Laura is the Practice and Policy Lead for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) in Scotland. RPS is the professional leadership body for pharmacists and as part of Laura's role she leads on the sustainability work across all 3 nations. She has a background in community pharmacy and spent a significant part of her career as an Advanced pharmacist in addictions. Laura also has experience in the education sector having worked as a teacher practitioner at Strathclyde University in Glasgow. Laura qualified as an independent prescriber in 2007 and has prescribed in psychiatry as well as addictions.