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Delivering outcomes for people with diabetes
June 2014
The Clinical Pharmacy Congress Network
REFLECTIONS ON THE CLINICAL PHARMACY CONGRESS 2014 A couple of months after the hugely successful Clinical Pharmacy Congress, delegates, sponsors and organisers may be reflecting on what was another excellent event. With over 1,800 delegates and 120 sponsors it was clearly the largest gathering of clinical pharmacists in the UK says Mark Robinson, Medicines, Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation Advisor to the NHS Alliance, and, I am told, a record number of chief pharmacists. However, we should reflect on the extensive program, comprehensive contents and significant achievements to understand how this was achieved. The program was developed in conjunction with the Centre for Postgraduate Pharmacy Education (CPPE), the Primary Care Pharmacists’ Association (PCPA) and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS). There were at least 77 speakers, experts in their fields, running over 85 sessions and delivering over 54 hours of CPD. The program was accredited by the RPS and complies with the RPS Acreditation Standards and Criteria, meaning that pharmacists can confidently use these sessions as the basis for CPD entries. Perhaps even part of your portfolio for the Faculty – remembering that Dr Catherine Duggan was there. The program was streamed through four main theatres Keynote, Leadership and two Clinical Theatres. The Medicines Optimisation Workshop theatre ran a very interactive program with panel discussions and delegates voting on a wide variety of issues. The Innovation and Technology Forum was another new feature this year. An opportunity for sharing best practice and showing how innovation and technology can boost effectiveness and efficiency. And a leaders forum, bringing together leaders in the profession to discuss important issues. I was particularly impressed CPC had recognised the need for pharmacy technicians, reflecting their importance within delivering high quality services. Delegates were able to celebrate the winners of a ‘Best of Clincal Pharmacy Awards’ this year. Pharmacy, as a profession, sometimes does not reward best practice. Another first for the CPC. Although the winners were all inspirational, I am always impressed with the humility of those the profession looks up to. There were over 120 sponsor stands from large Pharmaceutical Companies, specials suppliers, NHS manufacturing units and professional and special interest organisations. The hall was buzzing from converations and discussions. I have no doubt that the Clinical Pharmacy Congress has become clinical pharmacy’s best opportunity to meet, network and learn, sharing the expertise and insight of the leading players all under one roof. I am sure that the organisers have already started planning for next year. It is a mammoth task to co-ordinate so many sessions and sponsors. I was again impressed that it all run so smoothly – sessions started on time, in the right place without computer glitches. The sponsors where all there with some very impressive stands. I really have to congratulate them on their performance. Lead education partner: Leadership Conference partner: partners:
If you haven’t been – go next year. I am happy to give you some advice: • Don’t think you can do it all in one day – you can’t • Be selective – there are so many good sessions you have to choose carefully • Take part when you can and make sure that you can complete a CPD entry from the sessions that you attend • Leave enough time to visit the sponsor’s stands – they are an important part of your learning experience and you will be surprised with the number and quality • Remember to have a break and a chance to chat with colleagues you meet – networking is important. You will have the opportunity to meet some of the leading lights in the profession • Enjoy the experience and become a regular
Lead UK Renal education Pharmacy Group partner:
Education partners: Leaders’ Forum sponsor:
However, I bet they are already thinking of ways to increase value for the delegates and sponsors alike. Receiving feedback and suggestions as to how to break record attendances again and create new ‘firsts’ for the Congress. I can’t wait for next year!
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Conference partners:
Education partners:
Mark Robinson MRPharmS, GPhC The Medicines Management Partnership Pharmacy, Medicines and Medicines Optimisation lead, the NHS Alliance This show is absolutely brilliant. It has free education and the top people speaking here to help spread the message around. All of the industry is at the show too. Other organisations that put on shows need to go away and have a real think about what they are doing. Clinical Pharmacy Congress is amazing. Just keep doing what you’re doing.
Philip Howard, Consultant Antimicrobial Pharmacist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust We came to maintain our profile and find new customers and we’ve been successful on both fronts. We’ve had a good number of enquiries. A really good show.
