The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 275 No 7360 p432
8 October 2005

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Industry funds pharmacist and pharmacy student training

Funds from the pharmaceutical industry are being used to support the professional development of pharmacists, pharmacy students and other health professionals as well as helping to boost the care of patients with chronic disease. Strakan has become the first pharmaceutical company to make a donation to the learning development programme set up by Ashton, Leigh and Wigan Primary Care Trust and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry which will start next February. Strakan contributed £5,000.

The programme focuses on the care of patients with long-term conditions and is aimed at the continuing professional development of existing pharmacists, nurses, doctors and dentists and also 150 work-based placements for undergraduate health professional students.

Peter Rowe, chief executive of Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT said: “This is a truly unique partnership between the PCT and the pharmaceutical industry and shows our joint enthusiasm and commitment to building opportunities to train staff at all levels to work locally in primary care.”

He added that the programme was vitalk to workforce development.