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19 Sep 2024 - 18:30 - 02:00
The Brewery, London
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Following another challenging year, the C+D team is thrilled to announce that the foremost professionals in community pharmacy will once more have the opportunity to gather together as we commemorate excellence and progress in the sector.

There is truly a wealth of reasons to celebrate. Our established categories, such as Community Pharmacist of the Year and Independent Pharmacy of the Year, remain intact. Additionally, the Trainee Pharmacist of the Year category makes a reappearance to acknowledge outstanding individuals at the beginning of their pharmacy careers who set themselves apart using drive and ingenuity.

Key details

    Entries close: Friday, May 31, 2024

    Ceremony: Thursday, September 19, 2024

    The Brewery, London

    FREE to enter

We are extremely excited to announce that the new category of Unsung Hero makes an entrance into the awards for 2024 and replaces the Above and Beyond awards. Have you or a colleague gone the extra mile to provide exceptional care to a patient? Perhaps you know someone that has embarked on a charitable adventure to raise money and awareness? If you do, use the C+D Awards to sing it from the rooftops!

During what is sure to be another demanding year where community pharmacy has been at the forefront in both the eyes of the public and the media, please join us for an unforgettable event.

Entries for the 2024 Awards have now closed. If you are interested in learning more about the 2025 Awards, please contact [email protected].

2024 Photo Gallery

Unsung Hero Awards Winner: Paul John Innovation of the Year Award Winner: SignatureRx Community Pharmacist of the Year Winner: Derryn Cottrill Diversity and Inclusion Award Winner: Kingston University Health Initiative of the Year Winner: South West London ICS and Community Pharmacy South West London Independent Pharmacy of the Year Winner: Cadbury Heath Pharmacy & Health Clinic GP or PCN Pharmacist of the Year Winner: Nazir Hussain Pharmacy Staff Member of the Year Winner: Jordan Back Pharmacy Team of the Year for Smaller Groups Winner: Wellswood Pharmacy Pharmacy Team of the Year for Large Groups Winner: Rowlands Pharmacy Trainee Pharmacist of the Year Winner: Kevin Oakley Training and Developement Award Winner: Buttercups Training
THE C+D AWARDS CATEGORIES 2024

Replacing the ever-popular Above and Beyond awards, this year C+D wants to hear from you about the unsung heroes in your profession.

This is a wonderful opportunity to recognise and celebrate a pharmacist or pharmacy staff member who has gone the extra mile for their patients and the sector as a whole.

Unlike other C+D Awards, this is not an evaluation of an individual's entire career or a comprehensive project. Instead, it focuses on a specific event that allowed you or a colleague to stand out.

WHO COULD ENTER

Any pharmacist, pharmacy staff member or pharmacy team

WINNER

Paul John, Blood Borne Virus Pharmacist, NHS

Great pharmacy businesses never stand still either on the ground or online. They continue to innovate, evolve and raise the bar for competitors. And it’s not just about throwing cash at problems – it’s about the creative ideas that genuinely move your business forward. So what have you done to innovate? Have you gone greener? Have you led the way on the ground? Or have you taken to Facebook to organise a health campaign, used Twitter to promote your brand or launched a new website? Whatever you have done the judges will want to see how your business and, most importantly, your customers have benefited.

WINNER

SignatureRx

FINALISTS

  • Being Well Pharmacy
  • NHS England
  • Locate a Locum
  • Nuumad
  • Pearl Chemist Group, Charac
  • Pharmacy2U
  • Pharmlogic
  • SignatureRx
  • The British Society of Pharmacy Sleep Services
  • Wellbeing Pharmacy Group

 

WHO COULD ENTER

Any UK-based pharmacy business which has a green, on the ground or online innovation to showcase or believes it has risen the competitive bar.

Whether you are a branch manager, running your own pharmacy, or acting as superintendent, you strive to be the best. Tell us how you have utilised delivery of your contract, developed clinical services and built links with patients and peers.

