am

Sussex LPC minutes

Please note the latest minutes are draft until they are ratified at the following LPC meeting

2023/2024: July 2023 LPC Minutes | East Sussex AGM Minutes 2022 | West Sussex AGM Minutes 2022 |

Older minutes are available for viewing on request

Sussex Agendas

Agendas 2023/24

Agenda July 2023 | Agenda September 2023 | Agenda November 2023 |

Constitution and Governance: Sussex LPC

Annual report and accounts: Community Pharmacy Sussex
- Community Pharmacy Sussex aims to be as open and transparent as possible, regarding our financial management and use of contractor’s funds raised via the LPC levy. Copies of our bank statements, expense reports and management accounts are reported and available for LPC members to inspect at each meeting.
- We are constitutionally required to produce an Annual Report within six months of our year end. We take this opportunity not only to reflect on the past 12 months performance but to re-focus on the coming challenges and opportunities. The report also contains a statement of accounts and is circulated to our constituent contractors, to NHS England & Improvement and Community Pharmacy England within six months of the completion of the period to which the report relates.
- The report includes details of all remuneration, expenses and allowances paid to Officers and Members during the year. Within six months of the end of the Committee’s financial year an Annual General Meeting is convened with at least 28 days notice given to contractors. At the Annual General Meeting the Annual Report is presented and any other business as necessary conducted.

View our annual reports below

Annual report and accounts

Community Pharmacy Surrey and Sussex Review of the year 2020-2021. 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. A hard copy was sent my mail to all pharmacies and head office contacts at the end of August 2021.

Community Pharmacy Surrey

Community Pharmacy Surrey Members

Name	Organisation	Representative	Declaration of interest
Kay Hau	Morrisons	CCA	Kay Hau DOI 221123
Neha Soni	Boots	CCA	Neha Soni DOI 060223
Jay Patel (Chair)	Day Lewis	AIMp	Jay Patel DOI 170822
Chris Scoble (Vice Chair)	Boots	CCA	Chris Scoble DOI 090921
Jaymil Patel	Nima Chemist	IND	Jaymil Patel DOI 090321
Sejal Patel	Grove Pharmacy	IND	Sejal Patel DOI 120321
Smita Patel	Guildford Chemist	IND	Smita Patel DOI 180423
Jay Amin	Woodbridge Pharmacy	IND	Jay Amin DOI 151121
Mala Mahasuria	Kents Pharmacy	IND	Mala Mahasuria DOI 070723
Purvi Shukla (Treasurer)	Boots	CCA	Purvi Shukla DOI 070621

Members of the committee with specific roles are indicated.

Email LPC@communitypharmacyss.co.uk if you would like to contact an LPC member.

Next LPC dates

Here are the upcoming LPC Meeting dates:

- 29 Nov 2023 Venue: Tyrrells Wood Golf Club, Tyrrells Wood, Leatherhead KT22 8QP from 9.30am till 4.00pm
- 8 Feb 2024 Venue: East Sussex National, Uckfield, TN22 5ES. All day meeting to commence at 9.30am
- 8 May 2024 Venue: Tyrrells Wood Golf Club, Tyrrells Wood, Leatherhead KT22 8QP from 9.30am till 4.00pm
- 10 July 2024 Venue: Tyrrells Wood Golf Club, Tyrrells Wood, Leatherhead KT22 8QP from 9.30am till 4.00pm
- 18 Sep 2024 Venue: Tyrrells Wood Golf Club, Tyrrells Wood, Leatherhead KT22 8QP from 9.30am till 4.00pm
- 27 Nov 2024 Venue: Tyrrells Wood Golf Club, Tyrrells Wood, Leatherhead KT22 8QP from 9.30am till 4.00pm
- 12 Feb 2025 Venue: Tyrrells Wood Golf Club, Tyrrells Wood, Leatherhead KT22 8QP from 9.30am till 4.00pm

LPC meetings are open to observers, and we encourage you to join one to find out what an LPC does. Contact us in advance of a meeting if you’d like to attend an LPC meeting as an observer. Email: LPC@communitypharmacyss.co.uk.

