Tase Oputu and Lola Dabiri: ‘We are the first, but we don’t want to be the last’

摘要

Tase Oputu and Lola Dabiri are reluctant trailblazers. The only black pharmacists currently on the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) English Pharmacy Board and Scottish Pharmacy Board, respectively, Oputu and Dabiri are using their position in the profession to inspire others to think big. But they both admit that they wish they didn’t have to. “I don’t want the burden to be on us, as black pharmacists, to be continually trying to solve the problem, ” says Oputu, who is lead pharmacist for medicines commissioning and pathways at Barts Health NHS Trust.