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Our Supporters
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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain |
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The British Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (BPSA) is the official student organisation of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (RPSGB). The RPSGB provides us with support and advice in many ways. As well as financial support, we also receive direction as to how to implement BPSA policy which is determined by our members at Annual Conference. We also attend liaison meetings to ensure the RPSGB are updated on student issues. The BPSA are invited to participate in RPSGB research projects based on issues such as Pharmacy Education. We also represent students by sitting on the RPSGB Education Committee which focuses on all aspects of pharmacy education including content and accreditation of the MPharm as well as the preregistration year and continuing professional development after qualification. The RPSGB help to promote the BPSA at many events such as BPC. The support the RPSGB provides the BPSA ensures that students views are being heard in the wider pharmacy world. |
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Boots UK, the UK retail division of Alliance Boots, is a leading health and beauty retailer. Their UK retail network comprises approximately 2500 healthcare outlets ranging from small community pharmacies to large destination health and beauty stores.
Boots UK dispenses around 170 million prescriptions a year and employs more than 5000 pharmacists. They lead the way in developing new services and are committed to extending the role of the pharmacist in line with the new NHS pharmacy contract.
Boots UK support the BPSA by sponsoring the end of conference ball, and providing speakers at regional conferences.
For information about career opportunities with Boots go to www.boots.jobs |
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The Pharmacists Defence Association |
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The Pharmacists Defence Association (and its predecessor PIA) has been a major supporter of the BPSA for over 20 years in a variety of ways. This extended to providing a free indemnity scheme to all BPSA preregistration members in the aftermath of the ‘peppermint water’ case and since. The PDA, working closely with BPSA, sponsors and produces the two one day BPSA preregistration conferences each year. In addition, the ‘Graduate Link’ magazine, distributed free to BPSA preregistration members, is substantially supported by the PDA as part of their ongoing sponsorship; see the ‘Graduate Services’ section of this website. For further information on the PDA, visit www.the-pda.org |
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Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare |
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Reckitt Benckiser Healthcare has supported the BPSA for over fifteen years. The Reckitt Benckiser-BPSA Pharmacy Student of the Year Award is a prestigious award which is adjudicated by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, the National Pharmacy Association, the BPSA and Reckitt Benckiser. The aim of the award is to find a pharmacy student to act as the BPSA official delegate and represent Great Britain at the IPSF Annual Congress. To enter the competition, pharmacy students must complete a questionnaire, which is available in Schools of Pharmacy in January. Six students with the highest scores are chosen by evaluating their tie breakers. These students are then invited to attend an interview at the BPSA Annual Conference where they will be interviewed by a panel of judges. The award for the winner is an expenses paid trip to the IPSF Annual Congress, where they will act as the official delegate. On returning from the conference the winner will produce a report of the conference for the BPSA magazine- The Future Pharmacist. |
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Alliance Healthcare, the UK wholesale division of Alliance Boots, is a leading distributor and wholesaler of pharmaceutical, medical and healthcare products in the UK. Alliance Healthcare offers twice daily deliveries and provides a full complement of added value services to independent pharmacies across the UK, including innovative marketing support, commercial support services and ethical compliance and data services.
Alliance Healthcare supports the BPSA by sponsoring a night at Annual Conference. It also runs the 'Young Pharmacist Future Vision Award' as part of the annual Alliance Healthcare Pharmacy Awards (see competitions).
Click here to go to the website: www.alliance-healthcare.net |
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UK Clinical Pharmacy Association |
 The UKCPA was established in 1981 with the aim of supporting and encouraging the emergence of clinical pharmacy. It brings together like-minded pharmacists from different practice areas to share knowledge, research and experiences.
Current membership comprises people from all areas of the profession: hospital, community, academia, industry, pharmacists and technicians.
The UKCPA promotes expert practice in medicines management for the benefit of patients, the public and members by establishing standards, workforce development and advancing innovation in all health care settings.
The UKCPA encourages Excellence, Leadership and Partnership
BPSA Members can also now get free electronic membership of the UKCPA, to apply log into the website and go to the 'Resources' section of the 'Members Only' menu
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McNeil Products Ltd. has a number of category-leading household names in its portfolio including CALPOL, NICORETTE, BENYLIN, SUDAFED, BENADRYL, IMODIUM and DAKTARIN to name but a few.
We aim to make Pharmacy Famous through the delivery of excellence in customer support, training and educational needs, innovative new products and services, in-store display and category initiatives.
Supporting the BPSA’s “Responding to Symptons” competition is part of our intention to work with all aspects of pharmacy so that together we can be better-placed to help consumers make the right choices in healthcare.
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National Pharmacy Association |
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The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) is the trade association of community pharmacy owners and all those working in the community pharmacy sector. The association provides its members with professional and commercial support. The NPA lobbies government, liaises with the media and works with other pharmacy bodies to ensure its members’ views are considered and their views voiced. Virtually every pharmacy is within voluntary membership of the NPA. Click here to go to the website: www.npa.co.uk |
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Pharmaceutical Press is an imprint of RPS Publishing, the publishing organisation of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. Pharmaceutical Press has been producing high-quality publications on pharmacy and related disciplines for over 150 years. They publish a wide range of titles in print and digital formats, including Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference, the British National Formulary (BNF), Stockley's Drug Interactions, Clarke's Analysis of Drugs and Poisons and the Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology.
FASTtrack, the revision guide series of Pharmaceutical Press, is an official sponsor of BPSA Area Conferences.
For more information about FASTtrack resources you can visit their website: www.fasttrackpharmacy.com
Click here to go to the Pharmaceutical Press website: www.pharmpress.com |
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