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WELCOME BACK. Please switch off your mobile phones. Annual General Meeting. Fiona Price, Honorary Secretary, APTUK. AHH Prize Winners. The Association of Pharmacy Technicians (UK) (APTUK). Pharmacy Technician of the Year Awards Sponsored by AAH. Content. AAH Sponsored awards
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Annual General Meeting Fiona Price, Honorary Secretary, APTUK
The Association of Pharmacy Technicians (UK) (APTUK) Pharmacy Technician of the Year Awards Sponsored by AAH
Content • AAH Sponsored awards • Katherine Miles Poster Competition • APTUK update
AAH sponsored Awards • Originally just one award • Hospital Pharmacy Technician of the Year • Did not reflect APTUK’s cross-sector role • Introduction of a Primary Care award • Then introduction of a Professional award
AAH Sponsored Awards • Criteria- must be pharmacy technician project, written and submitted by the Pharmacy Technician • Winners will present at APTUK conference
Secondary Care Award Previous West Midlands winner- Lorraine Edwards This year- Joint winners: Sarah Goman and Susan Edwards- Valindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff • Introduction of An Oral Vinorelbine Education and Toxicity Assessment Service By Senior Pharmacy Technicians
Secondary Care Award • Prize- £1000.00 educational bursary • One year’s APTUK membership • Place at APTUK conference
Primary Care Award • Open to all working in Community Pharmacy, PCT or Dispensing Practices • Prize- as for Secondary care • This year’s winner- Joanne Widdowson-Wild • Wicker Pharmacy, Sheffield • How can we improve recording to provide an evidence base for signposting requests, as part of the community pharmacy contractual framework?
Professional Award • Opportunity to nominate a colleague • Recognise contribution to the profession • Prize- £500.00 educational Bursary plus one year’s APTUK membership and place at Conference • This year’s winner- Nicola Foulds, Manchester Branch Chairman
Branch of the year award • New this year • Judged by national officers against a performance criteria • Winners this year- Wirral Branch
Katherine Miles Poster Competition (Sponsored by Helapet) An alternative way of sharing good practice and innovation Judged at APTUK conference Cash prizes- 1st £250.00, 2nd £150.00 3rd £100.00
West Midlands Triumph!! • This year’s winners: • 1st- Sarah Simmons (City Hospital Birmingham • 2nd Sally Hall (Shetland Isles- care homes) • 3rd Lisa Wall-Hayes (Sandwell and West Birmingham PCT)
APTUK Professional Development Advisory Group • ….. Or APDAG • Fills the void left by RPSGB advisory group • Members- from all sectors, all regions • First meeting – 17th May • Projects- developing standards for accuracy checking
Conclusion • If you’ve got it- flaunt it!! • Apart from the prize it’s a way of sharing your ideas and putting your Trust on the map. • Wide range of awards available.
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Refreshments, exhibition and poster viewing Please go to your Parallel Workshop Sessions at 15.45