Bob Leach: Benefiting from a broad spectrum of experience

The tables are being turned o­n our interviewer, Bob Leach. Here, Ian Harrison, health care consultant, speaks to him about his wide-ranging experience in pharmacyBob Leach's career spans a 40-year period, during which he has practised in several areas of pharmacy. During this time, he adapted well to each change in health care organisation. Younger pharmacists should find much from this interview to encourage them in their career development and survival strategies.Ian Harrison: Bob, many hospital pharmacy managers probably know you as the editor of Pharmacy Management. How did you get involved in editorial work?Bob Leach: I was invited to join the editorial board of Pharmacy Management from its inception in 1985 and, apart from the first o­ne, I have edited every edition to date. I had previously done some writing, including several years of preparing (under the "Clinicus" nom de plume) the hospital "Broad Spectrum" column, as it was known then, for The Pharmaceutical Journal. Through this medium I endeavoured to advocate strongly for the development of hospital practice and also encourage individuals when hospital work hit the doldrums.


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