The NPA Board of Management comprises 23 members, 21 of whom are elected and represent a region of the United Kingdom and 2 co-opted members representing Lloydspharmacy and Alliance-Boots pharmacy groups.
The Board meets eight times a year, and directs the overall policy and operation of the Association. The Chairman, Vice-Chairman and Treasurer are elected by the Board. Each Board member sits on one of three standing sub-committees - Finance & Audit, Business Development & Risk Management and Policy & Practice. Every three years the Board elects two nominees to the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee (PSNC) and one member as European representative on the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU) and Europharm Forum organisations.