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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].
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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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