About Us
Operations
Role:
Stephen manages all Chief Officer functions and procedures, and is responsible for communicating to pharmacy contractors and staff through newsletters, WhatsApp and the CPBC website. He represents CPBC at Local Authority, ICB, NHSE and CPE levels across the Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton footprint of the Black Country, engaging with those bodies to champion community pharmacy.
His interests include the use of information technology and its’ benefits to pharmacy, the management of change and innovation and helping people through those issues and the continuous improvement and efficiency within the pharmacy setting. He enjoys developing innovative services that he hopes will benefit all of pharmacy, by utilising his Master of Business Administration degree.
Stephen Noble: Fit & Proper Person/ Confidentiality
Background:
Stephen is a pharmacist with over forty years experience. He has worked in community pharmacy for all that time, in roles such as Pharmacy Manager, Manager, and External Relationships Pharmacist, developing links with local communities, local authorities and professional networks.
He was a member of Dudley LPC since 2005, and Chief Officer from January 2019 to March 2025. He has been responsible for setting up sexual health advanced services with the former Dudley PCT, as well as the ‘Think Pharmacy’ campaign, which he represented at the Health Services Journal Innovation Awards in 2012. He was an interim deputy chairman of the Birmingham, Solihull and Black Country Local Professional Network (LPN) on its initial setup, and was the LPC’s member on the Scrutiny and Oversight Committee of Central Health Solutions Ltd. and administrator.
Stephen Noble: Declaration of InterestsRole:
Nick has extensive experience, both as a member of an LPC, and working in the role as Treasurer for Community Pharmacy Dudley since 2021, and now as external Finance Officer at Community Pharmacy Black Country.
Nick Holden: Fit & Proper Person
Background:
Nick is a registered Pharmacy Technician with the GPhC and has previously worked in community pharmacy for over 10 years across multiple CCA companies and an Independent Pharmacy. Most of his tenure in community pharmacy was in management roles where he has previously worked as Area Manager for Shropshire, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire and Derby. He is passionate and focused about leadership and development.
Nick joined the education sector, supporting with training and enhancing the next generation of dispensers and pharmacy technicians in their careers within it. In his role at Halesowen College, he networks across multiple employers within the health and science industry, to try to act as an advocate for community pharmacy with extending partners into the wider primary and secondary care provider sector.
Nick Holden: Declaration of InterestsCCA Committee Members
Role:
Finance Sub-Group
Scot Taylor: Fit & Proper Person/ Confidentiality
Background:
Scot is a CCA member who joined Dudley LPC in December 2014 and sits on the Contracts Subgroup. He was appointed Chair of the committee in July 2023.
He graduated from Aston University in 2010, and currently works for Boots as a Pharmacy Support Manager, covering Wolverhampton, Dudley, East Staffs & Sutton Coldfield.
Scot is planning to complete his independent prescribing qualification in the near future.
Scot Taylor: Declaration of InterestsRole:
Services & Comms Sub-Group
IPA/AIMp Committee Members
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Governance Sub-Group
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Chair, Community Pharmacy Black Country
Independent Committee Members
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Services & Comms Sub-Group
Background:
Ali was Chief Officer of Community Pharmacy Sandwell from 2004 to 2023, and has a special interest in contracts and finance. He owns two pharmacies in Stourbridge and West Bromwich.
Ai Din: Declaration of InterestsRole:
Governance Sub-Group
Background:
Mal served on Birmingham LPC from 2007 to 2010, and then from 2011 on Community Pharmacy Sandwell. He is interested in business development, substance misuse and general management.
Bhupinder Malhi: Declaration of InterestRole:
Services & Comms Sub-Group
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Vice-Chair, Community Pharmacy Black Country
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Services & Comms Sub-Group
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Finance Sub-Group
Rifat Asghar-Hussain: Fit & Proper Person/ Confidentiality
Background:
Rifat is a seasoned independent contractor, with over a decade of experience. She has owned pharmacies in diverse and challenging areas across the West Midlands.
A passionate advocate for community pharmacy, she feels we are at the forefront of preventative healthcare. The adage “An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure” is not just a saying—it’s a philosophy she believes every pharmacist should adopt.
Recently, Rifat achieved a milestone by completing her Independent Prescribers course at Aston University, further enhancing her ability to make a difference in the field of healthcare.
Rifat Asghar-Hussain: Declaration of InterestsRole:
Services & Comms Sub-Group
Rimi Baden: Fit & Proper Person/ Confidentiality
Background:
Rimi is an independent contractor having held the same position on Community Pharmacy Wolverhampton for the last six years of the life of the committee.
Rimi Baden: Declaration of InterestsRole:
Finance Sub-Group
Indy Grewal: Fit & Proper Person/ Confidentiality
Background:
Indy is an independent contractor, and holds a similar position on Community Pharmacy Staffs & Stoke (formerly North and South Staffs LPC). He has served on South Staffordshire LPC’s governance sub-committee.
Indy Grewal: Declaration of Interests