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Community Pharmacy England (CPE) has encouraged pharmacists in the East and North Midlands who are interested in joining the negotiator’s committee to stand for election after the resignation last month of one of its members.

CPE is inviting expressions of interest as it steps up its search for a new independent regional representative for the East and North Midlands, following Lindsey Fairbrother’s decision to sell Good Life Pharmacy in Hatton and step down from the committee.

Fairbrother, whose pharmacy took part in the independent prescribing pathfinder programme, said she had “three rewarding years serving on the committee” but insisted she would “continue to support community pharmacy in whatever way” she can. She is a designed prescribing practitioner to foundation year pharmacy students.

CPE said pharmacists who own up to nine NHS pharmacies in England, are not members of the Independent Pharmacies Association and are members or officers of a local pharmaceutical committee in the East and North Midlands are eligible to stand for election.

LPCs in the region include Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Rutland, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent.

CPE said pharmacists have until Thursday (May 14) to register their interest. The negotiator also said Civica, formerly known as the Electoral Reform Services, is “assisting CPE with the election process and will conduct any ballot independently”.