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Royal Pharmaceutical Society Awards 2012
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society awards programme will once again celebrate and acknowledge the achievements of teams and individuals within the pharmacy profession. Our 2011 awards programme was a great success and we are delighted to be able to recognise pharmacy again through these member only awards.
We will be recognising those members who are involved in pharmacy and rewarding excellence and innovation to those setting the highest benchmark standards. This is a great opportunity to highlight the work that our members are doing which is improving and enhancing patient care. Submissions and nominations for the 2012 Awards are now open!
This year we see the introduction of two new awards, the RPS Award for Excellence in Education, in association with the College of Pharmacy Practice as we recognise the achievements of those pharmacists working in an educational setting and the RPS Local Practice Forum Award which recognises the efforts of the excellent work our members put into their local area.
Our nine awards encompass all sectors within the profession, as well as offering the chance to enter yourself or nominate a colleague irrespective of the stage within your career as we have categories ranging from our Student of the Year Award through to our Lifetime Achievement Award.
Why enter the awards?
The awards are a great opportunity to recognise successful projects or initiatives and more importantly the proactive and innovative approach that led to their success. These are the projects which raise the benchmark in the profession and allow everyone to learn. They benefit us all and more importantly all our patients.
We welcome applications from all sectors, so send your submissions and nominations in today.
To see our winners from last year then please visit our 2011 awards page.
RPS Awards 2012 Categories
RPS Clinical Pharmacist of the Year
Open to any sector. Awarded for any provision/advancement of the practice of clinical pharmacy, so community could be a clinic/prescribing role or a project that linked into developing a clinical service, hospital could be for a new approach to manage a clinical team, new way of delivering a service, outstanding clinical work. Industry could be a new medicine or technique that refines/changes clinical practice (possibly changes practice outside of pharmacy). Academia could be a research project involving a clinical service/setting or a new method of teaching clinical skills. Primary care could be setting up a multi-disciplinary approach to clinically using medicines.
Download a nomination form »
RPS Public Health Pharmacist of the Year
Open to any sector. This will be awarded for any provision/advancement of public health within a pharmacy context that has improved the health of the public. For example an extremely well set up smoking cessation service, it could be innovative methods of ensuring that patient's maximise the use of their medicines post-discharge to minimise re-admissions, development or supportive service that contributes to other sectors (and other professions) improving the health of the public. Research that leads to improved public health or new techniques/trainings that lets others improve health. We want to celebrate the contribution pharmacy has made to public health.
Download a nomination form »
RPS Leadership in Pharmacy Award
Open to any sector, this will be rewarded to those who have shown leadership within pharmacy, whether that be industrial developing a new process, hospital delivering an innovative service, community selling the benefits of pharmacy above and beyond, academia for a new research paper or novel teaching process, primary care for innovative ways of working. We want to celebrate the many ways in which pharmacy makes an active difference to healthcare.
RPS Pharmaceutical Scientist of the Year in association with APS
In association with the APS, this award will look to reward those who can demonstrate an initiative which highlights its importance to pharmaceutical science through its implementation and impact in this sector.
Download a nomination form »
RPS Student of the Year Award in association with the BPSA
In association with the BPSA we will be looking to recognise a student who stands out through their commitment and engagement with their University on a local level, whether this is their participation on staff/student liaison committees or having launched an initiative which has benefitted their fellow students. The RPS and BPSA would like to celebrate this achievement on a national level.
RPS Preregistration Trainee of the Year
We will be recognising the trainee who has demonstrated excellent achievement academically as well as clearly showing commitment to pharmacy above and beyond what is expected throughout the Preregistration training year.
RPS Award for Excellence in Education, in association with the CPP
This new award for 2012 will be made to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to pharmacy education and development, which would be recognised throughout the UK. The nomination will be expected to demonstrate one or more of the following criteria:
- Excellence in pharmacy education and development;
- Leadership in pharmacy education and development;
- Working effectively across organisational and departmental boundaries to deliver pharmacy education and development;
- Innovation that has markedly improved pharmacy education and development
RPS Lifetime Achievement Award
The RPS is keen to reward achievements in promoting and developing pharmacy, innovation, research and development, publication and dissemination of good practice. As a lifetime achievement award, the achievements of the nominee should be over a period of time. It is an essential requirement of this award that you submit a supporting one page CV.
Download a nomination form »
RPS Local Practice Forum Award 2012
We’ll be recognising all LPFs for their significant efforts of the volunteering members towards setting up and running LPFs and delivering RPS services to members locally. At the RPS Awards evening in September, one LPF will be invited to receive the inaugural RPS Local Practice Forum Award 2012. We are asking all LPFs to nominate themselves for this award, with the support of your LPF Facilitator.
The closing date for receipt of entry submissions is 5pm, Friday 29 June 2012.
How to submit or nominate for an award
It’s easy to enter, just follow these simple steps:
- Open to RPS Members only
- Choose which category you wish to enter – you may enter as many as you wish
- Download an entry form – you will need a separate form for each entry
- Complete the entry form making sure you don’t exceed the word limit. Please note we can only accept entries on the award template. If you are having problems downloading a form, please email events@rpharms.com and we will email a form to you
- Submit your completed entry forms to the events team:
By email: events@rpharms.com
By fax: 020 7572 2506
By post: RPS Awards, Events Team, Royal Pharmaceutical Society,
1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN - We will acknowledge all entries by email within 7 days of receipt. If you’ve not heard from us within 7 days, please contact us at events@rpharms.com
NB: Please refer to the full conditions of entry at the bottom of this page.
Deadline for entry: 5pm, Friday 29 June 2012
Awards presentation
The awards will be presented at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society Awards Dinner on Sunday 09 September 2012 at the ICC in Birmingham. You can register for the Awards Dinner as part of your conference fee or register for the dinner separately.
Terms and conditions of entry
Please take a moment to read the terms and conditions of entry to the awards.
- We cannot accept entries after the deadline.
- Entry is open to RPS Members only.
- You may enter as many categories you feel are applicable but with separate project entries. No multiple entries for the same project are permitted. Clearly indicate on your entry form which category you have entered. The judges reserve the right to re-assign any entry if it is believed to be more appropriate within a different category; you will be notified if this is the case.
- Successful applicants will be informed on 03 August 2012 if they have been shortlisted to attend the evening awards dinner.
- All entrants must be available to attend the Awards dinner evening on 09 September 2012, ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham
- If shortlisted, you will be invited to the Awards evening by the RPS with a complimentary place.
- All category winners will be announced at the Royal Pharmaceutical Awards Dinner on Sunday 09 September 2012. It is a requirement of the awards that all finalists attend the presentation at the awards event.
- Travel and accommodation to the awards is the responsibility of the finalist.
- The judges’ decision will be final.
- Finalists agree to have their photos used for Royal Pharmaceutical Society Awards publicity.
- We regret we will not be able to give individual feedback if your application is not successful.
If you have any queries about the awards, please email events@rpharms.com
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