WINNER

Derryn Cottrill, Euro Chemist

FINALISTS

  • Greg Buchan, Dickies Pharmacy, Rosemount
  • Derryn Cottrill, Euro Chemist
  • Amish Patel, Hodgson Pharmacy
  • Jonathan Pringle, NPG Morpeth, Stobhill Pharmacy
  • Shabbir Mellick, CGPC
  • Rahimullah Rahmani, Superdrug, Islington
  • Kishor Ragha, Vantage Pharmacy, Barra Hall Circus
  • Amerjit Singh, Sharoe Green Pharmacy, Preston, Skills4Pharmacy
  • David Thomas, PillTime Pharmacy

 

WHO COULD ENTER

Any UK-based branch manager, owner or superintendent pharmacist.

This award aims to shine a light on vital work that is being done by pharmacy teams, organisations and individuals to challenge inequality in the sector. Tell us about an innovative training course your pharmacy has run to educate staff about diversity, or an initiative you’ve implemented to promote more diversity in your team. However you’ve promoted equality and diversity, tell us your story.

WINNER

Kingston University

FINALISTS

  • Kingston University
  • Leila, Paydens Pharmacy, Hoo
  • Centre for Research Equity University of Oxford
  • Skills4Pharmacy

 

WHO COULD ENTER

Any UK-based individual or team working for or on behalf of a community pharmacy business.

Whether you provide public health services such as an anticoagulation clinic or palliative care, or clinical services such as smoking cessation, diabetes screening or flu vaccinations, it goes without saying that your service has to be well executed.

WINNER

South West London ICS and Community Pharmacy South West London

FINALISTS

  • Avicenna
  • Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust
  • Hodgson Pharmacy, Charac
  • HCL London
  • Central Health Solutions
  • North East London Local Pharmaceutical Committee
  • Community Pharmacy South West London and South West London ICB
  • South West London ICS and Community Pharmacy South West London
  • Well Pharmacy Blood Pressure United campaign
  • Well Pharmacy

 

WHO COULD ENTER

Any UK-based provider of public health or clinical services.

Every independent pharmacy has to balance the demands of delivering a modern, patient-centred health service with offering a customer experience that rivals the big high-street retailers – an even harder challenge in today’s harsh funding environment.

WINNER

Cadbury Heath Pharmacy & Health Clinic

FINALISTS

  • Nanty Pharmacy
  • Bruntsfield Pharmacy & Travel and Health Clinic
  • Cadbury Heath Pharmacy & Health Clinic
  • O'Brien, Mayfield Pharmacy & Broadway Pharmacy
  • PharmaDerma
  • Pinhoe pharmacy
  • Stobhill Pharmacy, Northern Pharmacy Group
  • Wansford Pharmacy

 

WHO COULD ENTER

Any UK-based independent pharmacy.

Whether working at the coalface as a pharmacist or technician, in head office as a superintendent, in a professional development role, or as an area or regional manager, an award-worthy manager has the ability to make things happen.

WINNER

Mohammed Rashad, The Medicines Management Team

FINALISTS

  • Maria Dumitriu, PillTime Pharmacy
  • Nicholas Dennis, Well Digital
  • Lukvinder Panesar, Pan Pharmacy
  • Lubna Rafeeque, Pearl Chemist Group
  • Mohammed Rashad, The Medicines Management Team
  • Shilpa Shah, Community Pharmacy North East London
  • Abundance Temile, Lloyds Pharmacy Clinical Homecare
  • Michael Winnister, Charac
  • Shadeia Younis, Read & Simonstone Pharmacy Limited

 

WHO COULD ENTER

Any UK-based:

  • Pharmacist or technician
  • Individual working as a superintendent pharmacist in head office
  • Individual working in a professional development role or
  • Area or regional manager

Whether you are a GP or PCN pharmacist, you strive to be the best. Tell us how you have maximised delivery of your contract, developed clinical services and built links with patients and peers.