Michelle Rogers, Sales Director, Labcold
UK Renal Pharmacy Group
UK Ophthalmic Pharmacy Group
Leadershi partner:
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The wider role of pharmacists in delivering outcomes for people with diabetes The recent Clinical Pharmacy Congress session on the wider role of pharmacists in delivering outcomes for people with diabetes was a great success. The room was full with over 130 guests – all with their fingers on the keypad waiting to cast their vote and express their opinion. After a short introduction from the panel members, Ray Fitzpatrick and David Terry, the chair, Mark Robinson from the NHS Alliance started asking questions.
small multi-disciplinary learning events and produce support materials that encouraged learning together with patients. In conclusion the audience of clinical pharmacists felt that they were well placed to help patients build knowledge and confidence in achieving better outcomes from their treatment. We clearly have a big job to do to build a better communication network. But the clinical pharmacists felt that they have the
skills and knowledge to help – we just have to encourage their participation in multi-disciplinary discussions and provide materials that help them to learn with their patients.
Image: A packed Medicines Optimisation Theatre
The first section was on engaging with patients. The audience thought that this was best achieved through the normal counselling at the point of supply. Pharmacists thought they should get more involved supporting patients who are monitoring their progress and be able to discuss the results and explain more about the condition and the treatments. 88% of the audience thought that creating the right relationship with patients was important to enable them to support the delivery of better outcomes. The second section was on communication. Most of the audience thought that communication between the pharmacy sectors worked well only sometimes or not at all. There is obviously a lot that needs to be done to improve the communication between sectors and the audience was clearly supportive of a variety of ways to improve communication. The third section was on knowledge and skills and it is comforting that the majority of the audience felt that they had the knowledge and the skills to engage patients and make a real contribution to patient care. When asked what support was needed, 40% said that they would like materials and programs that supported learning together with patients. And what was the role of the pharmaceutical industry? Interestingly the audience wanted the pharmaceutical industry to facilitate
Parity of esteem It was fantastic to meet so many people at the College of Mental Health Pharmacy (CMHP) stand at CPC and I hope some of you who are interested in mental health have looked at our website www.cmhp.org.uk and decided to join us. We offer support and education for pharmacy staff, pharmacists and technicians and from any sector we are not just a specialist group. We had hoped that lots of people would join us at the round table event to discuss the way forward and the challenges that delivering parity of esteem will bring to each of us in our practice. Do not be under the impression that parity of esteem is only the concern of mental health services. By its very definition Parity accounts for a large proportion of all patients; young and old, community, general or mental health hospital patients. Whole-person care: from rhetoric to reality; Achieving parity between mental and physical health the report published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in March 2013 describes parity of esteem as ‘Valuing mental health equally with physical health’. So it is not just about patients on mental health wards getting access to an equal level of care for their physical health needs but those in the general setting getting the right care for their mental health. The report goes on to give a full definition as: parity of esteem means that, when compared with physical healthcare, mental healthcare is characterised by: • equal access to the most effective and safest care and treatment • equal efforts to improve the quality of care • the allocation of time, effort and resources on a basis commensurate with need • equal status within healthcare education and practice • equally high aspirations for service users; and • equal status in the measurement of health outcomes. Parity of esteem is integral to the government strategy ‘No
health without mental health’ which was published in 2011. This strategy states that it is for local commissioners to ensure that their service provision takes into account of the needs of the whole population. As well as improving current services it recommends radically changing the way services are delivered, shifting focus to health promotion, prevention and identification of mental illness, and to taking approaches which tackle the wider social factors and consequences of mental health problems. Parity of esteem was enshrined in law in the Health and Social Care Act 2012 so we need to take notice. From the London School of Economics (LSE) report ‘How mental illness loses out in the NHS’ mental illness accounts for nearly half of disease in under 65 year olds but only 26% of people receive care and the LSE estimate that the extra physical healthcare caused by mental illness costs the NHS at least £10 billion a year.
