Medicines and Policy Group
Dr Mark Timoney, Senior Principal Pharmaceutical Officer leads the Medicines and Policy Group which is responsible for:
Providing specialist professional advice to, the Minister, Department and wider HSC on all matters relating to medicines and their use.
Leading on policy relating to pharmacy and medicines including:
- Strategies for Community and Hospital Pharmacy (PDF 349KB)
- Medicines Management
- Pharmaceutical Clinical Effectiveness Programme
- Pharmaceutical Services
- Pharmaceutical Public Health
- Non-medical prescribing
- Procurement
Providing professional advice and input into wider Department policy and business areas including:
- Antimicrobial Resistance Action Committee (ARAC)
- 10 Year Quality Strategy for Health and Social Care
- Service Frameworks
- Living with Long Term Conditions
- Promoting Good Nutrition Strategy
- 10 Year Tobacco Control Strategy
- A New Value Based Approach To Pricing Branded Medicines
- Emergency Planning
- Pandemic Influenza
- Childhood Vaccinations and Seasonal Influenza
- Capital Planning
- Workforce Development
- Research and Development
- Controls Assurance Standards (PDF 1.09KB)
- Use and Control of Medicines
Other responsibilities include:
- The National Appeal Panel
- NI Pharmaceutical Service Regulations Legislation
- NI Drug Tariff
- Commissioning Post Graduate Pharmacy Education
- Representing the Department in relation to policy and legislative issues involving pharmacy and medicines within the UK and Europe
- Membership of the BNF Joint Formulary Committee