WINNER

Nazir Hussain, Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust

FINALISTS

  • Nazir Hussain, Dudley Integrated Health and Care NHS Trust
  • Mohammad Azizyan, Healthcare Central London
  • Andrew Hodges, St Lukes Surgery
  • Simon Phillips, Schopwick Surgery
  • Kasim Arshad, The Medicines Management Team
  • Mina Hunjan, Warwickshire East PCN, St Wulfstan Surgery

 

WHO COULD ENTER

Any UK-based GP or PCN pharmacist.

Perhaps you have helped recruit patients to your pharmacy’s services and delivered health promotion activities. Or maybe you improved safety or efficiency in the dispensing process, while mentoring colleagues. Either way, this is your time to shine.

WINNER

Jordan Back, Paydens Westons Pharmacy

FINALISTS

  • Faysal Ahmed, Superdrug Pharmacy Islington
  • Maria Akhtar, Pan Pharmacy
  • Jordan Back, Paydens Westons Pharmacy
  • Lorraine Chapman, Superdrug Melton Mowbray
  • Natalia Dolak, Day Lewis
  • Cheryl James, Well Pharmacy
  • Anna Maruszak, Wellbeing Pharmacy Group Oak Street
  • Lakhjivan Panesar, Superdrug Slough Farnham Road
  • Tiara Talukdar, Boots
  • Denise Payne, Pinhoe pharmacy

 

WHO COULD ENTER

Any UK-based member of a pharmacy team.

Tell us how your team puts your pharmacy or pharmacies at the heart of the community it serves, how it has overcome obstacles by working together and how it has used individual skills and strengths to create an even more powerful whole – all to the benefit of patients.

PHARMACY TEAM OF THE YEAR – SMALLER GROUPS

WINNER

Wellswood Pharmacy

FINALISTS

  • Cadbury Heath Pharmacy & Health Clinic
  • Euro Chemist Limited
  • G.M. Graham Pharmacies
  • Morrab Pharmacy
  • MSN & Lunts Pharmacy Group
  • North East London Local Pharmaceutical Committee
  • Wellswood Pharmacy
  • Pinhoe pharmacy
  • Skills4Pharmacy
  • The Medicines Management Team

 

PHARMACY TEAM OF THE YEAR – LARGE GROUPS

WINNER

Rowlands Pharmacy, Oaklands Branch

FINALISTS

  • Avicenna
  • Boots, Peterborough
  • Day Lewis Pharmacy, Sandown
  • Oakridge Park Jardines
  • Paydens (Neil's) Pharmacy, Basingstoke
  • Peak Pharmacy, Business Transformation
  • Rowlands Pharmacy, Oaklands Branch
  • Superdrug Pharmacy, Ashington
  • Well Pharmacy, Arbroath
  • WellBN Surgery Pharmacy Team

 

WHO COULD ENTER

Any UK-based pharmacy team.

The winner of this award won’t be your average trainee pharmacist; they will have set themselves apart from their peer group with their drive, ingenuity, ideas and commitment to make a difference to their community.

WINNER

Kevin Oakley, Paydens

FINALISTS

  • Ahmed Mansoor, Pan Pharmacy
  • Kevin Oakley, Paydens
  • Kyle Jarman, Easons Pharmacy
  • Sawida Vandy, Superdrug
  • Uyi Igbinadolor, Bedminster Pharmacy
  • Xuan Yi Lai (Alyssa), Bexhill Primary Care Network / East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

 

WHO COULD ENTER

Any UK-based trainee pharmacist.

Have you developed an innovative training programme? Or are you a trainee tutor who has found new ways to motivate trainees to reach their full potential? The judges will want to see how you have put your team and their skills at the heart of what you do.