LPC Minutes

Minutes are draft until they are ratified at the next LPC meeting

2023/2024: Feb 2023 Minutes LPC | May 2023 Minutes LPC | July 2023 Minutes LPC | Sep 2022 AGM minutes |

2021/2022: May 2021 Minutes LPC | July 2021 Minutes LPC | September 2021 Minutes LPC | November 2021 Minutes LPC | February 2022 Minutes LPC

Older minutes are available for viewing on request

Surrey LPC Agendas

Agendas 2023/24

Agenda May 2023 | Agenda July 2023 | Agenda September 2023 | Agenda November 2023 |

Agendas 2022/23

Agendas 2021/22

Constitution and Governance: Surrey LPC

Annual report and accounts: Community Pharmacy Surrey
- Community Pharmacy Surrey aims to be as open and transparent as possible, regarding our financial management and use of contractor’s funds raised via the LPC levy. Copies of our bank statements, expense reports and management accounts are reported and available for LPC members to inspect at each meeting.
- We are constitutionally required to produce an Annual Report within six months of our year end. We take this opportunity not only to reflect on the past 12 months performance but to re-focus on the coming challenges and opportunities. The report also contains a statement of accounts and is circulated to our constituent contractors, to NHS England & Improvement and Community Pharmacy England within six months of the completion of the period to which the report relates.
- The report includes details of all remuneration, expenses and allowances paid to Officers and Members during the year. Within six months of the end of the Committee’s financial year an Annual General Meeting is convened with at least 28 days notice given to contractors. At the Annual General Meeting the Annual Report is presented and any other business as necessary conducted.

View our annual reports below

Annual report and accounts

Community Pharmacy Surrey Annual Report 2022/2023
Further annual reports available upon request.

Previous West Sussex LPC and East Sussex LPC

If you would like to contact an LPC member, please email LPC@communitypharmacyss.co.uk.

Declarations of members interest are available on request by emailing lpc@communitypharmacyss.co.uk.

LPC meetings are open to observers, and we encourage you to join them and find out what they do. Should you wish to attend an LPC meeting as an observer, this needs to be pre-arranged. Email us at: LPC@communitypharmacyss.co.uk.

West Sussex LPC Minutes

Please note the latest minutes will be in draft format until they are ratified at the following LPC meeting

2023/2024: Feb 2023 Minutes LPC | May 2023 Minutes LPC |

Older minutes are available for viewing on request

West Sussex LPC Agendas

Agendas 2023/24

Agenda May 2023 |

Agendas 2022/23

Agendas 2021/22

Annual report and accounts: West Sussex LPC
- West Sussex LPC aims to be as open and transparent as possible, regarding our financial management and use of contractor’s funds raised via the LPC levy. Copies of our bank statements, expense reports and management accounts are reported and available for LPC members to inspect at each meeting.
- We are constitutionally required to produce an Annual Report within six months of our year end. We take this opportunity not only to reflect on the past 12 months performance but to re-focus on the coming challenges and opportunities. The report also contains a statement of accounts and is circulated to our constituent contractors, to NHS England & Improvement and Community Pharmacy England within six months of the completion of the period to which the report relates.
- The report includes details of all remuneration, expenses and allowances paid to Officers and Members during the year. Within six months of the end of the Committee’s financial year an Annual General Meeting is convened with at least 28 days notice given to contractors. At the Annual General Meeting the Annual Report is presented and any other business as necessary conducted.

View our annual reports below

Annual report and accounts

Annual report West Sussex 2022/2023
Further annual reports available upon request.

East Sussex LPC minutes

Please note the latest minutes are draft until they are ratified at the following LPC meeting.

2023/2024: Feb 2023 Minutes LPC | May 2023 Minutes LPC |

2021/2022: May 2021 Minutes LPC | July 2021 Minutes LPC | September 2021 Minutes LPC | Nov 2021 Minutes LPC | Feb 2022 Minutes LPC

Older minutes are available for viewing on request

East Sussex Agendas

Agendas 2023/24

Agenda May 2023 |

Agendas 2022/23

Agendas 2021/22

Annual report and accounts: East Sussex LPC
- East Sussex LPC aims to be as open and transparent as possible, regarding our financial management and use of contractor’s funds raised via the LPC levy. Copies of our bank statements, expense reports and management accounts are reported and available for LPC members to inspect at each meeting.
- We are constitutionally required to produce an Annual Report within six months of our year end. We take this opportunity not only to reflect on the past 12 months performance but to re-focus on the coming challenges and opportunities. The report also contains a statement of accounts and is circulated to our constituent contractors, to NHS England & Improvement and Community Pharmacy England within six months of the completion of the period to which the report relates.
- The report includes details of all remuneration, expenses and allowances paid to Officers and Members during the year. Within six months of the end of the Committee’s financial year an Annual General Meeting is convened with at least 28 days’ notice given to contractors. At the Annual General Meeting the Annual Report is presented and any other business as necessary conducted.

Two LPCs in Surrey & Sussex

Agendas 2023/24

Agendas 2023/24

Agendas 2022/23

Agendas 2021/22

Agendas 2023/24

Agendas 2022/23

Agendas 2021/22

Agendas 2023/24

Agendas 2022/23

Agendas 2021/22

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