NEWS NPA IN FOCUS
qUB cAREERS fAIR the NPA was pleased to participate in the recent pharmacy career’s fair hosted by qUB. the event provided an opportunity for employers to meet with undergraduate students, with particular interest from year three students who are thinking of pre-registration placements. members are reminded of a number of resources that the NPA has to support students:
• Student membership available to undergraduate students registered on an mPharm course and provides a range of benefits to support students through their studies and prepare for a career in community pharmacy
• Pharmacy Undergraduate training Programme that has been developed to enable pharmacy employers to provide a structured training programme for undergraduates and allows our members to provide quality placements and attract the highest level of candidates. Remember you can use the NPA’s vacancy finder to advertise available roles including pre-registration placements.
the NPA received a number of queries from international students about tier two visas and employer sponsorship. for additional information members should refer to our guide on visas and sponsorship, and contact Ellis Whittam (0330 1230558), who provide our employment advisory service.
lAUNch of A NEW StRAtEgIc fRAmEWoRK foR dIABEtES michelle o’Neill has launched the new strategic framework for diabetes. the framework details the role that community and practice based pharmacists will have in providing advice and support and ensuring that medication is both available and utilised optimally. It is hoped that specialist diabetes teams will emerge that bring together clinicians, nurses, podiatrists, pharmacists, dieticians, social workers and clinical psychologists to provide direct care for people with more complex needs. members of the specialist diabetes team can also provide advice and support for colleagues who are not specialists in diabetes.
Staff who are not specialists in diabetes, including pharmacists, should also have the skills to support people living with diabetes especially in relation to nutrition and physical activity. NPA members can refer to the NPA’s cPd hub for resources to support development.
hEAlth ANd SocIAl cARE tRANSfoRmAtIoN – coNSUltAtIoN oN cRItERIA foR REcoNfIgURINg hEAlth ANd SocIAl cARE SERvIcES following on from the launch of the health minister, michelle o’Neill’s, vision to transform local health and social care, ‘health and Wellbeing 2026: delivering together’, a consultation on the seven criteria being proposed for reconfiguring the service has been announced. this consultation will run until 20 January 2017 and if you have any comments please contact
a.mcalister@
npa.co.uk
tRIBUtE PAId to dR mIchAEl mcBRIdE
the health minister, michelle o’Neill, has paid tribute to the outgoing Belfast health and Social care trust chief Executive, dr michael mcBride.
chief medical officer, dr mcBride, was appointed chief Executive of Belfast health and Social care trust, (BhSct) on a limited-term basis in december 2014. the trust is now recruiting a permanent chief Executive.
‘I want to pay tribute to the dedication, commitment and hard work of dr michael mcBride in his role as the chief Executive of Belfast health and Social care trust,’ ms o’Neill said.
‘over his two-year tenure, dr mcBride has championed the innovative work
of the trust and made a significant impact in improving performance, empowering staff and leading the development of a new ten-year strategic direction for the organisation.
‘dr mcBride leaves a strong legacy for a new chief Executive to build on and take forward in the context of the wider transformation of the health and social care system as outlined in my vision, ‘health and Wellbeing 2026 – delivering together’.’
BhSct have started the recruitment process, for a new permanent chief Executive, which will run until 3 January 2017 with interviews in the New Year.
qUB ExPERt AImS to REdUcE ImPAct of chEmIcAlS
A queen’s University expert is leading
a €4m international initiative to investigate whether natural toxins and manmade chemicals are creating potentially dangerous mixtures that affect our natural hormones and cause major illnesses such as cancer, obesity, diabetes or infertility.
dr lisa connolly, a leading academic in toxin food Safety and an expert in the Bioassay Analysis of Endocrine disruptors at the University’s Institute for global food Security, will lead the European commission-funded study and collaborate with global experts in an international consortium involving thirteen organisations across nine countries to tackle the world-wide challenge.
‘currently, there is a world-wide shortage of researchers who can assess the impact of potentially dangerous natural and manmade endocrine disrupting chemicals and
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their mixtures on the hormone system which controls important functions within the body such as growth, development and fertility,’ dr connolly said.
‘We also need to understand whether these chemicals can cause illness by damaging the health of good bacteria in the gut. Endocrine disruptors are suspected factors and sometimes proven agents behind several major human diseases, poor productivity in agricultural animals and stress upon ecosystems.
‘If we can identify chemicals and mixtures of concern, we can use this knowledge to inform legislators, improve monitoring and reduce exposure.’
for further information visit
http://protected.eu.com/
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