NHS Lanarkshire colleagues are mourning the sad loss of a valued member of staff.
Ann Auld, lead pharmacist for Prescribing Management passed away peacefully on 23 February 2023.
Ann had worked in Lanarkshire since 2007, initially as one of our prescribing advisors within primary care before taking on the lead pharmacist role for the prescribing management team during 2012.
George Lindsay, who recently retired as the chief pharmacist in primary care, had the great pleasure of working with Ann for many years, commented:
“Ann will be sorely missed by all her colleagues and friends. We will all treasure the memories that we all have.
“Professionally, Ann was an inspiration to us all. Her compassion, commitment and determination was clear to see every day as she worked through many challenges. She was instrumental in growing and developing the prescribing management and then the pharmacotherapy service from a very small number to the extensive team there is today.
“Ann has made a huge contribution to the development of the Primary Care Improvement Plan; her forward thinking and clear vision was second to none.
“Ann was very well respected locally as well as nationally where her knowledge, expertise and views were sought frequently.
“We will miss Ann very much and our warmest condolences to Emma, her daughter and Joe, her partner.”
Mark Russell, Medical Director, South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership, said:
“The whole Primary Care Team valued Ann’s expertise and she played a key role in developing the systems by which we help GP Practices to ensure that their prescribing is high quality, safe and efficient. More recently she played a significant role in developing services to support patient care in practices through the Primary Care Improvement Programme. Ann was always generous with her time and keen to help new team members get up to speed on her areas of expertise. She will be hugely missed.”
Anne Milne, Deputy Lead Pharmacist Prescribing Management (North HSCP), commented:
“Ann was a very supportive and caring person: she always showed genuine interest in our life and families outside of work and wanted to know you as a person as well as an employee.
“Her commitment to the Prescribing Team was inspirational to us all in her team and she will be missed both personally and professionally.
“We send our condolences to her family at this sad time.”
Many of our staff gathered at Ann’s funeral on Wednesday, 8 March. At Ann’s request it was a celebration of her life with family, friends and colleagues asked to wear colour.