WINNER

Buttercups Training

FINALISTS

  • Buttercups Training
  • Community Pharmacy Tees Valley
  • Community Pharmacy Wales
  • Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board*
  • SureenaSpeaks
  • Thuy Mason, Kingston University
  • Preregshortcuts
  • ProPharmace
  • Shirin Alwash, Paydens
  • The Medicines Management Team

 

WHO COULD ENTER

Any UK-based pharmacy organisation or trainee pharmacist tutor.

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Pharmacy2U
Pharmacy2U, founded in 1999 and a trusted NHS partner since 2001, is the UK’s largest digital pharmacy and a proud member of the Company Chemists’ Association (CCA). Led by CEO Kevin Heath, appointed in 2022, its mission is to make healthcare more accessible, providing choice and convenience for the whole family.

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PillTime
PillTime, headquartered in Bristol, ranks as the UK's 5th largest pharmacy. With an inventive pouching system, PillTime ensures safety and convenience for patients taking multiple medications. Since its establishment in 2016, PillTime has been a technology leader in the pharmacy realm, partnering with Salesforce, BD Rowa, Titan, and AWS to aid over 16,000 patients in medication management. By expertly addressing medication complexity and compliance challenges, PillTime helps patients and supports other pharmacies in adapting to the NHS landscape. Learn more at www.pilltime.co.uk.
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RxBridge
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Judges
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Jay Badenhorst
Director of Pharmacy – Pharmacists’ Defence Association
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Stephanie Bancroft
Community Pharmacist and Lead for RPS LNW
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Chris Bonsell
Senior Clinical Pharmacist in General Practice and Pharmacy Tutor
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Liz Fidler
Senior Professional Advisor Pharmacy Technician Practice, NHS England
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Yasmin Haq
Community and Practice Pharmacist
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Mike Holden
Associate Director at Pharmacy Complete
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Nick Kaye
Chair, NPA
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Michael Keen
Pharmacist
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Seb Miles
Managing Director, RxBridge
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Prof Mahendra G Patel
OBE FRPharmS, Director, Centre for Research Equity, University Of Oxford
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Aled Roberts
Associate Director Contractor Engagement, Community Pharmacy Wales
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Sukhy Somal
Black Country ICB - Head of Community Pharmacy Clinical Services
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Mital Thakrar
Clinical Product, Digital Marketing & Innovation Manager
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Nicola Stockmann
President, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK
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Emeka Onwudiwe
President
British Pharmaceutical Students' Association
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Ian Strachan
Owner and superintendent of Strachans chemist. Member of the community pharmacy England (CPE) Committee
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Harry Hotston
UK Country Manager, Revive Active
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Dr James Davies
RPS Director for England
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Kevin Heath
CEO
Pharmacy2U
Jay Badenhorst
Director of Pharmacy – Pharmacists’ Defence Association
 
Jay joined the Pharmacists’ Defence Association as Director of Pharmacy in May 2024. The PDA is the largest pharmacy membership organisation bringing together over 38,000 members from across all areas of practice. It is a not-for-profit defence association that aims to act upon and support the needs of individual pharmacists and, when necessary, defend their reputation. As a pharmacist and industry leader Jay forms part of the senior leadership team at the PDA and lead the organisation to look after the individual and collective interests of employed and self-employed pharmacists. Previously Jay held senior executive and company director roles within multiple and independent pharmacy groups. He won the C&D Community Pharmacist of the Year award in 2015 and numerous other sector-based awards during his time with Whitworth Chemists. He served on the Board of Management of the National Pharmacy Association as Vice Chair and was a Board Member for six years. He was also the Chair for Community Pharmacy Tees Valley for three terms and is a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Jay has a keen interest in social justice and international humanitarian law and was awarded his LL.M. with Distinction by studying this field whilst completing his master’s degree in law.
Stephanie Bancroft
Community Pharmacist and Lead for RPS LNW
 
