Hospital Pharmacist
Vol 10 No 10 p424
November 2003

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Clinical pharmacy award launched for technicians

Pharmacy technicians can now enter a new award which has been added to the AAH pharmacy technician of the year award scheme. The award will specifically recognise a project in clinical pharmacy, and will therefore cover work in areas such as drug history taking, clinical trials co-ordination and patient education.

The new award was announced by Jeremy Poole, hospital service director for AAH, at the annual pharmacy technician of the year award ceremony held in London on 17 October. At the ceremony, the winner of the 2003 award, Marie-Louise Lewis from Glan Clwyd Hospital in Wales, collected her prize from the chief pharmaceutical adviser to the Welsh Assembly, Carwen Wynne Howells. Ms Lewis introduced a technician-led medicines management service.

Entries for both the established supply chain award and the new clinical award are needed by 31 May 2004. They should comprise a 2,000 word report on a project in which the entrant has been personally involved. The prize for both categories includes an invitation to attend the 39th annual mid-year American Society of Health-System Pharmacists clinical meeting to be held in 2004 in Orlando, Florida.

An entry form is available from www.aah-hospitalservice.co.uk