by recognition from Government and representative bodies that pharmacy has a signifi cant role to play in the health of the Scottish nation, working in partnership with other parts of the NHS to achieve pharmaceutical excellence.
The Scottish Pharmacist Awards recognise the outstanding work performed by individuals and teams across Scotland.
In an evolving healthcare environment, it is important today to highlight the contribution that pharmacy makes by adapting and enhancing care in the NHS, improving the health of patients and the local community it serves.’
Once the speeches were over, it was time for the main event of the evening – the presentation of the awards to those, who had gone that ‘extra mile’ over the course of the year in the provision of pharmacy services to patients.
Every aspect of pharmacy service provision throughout Scotland was considered: from the excellent level of customer service provided by delivery driver Jeff Dick, the Pharmacy Team Member of the Year from Deans Pharmacy in East Kilbride, to the collaborative contribution of the Combined Assessment Unit Pharmacy Team from University Hospital Crosshouse and University Hospital Ayr: the winners of the Hospital Pharmacy Team of the Year.
Collaboration was also the name of the game for the winners of the Working in Partnership Award, with Laura McKinnell and her team from LloydsPharmacy in Cumnock working closely with the local GP surgery in a new and exciting project, which integrates the work between primary and secondary care to enhance the link between the community pharmacy sector and hospital setting.
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Lauren Clarke and her team from Davidsons Chemist, Forfar took to the stage twice on the evening, fi rstly picking up the Community Pharmacy Service Initiative Award as a result of their participation in a vital phase of development work for the HCV service, and secondly to pick up the highly-coveted Community Pharmacy Team of the Year Award.
Prevention, as they say, is always better than cure and so health promotion is increasingly taking centre stage in community pharmacy. The winner of this year’s Health Promotion Award - Deans Pharmacy in Wishaw – provided an excellent example of the benefi ts of promoting ‘wellness’ thanks to their smoking cessation initiative involving pupils from a local high school.
Innovation is, of course, a main factor in driving pharmacy services forward and so, perhaps unsurprisingly, competition for the Innovation in Pharmacy Practice Award was rife. It was obvious that it would take an outstanding initiative to walk off with this award and The Right Medicine Pharmacy certainly produced that in the form of their unique monitored dosage system to nursing homes. The company is also the fi rst site in the UK to launch a trial of the new Biodose Connect solution, an innovative self-medication management solution which will benefi t people, who are living independently in the community.
IT IS IMPORTANT TODAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE CONTRIBUTION THAT PHARMACY MAKES BY ADAPTING AND ENHANCING CARE IN THE NHS, IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF PATIENTS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IT SERVES.’
Every pharmacist is expected to become an independent prescriber by 2023 and the winners of the Independent Prescriber of the Year Award – Sally Arnison and Leanne Carey from Barnton Pharmacy and Travel Clinic – have clearly demonstrated how effective independent prescribing can be in local communities thanks to the outstanding work they have carried out in their Travel Clinic.
The penultimate award – the Pharmacist of the Year Award – was presented to Calum Murray from Alness Pharmacy. Calum was a more-than-worthy winner thanks to the drive, energy and enthusiasm he displays for every aspect of his work and for his desire to empower those around him to provide the widest range of healthcare services possible to the local community.
The gala evening closed with the presentation of the Outstanding Contribution accolade to Scottish pharmacy stalwart, Charles Tait, for a body of work that has seen him operate at both a local and national level for almost three decades.
‘As well as the national and strategic roles that Charles has undertaken over almost 40 years,’ Professor Harry McQuillan said in his citation, ‘his tremendous contribution to young student, pre-registration and early years pharmacist development should also be highlighted. Charles would list his greatest career achievement as the number of preregistration students who
have gone on to contribute to the pharmacy profession and the number of patients who still stop and ask for advice, even in the middle of Ayr High St!’
With the formalities over, everyone spent the rest of the evening networking and congratulating the winners. Of course, the whole event would not have been possible without the support of the sponsors, many of whom have provided consistent and highly-valued sponsorship for a number of years now.
Our main sponsor, AAH Pharmaceuticals, has consistently helped us to recognise the strengths of Scotland’s community pharmacy, and we thank them for that.
We’d also like to thank this year’s category sponsors: Accord Healthcare, WaterWipes, Positive Solutions, Clinigen, Numark, PSUK (A Phoenix company), National Pharmacy Association, Willach UK, Cegedim Rx, Teva UK, EMIS Health and Eclipse Generics. Your support is both welcome and greatly appreciated.
In addition to recognising the great work being done in Scottish pharmacy, the Scottish Pharmacist Awards also raised much-needed funds for their charity partner, The Stroke Association Scotland. An amazing £2,265 was raised on the evening for this great charity which does so much for those affected by stroke throughout Scotland. •
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