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1/5/2010
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Alliance awards take centre stage
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John Geddes, sales director, Alliance Healthcare with Most Improved Retail Performance award winners Suk and Jackie Patel of Widnes Late Night Pharmacy and Sue Moore, general manager, Alphega Pharmacy UK
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Over 450 pharmacistsand healthcare professionals gathered to celebrate excellence and innovation in their field, at the annual Alliance Healthcare Pharmacy Awards ceremony, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel on November 27.
The awards, now in their twelfth year, recognise the achievements of pharmacists and manufacturers from across the supply chain in twelve categories. Winners were chosen by an independent judging panel of experts from across the industry.
In his introductory speech, Jeremy Main, managing director, Alliance Healthcare, said: “Each year we aim to champion the leaders and inspirational figures from not only our pharmacy customers and manufacturer partners but also the rising stars of he future.
“As the wider roles of both the pharmacist and the pharmacy team become increasingly significant, we felt that this year’s categories allow us to recognise those that have truly evolved their pharmacy’s service provision way beyond dispensing.”
Former England Rugby international Martin Bayfield returned to host the awards for a second year and introduced and presented the awards.
William Hughes and his team from R J Jones Pharmacy in Nefyn, won the top of award of the night – the Pharmacy of the Year.
This pharmacy achieves their annual MUR; provides services such as smoking cessation, EHC, weight management, Chlamydia screening, public health awareness for young people. Every team member of the RJ Jones team attends local community group meetings to raise awareness of health issues and services that the pharmacy provides and they do their work to a consistently high standard.
Other winners on the night included Ray and Fiona Hall of Raymond C. Hall Pharmacy who won the Pharmacy Services and Innovation Award for their ‘Healthy Heart’ campaign which provides a range of patient services, such as a full service cardio-vascular fitness and lifestyle assessment.
Jayne Jones of Prospect View Pharmacy picked-up the Pharmacy Retailer of the Year. This pharmacy had a refit and a new pharmacy dispensing system which has helped to more than double the number of items dispensed in just one year.
The Pharmacy Team of the Year was awarded to Morrisons Pharmacy in Rippon, who were recognised for going the extra mile to provide a great service to their customers, which includes services such as supervised consumption flu vaccinations,
smoking cessation, MURs and a free home delivery service for prescriptions.
Also on the night, over £6,500 was raised in a charity raffle held in support of three charities backed by Alliance Healthcare and its employees: Clic Sargent – Caring for Children with Cancer, Leonard Cheshire Disability and The Prostate Cancer charity.
Chris Martin, Chairman of the Alliance Healthcare Customer Forums, was delighted with the excellent standards of the award entries, saying: “The event would not be what it is today without the continued enthusiasm and efforts of all our entrants. Our pharmacy awards are designed to recognise the key areas that make community pharmacy successful; and we feel
that all of our shortlisted entries are shining examples to the rest of the pharmacy and healthcare community.”
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