I hope that has set you thinking about the patients you care for and let’s make pharmacy the profession that leads the way in innovative thinking and collaborative working. Jennifer Southern CMHP Honorary Secretary
Image: A packed Keynote Theatre
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The Finalists and Winners for the Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician and Innovation of the Year were announced at Congress on Friday 25th April during the awards ceremony hosted by Professor Chris Cutts. These awards looked to celebrate and acknowledge successful individuals within the pharmacy profession. We were delighted to be able to recognise all sectors of clinical pharmacy through these awards which were open to any qualified pharmacy professional irrespective of career level.
Winner Alan Wilson
Specialist Clinical Pharmacist, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust
Winner
Winner Scott Savage
Formally Chief Pharmacist, Kettering General Hospital Foundation Trust
It was a surprise and delight to be selected for the final and get the chance to attend the congress in London, the city where I trained. I was thrilled to get that far. To be selected by my peers to win the award will be an experience I will never forget. It has inspired me to try and push the boundaries of the profession as far as I can and given me great reassurance that my practice is innovative and important.
Winner
Julie Hamer
Senior Technician, Medicines Management, North Bristol NHS Trust
It was such a surprise to be informed I had won, then to be told there was a monetary prize...I would like to attend a leadership conference, not necessarily specific to pharmacy. These sort of conferences can cost a bit and most likely not in Australia. So the money will. Go towards that.
Scott Savage
Alan Wilson
Tim Morgan,
Pharmacy Manager, Superdrug Pharmacy, Newport
I was over the moon when asked to present at the congress, and the fact that we came away with the award and with such positive feedback from the judges has really boosted our confidence in the service that we offer. I am now more determined than ever to improve our innovation and shout louder about what we can do from a community pharmacy setting.
Tim Morgan
Clinical Pharmacist of the Year
Chief Pharmacist of the Year
Pharmacy Technician of the Year
Pharmacy Innovation Award
Finalists
Finalists
Finalists
Finalists
David Gerrard
Senior Clinical Pharmacist, NTW NHS Foundation Trust, Northgate Hospital, Morpeth
Vanessa Marvin
Deputy Chief Pharmacist, Clinical Services, and Associate Professor, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Lelly Oboh
Guys & St Thomas NHS FT Community Health Services & East and South East NHS Specialist Pharmacy Services Consultant Pharmacist, Care of older people
Andrew Davies
Director of Pharmacy, North Bristol NHS Trust
Richard Goodman
Chief Pharmacist, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust
Ray Lyon
Chief Pharmacist – Strategy, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Rie Hitchmough
Chief Pharmacy Technician clinical Services, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre
Darren McCormack
Pharmacy Technician, Blackpool Victoria Hospital
Daniel Paton
Pharmacy Technician, Lincoln County Hospital, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Richard Needle
Highly Commended Toby Capstick
Advanced Clinical Pharmacist for Respiratory Medicine, Leeds Teaching Hospital
Helen Haley
Advanced Clinical Specialist Pharmacist – Child Health, University Hospital of North Staffordshire
Rosalind Needham
Clinical Pharmacist, Sir Robert Peel Hospital
Chief Pharmacist, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust
Alan Pollard
Chief Pharmacist, Birmingham Women’s NHS Foundation Trust
Judith Woolley
North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Highly Commended David Taylor
Director of Pharmacy and Pathology, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Highly Commended Hannah Lee
Pharmacy Technician, Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil
Jennifer Whitefoot
Lead Medicines Management Technician, Devon Partnership NHS Trust
A clinico-ethical framework for multidisciplinary review of medication innursing homes
- Nisha Desai, Senior Clinical Pharmacist for Frail Elderly Services, Pharmacy Department, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Development of the Barnsley Pharmacist-led Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Autoimmune Hepatitis clinic in a General District Hospital – Fernando Garcia Fuertes, IBD Pharmacist, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Integrated care clinical pharmacists for frail older people in the community
– Lelly Oboh, Consultant Pharmacist, Care of older people, Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust Community Health Services
Pharmacists Writing Discharge Medication Prescriptions at King’s College Hospital (KCH) – Raliat Onatade, Deputy Director of Pharmacy, Clinical Services, King’s College Hospital NHS Trust
Theatre Admissions Lounge (TAL) Pharmacy Team
– Nick Haddington Lead Pharmacist Education and Training, Adegbayi Ukoha, Denise Reeves and Julia Nicholls, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Swindon)
Cathy Riley
Director of Pharmacy and Medicines Optimisation, South Staffordshire & Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Why not enter in 2015 – details will be available at www.pharmacycongress.co.uk from September – remember there is a £400 grant to each winner to help attend a European or International conference.
