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Professor Harry McQuillan, Chief Executive Officer with Community Pharmacy Scotland


efforts in enhancing patient and pharmaceutical care and excellence at the Scottish Pharmacist Awards, which were held in the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC).


The annual Scottish Pharmacist Awards seek to recognise the work and dedication of pharmacy professionals within Scotland.


Eight winners were victorious on the night, with over 32 finalists in contention. Cadham Pharmacy in Glenrothes emerged as the big winner, scooping two awards including Community Pharmacy Team of the Year and Pharmacist of the Year, whilst Ian Cowan, Director of Pharmacy, Rowland’s Pharmacy was the recipient of the prestigious Outstanding Contribution to Pharmacy Practice Award.


The evening, which was hosted by the glamorous Carol Smillie, attracted more


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ommunity and hospital pharmacists and their teams have been honoured for their


than 450 industry professionals, including some of the pharmacy sector's most influential figures: including Chief Pharmaceutical Officer Professor Rose Marie Parr, Community Pharmacy Scotland Chief Executive Officer Professor Harry McQuillan and Alex MacKinnon, RPS Director for Scotland.


Thanks must go to the award sponsors - Target Healthcare, Juvela, Positive Solutions, Wockhardt UK, Actavis UK, Alliance Healthcare, Teva UK, Willach UK, EMIS Health and the Schools of Pharmacy at the University of Strathclyde and Robert Gordon University - alongside our associate sponsors, Strathclyde Pharmaceuticals and the National Pharmacy Association - without whom the night would not have been possible.


Steve Anderson, Director of Operations & Pharma Services AAH Pharmaceuticals Ltd, lead sponsor for the event, told the audience, “AAH are delighted once again to be the main sponsor for the third consecutive year at the EICC.


“Tonight we will take some time to recognise the outstanding work and innovation that has taken place over the last twelve months in Scottish pharmacy. “Scottish pharmacy continues to set the standard for pharmacy in the UK and whilst there may be no such thing as a perfect pharmacy contract the Scottish contract looks more valuable than ever in these difficult times for pharmacy colleagues across other parts of the UK.


“We at AAH would like to congratulate all the nominees in all of tonight’s categories, and say a very special well done to all of tonight’s winners.”


Speaking after winning her award for Pharmacist of the Year, Bernadette Brown reflected on the importance of the awards to the profession sharing some words of wisdom and hopes for the future.


“I would like the future of pharmacy to be the vision of pharmacy’s Prescription for Excellence,” she said.


“A future in which we are rewarded for outcome data; for making someone with asthma breathe easier or for enabling a patient who is 67 years-old to go cycling with his grand- children, because we, as pharmacists, looked after their asthma. When we do domiciliary visits, that someone with diabetes suddenly has good diabetes control, because we are helping them manage their long-term conditions.


“This is all part of the day-to-day work that we do, and don’t get recognised for. I want the Government and all the MSPs in Scotland to recognise pharmacists for what we do. I want all my pharmacy colleagues to get their data together and start evidencing so that the pharmacy of the future is about clinical care and making people better and that we are recognised as an integral part of the NHS. This is what we currently are, but we don’t show it very easily.


“Let all of us, as pharmacists, across the whole of the UK, show what we can do.”


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