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Bristol pharmacist Adeyemi Williams has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Portsmouth, from where he graduated in 2002.

Ade is superintendent pharmacist at Bedminster Pharmacy and director of the MJ Williams Pharmacy Group. He serves on the General Pharmaceutical Council and is a non-executive director at Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.

He chairs the Quality Committee of the Bath, North East Somerset, Swindon Integrated Care Board. He is also a Trustee of the Self Care Forum, and was previously on the Bristol Cathedral Council and the North Bristol NHS Trust board.

Ade’s work has been recognised at the highest levels and by numerous bodies. He was awarded an MBE for services to the NHS and his community. He has received the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Charter Award, and the NHS Parliamentary Award for Excellence in Primary Care. He has also been awarded Honorary Fellowships from the Royal Society of Public Health, and the Royal Society of Arts

Honorary doctorates are the highest accolade the University can give, recognising exceptional achievement and outstanding contribution to society. Ade joins a select group that includes astronaut Tim Peake, physicist and broadcaster Professor Jim Al-Khalili, renowned artist Sir Grayson Perry, adventurer and broadcaster Ben Fogle, and sailing legend Sir Ben Ainslie.

“I am incredibly humbled to receive this honour from the University of Portsmouth,” said Mr Williams. “This City, University and the IFCS Community shaped my enduring understanding that serving to preserve and enhance our vulnerable collective humanity is the essence of the NHS.”