Laura is the Director for Scotland at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Laura comes from a community background where she spent 14 years as a pharmacy manager. With a special interest in
addiction and mental health, Laura gained her independent prescribing qualification in psychiatry in 2008 and has prescribed in various roles. Laura spent 7 years of her career as an Advanced Pharmacist in Addictions. Some highlights from that time include being a member of HM inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland and spending 2 years in education as a teacher practitioner at Strathclyde University. Laura joined the RPS in March 2021 as Policy and Practice Lead before becoming Director in January 2023. She has also taken leadership roles within the organisation on their Health inequalities, Independent Prescribing and International workstreams.