Pharmaceutical Compounding and Dispensing - Pharmaceutics

About the authors
CHRISTOPHER A LANGLEY is a qualifi ed pharmacist who graduated from Aston
University in 1996 and then undertook his pre-registration training at St Peter’s
Hospital in Chertsey. Upon registration, he returned to Aston University to
undertake a PhD within the Medicinal Chemistry Research Group before moving
over full-time to Pharmacy Practice. He is currently employed as a Lecturer in
Pharmacy Practice, specialising in teaching the professional and legal aspects of
the degree programme.
His research interests predominantly surround pharmacy education but he is
also involved in research examining the role of the pharmacist within both primary
and secondary care. This includes examining the pharmacist’s role in public
health and the reasons behind and possible solutions to the generation of waste
medication.
DAWN BELCHER Is a qualifi ed pharmacist who graduated from the Welsh School of
Pharmacy in 1977 and then undertook her pre-registration training with Boots the
Chemist at their Wolverhampton store. After registration she worked as a relief
manager and later as a pharmacy manager for Boots the Chemist until 1984. Whilst
raising a family she undertook locum duties for Boots the Chemist and in 1986
became an independent locum working for a small chain of pharmacies in the West
Midlands while also working for Lloyds Chemist.
In 1989 she began sessional teaching with the Pharmacy Practice group at
Aston University which continued until she took a permanent post in 2001. She
now enjoys teaching practical aspects of pharmacy practice whilst still keeping an
association with Lloydspharmacy where she is employed as a relief manager.
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