On 8 February 2025, Jeremy David Savage FPharmS, aged 65 years, of Walkford, Dorset. Mr Savage registered with the Society in 1982 and was made an RPS Fellow in 2003.
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Jeremy had an outgoing personality and a tremendous zest for life. Never one to adopt a conventional approach, he was an innovator who prepared to push boundaries and challenge the system.
He registered with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in 1982 and was made a Fellow of the Society in 2003 for distinction in the practice of pharmacy. Jeremy spent the majority of his career in hospital practice in Wales, holding several posts within the Rhondda Cynon Taf NHS Trust before becoming chief pharmacist at the West Wales General Hospital in Carmarthen, Wales, in the early 1990s.
He joined the civil service in 2005 on his appointment as deputy chief pharmaceutical adviser to the Welsh government, formerly the Welsh Assembly government. This is a post that he held until he returned to hospital practice in 2011 and relocated to Portsmouth, where he served as chief pharmacist to the Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust. Jeremy was also an alumnus of Portsmouth School of Pharmacy.
I was saddened to hear the news of Jeremy’s untimely death. We had known each other for almost 40 years. At one point, we were both chief pharmacists at neighbouring NHS trusts and eventually ended up working alongside each other for the Welsh Assembly government.
Jeremy oversaw the successful delivery of the government-funded project to introduce automated dispensing systems into the district general hospitals across Wales. In some ways, the project was to be his lasting legacy to hospital pharmacy in Wales.
As several colleagues have said to me in recent days, ‘he was a good lad ‘, great company and contributed much to pharmacy in Wales. A ‘bon viveur’ with eclectic tastes and interests, he will be sadly missed by his friends and colleagues.
He died peacefully at Macmillian Hospice in Christchurch, Dorset. Our thoughts are with Gaynor and the family at this time of sadness.
A celebration of Jeremy’s life will be held at a later date.
Carwen Wynne Howells, former chief pharmaceutical adviser for Wales
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I was saddened to hear this week of the untimely passing of Jeremy. I first met him at Junior School in Nelson, followed by our time together at Lewis Boys' School in Pengam. We were then both accepted at Portsmouth School of Pharmacy and 'roomed' together for the three years there before graduating. Our paths continued to cross professionally as I had a period of employment at Prince Charles Hospital in Merthyr Tydfil before I ultimately headed for a career in Community Pharmacy. I lost touch with him in the latter years when he moved to the South of England. I did however have a final chance encounter a few years back at the Cliff Hotel in Gwbert where we were both enjoying the hospitality. Something Jeremy did with consummate ease. Very sad.