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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• 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 EdwardsThis 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 innovationJudged at APTUK conferenceCash 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.

12 years of a wandering soul, the good and bad parts of life as a Locum

Carole Tilbrook, Locum Pharmacy

12 YEARS OF A WANDERING SOUL, THE GOOD AND BAD PARTS OF LIFE AS A LOCUM.

Carole Tilbrook

LIFE BEFORE LOCUM LAND!

Being a locum is not:

An easy life or a way to quick

riches!

BECOMING A LOCUM

Castlebar, County Mayo

Gloucester Cathedral

Liverpool Cathedral

Gibraltar

Gibraltar

Manchester

Inverness

Locum of the year 2007

Northern Ireland

THANK YOU

ANY QUESTIONS?

Refreshments, exhibition and poster

viewingPlease go to your Parallel

Workshop Sessions at 15.45