The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 275 No 7372 p506
22 October 2005

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Pharmacy team wins national NHS Innovations award

Pharmacists at Guildford and Waverley Primary Care Trust have won this year's annual NHS Innovation award for innovative service technology.

The pharmacy team developed a medication review service known as COUNT, a mnemonic to help non-medical staff to identify patients with medication problems. The team won first prize for COUNT in a regional NHS innovations competition earlier this year (PJ, 28 May, p639).

The award ceremony took place onboard The Salient on the River Thames this week. The winners received a prize of £4,000 to help further develop their ideas.

The team are pictured (left to right): Elmarie Venter, senior pharmacist, Nikki Spink, senior pharmacist, Kirsten Lawrence, senior pharmacist, Fiona Harris, chief pharmacist, and Fay Boyett, medicines management facilitator, Guildford and Waverley PCT.

Correction The Guildford and Waverley Primary Care Trust team which won the NHS innovations award also included Louise Robinson and Tina McKee, who were not pictured.