A summary of RPS in Scotland 2017 Q1 advocacy

1. Q1 RPS in Scotland Advocacy 2017

4. Advocating in Parliament and through
pharmacy visit

5. Miles Briggs MSP (Con), Shadow Minister for Public
Health and member of the Health & Sports
Committee, visiting Colinton Mains Pharmacy
Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP (Lib-
Dem), Spokesperson for Health,
signing our manifesto pledge

6. Scottish Labour & Scottish Conservatives
Conferences

7. Colin Smyth MSP, Shadow Health Minister
Rhoda Grant MSP,
Rural Economy and Connectivity Spokesperson
Jackie Baillie MSP, Economy, Fair Work and Jobs Spokesperson
Signing our manifesto pledge
Also met Neil Findlay MSP,
Convener Health & Sports Committee

8. Donald Cameron MSP (Con), Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health
and Sport and member of the Health & Sports Committee, signing
our manifesto pledge
Also met with Miles Briggs MSP, Shadow Minister for Public Health
and Brian Whittle MSP, Spokesperson for Health Education, Lifestyle
and Sport

9. Exhibiting in Scottish Parliament
7-9 March 2017

10. Kindly sponsored by Maree Todd MSP

12. Scottish National Party

13. Aileen Campbell MSP, Minister for Public Health Humza Yousaf MSP, Minister for Transport

14. Claire Haughey MSP, Deputy Convener of Health & Sports Committee and Tom Arthur MSP, member of
Health & Sports Committee, signing our manifesto

15. Bill Kidd MSP, SNP Whip, and Claire Adamson MSP, signing our manifesto

16. Sandra White MSP, signing our manifesto and catching up with Ruth Maguire MSP, who signed our manifesto
pledge prior to being elected

17. Kenneth Gibson MSP and Stuart McMillan MSP signing our manifesto front page pledge

18. Christine Grahame MSP, Deputy Presiding Officer in the Scottish Parliament, and Fulton MacGregor MSP,
Parliamentary Liaison Officer to the Cabinet Secretary for Health & Sport (and sponsor of our Personalised
Medicine reception in the Scottish Parliament December 2016), signing our manifesto

19. Gail Ross MSP, Parliamentary Liaison Officer to the Office of the First Minister and Gordon MacDonald MSP,
signing our manifesto pledge

20. And we also spoke to:
• Maureen Watt MSP,
Minister for Mental
Health
• Richard Lyle MSP
• John Mason MSP
• Bob Doris MSP
• Gillian Martin MSP
• Mairi Evans MSP
Linda Fabiani MSP, signing our manifesto pledge

21. Scottish Conservatives

22. Discussing our science-base with Miles Briggs MSP
(below)
Brian Whittle MSP, signing our manifesto pledge

23. Deputy Leader of the Scottish Conservatives and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External
Affairs, Jackson Carlaw MSP, supporting our collaborative primary care statement and Alexander Stewart MSP,
Spokesperson for International Development and External Affairs, signing our manifesto pledge

24. Margaret Mitchell MSP, signing our manifesto
pledge
And we also spoke to:
• Edward Mountain MSP

25. Scottish Labour

26. Anas Sarwar MSP, Health Spokesperson, supporting our Long Term Conditions Policy and David Stewart MSP,
Shadow Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, signing our manifesto pledge

27. And we also spoke to:
• Alex Rowley MSP (Dep Leader)
• Colin Smyth MSP (Shadow Minister Health)
• Rhoda Grant MSP
And:
• Ken Macintosh MSP Presiding Officer
(neutral)
Pauline McNeill MSP, Shadow Community Minister,
signing our manifesto pledge

28. Scottish Greens

29. Catching up with Alison Johnstone MSP,
Spokesperson for: Health & Sport; Social
Security; Children & Young People.
Discussing our recent Long Term
Conditions Policy and access to records

30. Testing reach over the three days on social
media platforms
• 22K Tweet impressions over the three days*
• 2K reached via Facebook posts
* Number of times users saw the tweet on Twitter

31. SNP Conference

32. Catching up with
Maree Todd MSP
and Eilidh Whiteford
MP re new roles of
pharmacists (right)
Support from Mairi
Evans MSP,
Parliamentary Liaison
Officer to the
Cabinet Secretary for
Communities, Social
Security and
Equalities, for our
manifesto pledge
(left)

33. Summary Q1

34. • Successful engagement with almost a third of the Scottish
Parliament’s MSPs
• Additional 18 MSPs signed front page manifesto pledge
• Total signatories to pledge: 39 MSPs
• Follow-up agreed with many MSPs
• Visibility for the profession & the RPS in Scotland

35. Thank you for viewing
Interested in engaging with your MSP? Got evidence of great pharmacist-led
service we can share with policy makers?
Contact:
Susanne Cameron-Nielsen MCIPR
Head of External Relations
scn@rpharms.com