Stephanie is a community pharmacist and lead for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in north-west London. She organises regular educational events that support pharmacists’ CPD for revalidation and has led several award-winning projects for community pharmacists, with the aim of improving patient outcomes. Stephanie is deputy chair of the Parkinson’s Disease Specialist Pharmacy Network and a member of Brent and Harrow Local Pharmaceutical Committee.
Chris Bonsell
Senior Clinical Pharmacist in General Practice and Pharmacy Tutor
 
Chris has experience of working across many sectors of pharmacy including academia, community, hospital and prison pharmacy. He now mainly works in primary care as a pharmacist independent prescriber and as a Senior pharmacist supporting the training and development of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. He sits on the executive board of the Leeds Palliative Care Network as lead for medicines management and has extensive leadership & EDI experience. He is a member of the PCPA Leadership forum and sits on the UKCPA community pharmacy and Education & Development panels.
Liz Fidler
Senior Professional Advisor Pharmacy Technician Practice, NHS England
 
Liz has worked across various pharmacy sectors and is a leader in driving the pharmacy technician profession forward. Liz is the Senior Professional Advisor Pharmacy Technician Practice at NHS England and Improvement. She has led many workforce developments to ensure the skills and expertise of pharmacy technicians are recognised. Liz is the immediate Past President of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK and is in her final year of an Executive Masters in Business Administration at the University of Greenwich.
Yasmin Haq
Community and Practice Pharmacist
 
Yasmine is a Clinical PCN Pharmacist working across the North East of England. She splits her time over her practices, working in community and training the new generation of pharmacists through the PCPA. She graduated in 2019 at the University of Sunderland receiving the Jemma O'Sullivan award for her determination, care and compassion shown throughout her degree. Within her time as a Pre-Registration and Provisional Pharmacist she won Pre-Reg of the year for both C+D Awards 2020 and The Pharmacy Business Awards 2020. Her scope of experience started 11 years ago starting as a pharmacy assistant and since then has developed countless qualities to encourage and support many around her. She has since been one of our Women in Pharmacy Advisors, featuring on the podcast series 'a coffee with' and shared her story at The Pharmacy Show 2021 live.
Mike Holden
Associate Director at Pharmacy Complete
 
Michael is a pharmacist and Associate Director of Pharmacy Complete, a consultancy working with pharmacy and the pharmaceutical industry to understand the opportunities and enablers in the current health landscape. Having run his own community pharmacy group, in 2005 he became the Chief Officer of Hampshire & IOW LPC where many pharmacy service innovations have their roots including the Healthy Living Pharmacy initiative. In 2011 he became the Chief Executive of the National Pharmacy Association. Michael is a Fellow of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Royal Society for Public Health and continues to advocate and support an expanded role for the profession.
Nick Kaye
Chair, NPA
 
Nick, is a third generation community pharmacist, he graduated from Bradford University in 1998, and trained as a pre-registration student in a family run community pharmacy and at St. James University Hospital Leeds. Since qualifying, he has worked for an independent pharmacy, as a locum and prescribing advisory for the Newquay doctors group. Nick was the Superintendent Pharmacist of Nick Kaye's Pharmacy in Newquay in Cornwall a role he took on in 2011 and finished in 2017. Whilst in that role the pharmacy won several awards including, C+D finalist 2013, Pharmacy Business award winner Entrepreneur 2012 and Alphega pharmacy of the year 2013. Nick is an ex-Partner of Veor Group of general practices and was also involved in the Key Note Speaker's Panel at the Pharmacy Show 2013.
Michael Keen
Pharmacist
 
Michael was chief executive of Kingston and Richmond Local Pharmaceutical Committee (LPC). Previous roles include chief executive of Kent Local Pharmaceutical Committee; national access manager, professional liaison for Pfizer; operations manager at The Company Chemists’ Association; and superintendent pharmacist at Superdrug. In the past, Michael has also been chairman of Kingston and Richmond LPC and director at The Institute of Pharmacy Management International.
Seb Miles
Managing Director, RxBridge
 
