Jul 2017 - Sponsoring the Katherine Miles Poster Competition at the APTUK in Wales

This year the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK (APTUK) brought together over 200 professionals to exchange ideas, learn and debate the hottest topics surrounding current practice. This year the Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK conference was held in Cardiff, Wales, resulting in one of their highest ever turnouts. Run by pharmacy technicians for pharmacy technicians, the APTUK continues to provide essential support in training and development needs. Helapet were once again delighted to be a corporate sponsor and present at the Kathrine Miles Poster Competition award ceremony. The Kathrine Miles Poster Competition helps to support creative thinking, using posters to illustrate latest research, generate new and valuable ideas and share best practice with fellow colleagues. A big congratulations to Gemma Purver of East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust who became the official winner of the 2017 Katherine Miles poster competition. Her poster on "Pilot Project of Pharmacy Staff in the Emergency Department" secured her a cash prize of £250 and her name on the board of first place poster winners. Well done to the runners up. Second place went to Karen Manson and Olivia Palfreyman of Sheffield Clinical Commissioning Group for their informative poster Innovation in prescription ordering for patients. The third (and by no means least) place prize went to Sue Jones of East Kent Hospitals for her fantastic poster on The Implementation of Pharmacy Assistants working in a Clinical Environment (ward setting). Keep your eyes peeled as the APTUK will soon be confirming their 2018 conference dates and venue. If you have a creative idea to share on best practice improvements in your department, be sure to visit aptuk.org to see how you can enter in next year's competition!