The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 267 No 7163 p281-283
1 September 2001

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YPG seeks funds for model pharmacy

The Young Pharmacists Group has started a fundraising process that it hopes will allow it to buy a community pharmacy.

In a prospectus being sent to potential donors, the YPG says that the proposed pharmacy will be run in such a way as to identify, maximise and build on the opportunities open to pharmacists. This will involve developing new models of practice and working with academic institutions to analyse and independently assess its findings.

The prospectus says that the pharmacy should be located near to a school of pharmacy to allow undergraduates to gain real-life work experience and to allow practice research to be undertaken. A primary aim of the pharmacy will be to develop local pharmaceutical services (LPS) models of delivery or to allow other pharmaceutical organisations to run LPS pilots through the pharmacy.

The pharmacy will be run by a salaried pharmacy manager and will employ a second pharmacist. The aim is to employ new pharmacists on a rotational business, with the second pharmacist succeeding as pharmacy manager. The YPG pharmacy is to be established as a company limited by guarantee. Five pharmacists will be chosen from the YPG’s panel of 15 senior members to serve as a board of management. It will be charged with the proper legal operation of the business and for appointing the pharmacy manager.

Any profits from the pharmacy will be invested in grants for research projects, support for pharmacy conferences and educational initiatives, and co-ordinated media campaigns for pharmacy, the YPG says. The first fund raising event is to be a dinner during the YPG’s medicines management conference in Birmingham on 6–8 October (www.conferenceevent.com); see also PJ Online’s conference section.

“Over the coming months, large numbers of pharmacists will be receiving copies of our prospectus for the model pharmacy inviting them to make donations,” Mark Koziol, the YPG’s voluntary project manager for the pharmacy, told The Journal. “This is a good example of where pharmacists can come together on a common agenda that will have benefits for all in pharmacy. I have received a lot of positive feedback about the project so far.”

Further details are available from Mark Koziol at the Young Pharmacists Group, PO Box 2641, Birmingham B1 1EB.

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