Seb is an experienced pharmacy finance professional, heading up RxBridge and is on the board of it’s parent company, Tradebridge. With a background in Asset Brand Lending and sector level expertise earned at Pharmacy Partners, Centric Commercial Finance and Shawbrook Bank, his 15 years experience funding into the sector has helped drive RxBridge’s growth to become the largest provider of discretionary working capital facilities for independent pharmacy businesses in the UK.
Prof Mahendra G Patel
OBE FRPharmS, Director, Centre for Research Equity, University Of Oxford
 
Professor Mahendra G Patel OBE is an eminent pharmacist and academic of national and international profile honouring professorial roles in the UK, Malaysia and USA. He has served as national board member and as Treasurer for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society for many years. He is also member of the Teaching Faculty for Bioethics at UNESCO. Mahendra has several national and international awards to his credit, notably around supporting evidence-based practice, health promotion and health education, and improving health and health inequalities within ethnic minority and underserved communities. He became one of the first to be awarded a Fellowship from NICE, and through pharmacy he received the prestigious Royal Pharmaceutical Society President’s Charter Award, and also became the first to be appointed International Fellow of the Indian Pharmaceutical Society. Mahendra is one of the UK trial leads at the University of Oxford in the world’s largest and fastest recruiting clinical trials in primary care, with the PRINCIPLE and PANORAMIC trials. In the Queen's New Year's Honours 2022, Mahendra was recognised for his outstanding contribution and work in pharmacy and was awarded an OBE.
Aled Roberts
Associate Director Contractor Engagement, Community Pharmacy Wales
 
Aled is a Community Pharmacist Independent Prescriber, who graduated from Cardiff in 2008, and completed his Independent Prescribing qualification in 2021. Aled fits patient facing work – including delivery of the Wales Community Pharmacy Independent Prescribing Service - around his main role as Associate Director of Contractor Engagement at Community Pharmacy Wales. In this role he provides support for the Welsh community pharmacy network in delivering all elements of the CPCF, as well as leading national work for CPW on Collaborative working, the Choose Pharmacy digital clinical platform and Electronic Prescribing.
Sukhy Somal
Black Country ICB - Head of Community Pharmacy Clinical Services
 
Sukhy is currently working in the NHS to support the Black Country deliver more Clinical Services in Community Pharmacies across the Black Country. She has a vast amount of experience working as a Professional Services Development Manager, an Area Manager and setting up and owning one of the busiest Independent pharmacies in the Country, PharmaCare Pharmacy. This has helped her to secure three Chemist & Druggist Award wins: The Manager of the Year 2020, Team of the Year 2021 and Independent Pharmacy of the Year 2022. She has a wealth of experience in supporting care homes, large organisations, pharmacies and delivering various accredited training programmes.
Mital Thakrar
Clinical Product, Digital Marketing & Innovation Manager
 
Mital is an experienced leader in the community pharmacy sector. He is passionate about innovation and improving patient experience and is an advocate for community pharmacy. Having been a judge for the past four years he is inspired by the fantastic stories and innovations that occur across the Pharmacy landscape and is delighted to see the profession progressing forward. Mital has been previously nominated as the Community Pharmacist of the Year at the C&D Awards 2018 and was part of the winning Team of the Year award in the 2020 C&D Awards ceremony.

Mital's current role focuses specifically on Digital Innovation, Digital Marketing, and the commercial growth of new products and services online.

Mital is a passionate leader with specialisms in strategy, commercial growth, digital marketing, innovation, transformation, implementation, process improvement & operations.

Mital's current role focuses specifically on Digital Innovation, identifying new products, services and partnerships to provide consistent growth opportunities and choices for our patients and customers at Well.
Nicola Stockmann
President, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK
 
Nicola Stockmann is the President of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK). She has previously held roles as Vice-President of APTUK and the APTUK Hampshire branch chair person. She has represented APTUK and the pharmacy technician profession internationally and to give evidence at the Health and Social Care committee. Her APTUK voluntary role is in addition to her role at Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust (HHFT) as the Pharmacy Operations Manager & Dispensaries manager, service lead.

