Dr Jim Livingstone has been reappointed as president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland, and Sandra Cooke is reappointed as a Council member from April 6 to September 2022.

The PSNI Council comprises of 14 non-executive members – 7 registered persons and 7 lay members.

Dr Livingstone was director of safety quality & standards at the Department of Health before retiring from the Civil Service in October 2012. He then served for over 6 years as a non-executive director of the NI Ambulance Service Trust Board.

Miss Sandra Cooke (pictured) was appointed as a Council member to the Pharmaceutical Society in 2014 where she has been involved in various Committees including Audit and Risk, Fitness to Practice and Education, Standards and Regulation.

She won an Independent Pharmacist of the Year award in 2015 when she was recognised for her commitment to both her patients and the profession.