She has been a qualified Pharmacy Technician for 11 years and has previously worked in community pharmacy, clinical trials, medicines optimisation and as a Medicines Safety Officer.
Emeka Onwudiwe
President
 British Pharmaceutical Students' Association
My name is Emeka Onwudiwe and I am a fourth year pharmacy student at the University of East Anglia. I started my BPSA journey as the Eastern Area Coordinator before becoming the treasurer of the association and now I am the new president of the BPSA for the 2024/2025 mandate. I am honoured to be a judge at the prestigious C and D awards. As a judge, I am excited to recognize and celebrate outstanding achievements in the different sectors.
Ian Strachan
Owner and superintendent of Strachans chemist. Member of the community pharmacy England (CPE) Committee
 
Ian Strachan has enjoyed a varied contrasting career. A home office forensic scientist , pilot, a school teacher and author of several successful publications including the first accredited care home training in England. Ian has been a pharmacist since 1986 and has been an advocate of the community pharmacy network, serving the sector with integrity and purpose. He works towards the prosperity and interests of community pharmacy teams everywhere.

Ian is passionate about pharmacy and was the longest elected chairman in the history of NPA. During his leadership the sector was united behind him in what became a halcyon period for the sector.

Ian stepped down from the NPA in 2022 to join the Board of the Independent pharmacies Association (IPA) and is an elected member of the community pharmacy England (CPE) Committee.
Harry Hotston
UK Country Manager, Revive Active
 
Revive Active has been the No1 VMS brand in its native Ireland for the past 5 years and owes part of its success to its strong relationship with community pharmacists across the country. Harry, as Country Manager, carries that ethos into the UK and knows that great products need a great team to propel them forwards, so is delighted to be judging the Pharmacy Team Of The Year Award. Harry has had the pleasure of working with community, independent and pharmacy multiples across health, beauty and wellbeing sectors throughout his extensive career.
Dr James Davies
RPS Director for England
 
James has worked as a pharmacist in research, community, and hospital practice.

He graduated from the University of Bath in pharmacy, undertook his pre-registration training at Guys and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, and successfully joined the pharmaceutical register.

He was also president of the British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association during this time.

James worked as a hospital pharmacist in Bristol NHS Trust, before joining UCL School of Pharmacy to pursue pharmacy research, being part of the national team that evaluated the New Medicines Service in community pharmacy. His PhD thesis focused on the future role of community pharmacy, and how future business and professional models of community pharmacy practice are likely to be structured.

With a wide variety of interests, James' published work covers areas such as cardiovascular risk testing in pharmacies, the role of tele-pharmacy in delivering patient care, effects of automation and electronic transfer of prescriptions on safety of medicines, and student views on future pharmacy practice.

He was recently Chief Operating Officer for a health technology start-up, supporting the expansion and development of the company across Europe. Prior to this, he held a variety of policy roles for pharmacy organisations.
Kevin Heath
CEO
 Pharmacy2U
Following a successful career as a leader and advisor within the retail products, consumer brands, and service industry, Kevin Heath was appointed CEO at Pharmacy2U in 2022.

Kevin has decades of experience in the international and UK Pharmacy and Retail sectors, including holding multiple leadership positions within the Walgreens Boots Alliance.

He holds a wealth of skills in elevating strategic partnerships to deliver high-performance team cultures, profitable business growth, and customer-centric strategies.

Since joining Pharmacy2U, Kevin has led the team to achieve rapid change including significant patient growth, multiple business acquisitions, and the successful launch of several new NHS services.
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C+D Awards 2023

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The C+D Awards 2023 is an esteemed event that recognises and celebrates the exceptional contributions of individuals and teams in the community pharmacy sector. The awards offer the chance to show the industry the achievements of the last year.