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What’s New for 2015… After reviewing both delegate and exhibitor feedback we have listened and have already implemented the following changes for 2015: • More advanced content – in 2015, there will be a minimum of 60% of sessions that provide advanced clinical content. •
The Innovation and Technology Exchange will be doubled in size providing in excess of 50 seats. The content will be increased to include case studies for practicing pharmacy professionals enabling best practice sharing across the board.
To find out how you can submit your work for consideration please visit the web site www.pharmacycongress.co.uk from September to find out how
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We will provide a clearer understanding of which sessions are designed with the entire pharmacy family in mind and are therefore suitable for pharmacy technicians as well as pharmacists. We are starting later on Saturday morning (9am) and finishing earlier (4.15pm - this won’t mean less education or exhibition visiting time available. We will provide more quality and more hours to all.
We are also running delegate focus group meetings to help shape the 4th Congress to ensure it is as relevant and pertinent the audience as it needs to be. These events are being held in July in Manchester (15th), Coventry (14th) and London (11th) to ensure the Congress content is moving in the right direction. If you would like to attend one of these meetings please contact Laura on l.shapiro@closerstillmedia.com.
• We will increase the number of non-pharmacy speakers
Benchmarking and optimising medicine usage At this year’s Clinical Pharmacy Congress, Rx-Info director, Colin Richman, presented his research into the benefits of benchmarking and optimising medicines usage. He highlighted that there has been a lack of this type of information in secondary care while in primary care the ePACT system has enabled the effective management of medicines since the 1990s. A new software system called ‘Define’ has been developed to turn the disparate raw data from over 14 different systems used in secondary care into high quality comparable information. What does Define do? • • • •
Define maps drug definitions to the NHS standard dm+d Specialties (such as neurology and urology) are mapped to the NHS standard Trust bed numbers are collated from Department of Health published data 170 trusts in England & Wales publish to the Define system each month
Commenting on the new opportunities available to secondary care trusts Colin Richman said: “Define is a revolution in benchmarking medicines usage in secondary care, as previously hospital Trusts have been operating as silos within a single NHS organisation which is committed to continually improve quality, safety and costs.” Data must be:
Information should:
• Complete
• Support business activity
• Correct
• Be interpretable
• Comparable
• Be visual
• Quality Controlled
• Be delivered when needed
Medicines benchmarking enables: • the identification of problem areas within an organisation • organisations to assess their practice against peers • the communication of best practice among organisations with a view to achieving higher standards • the Implementation of new or improved clinical or financial practices • monitoring and feedback on the implementation of changed practices
The Clinical Pharmacy Congress is organised by CloserStill Media Healthcare Limited George House, Coventry Business Park, Herald Avenue, Coventry, CV5 6UB. Tel: 02476 717151
Laura Shapiro, Senior Congress Manager • l.shapiro@closerstillmedia.com Lucy Pitt, Marketing Director • l.pitt@closerstillmedia.com Ellie Cave, Marketing Executive • e.cave@closerstillmedia.com
Register your interest to attend at
The Exhibitors Actavis UK Ltd Acumag Ltd
B30 B1
Added Pharma Ltd
H40
Aguettant Ltd
A58
ARX Ltd
D42
Assa Abloy UK Ltd
E20
AstraZeneca UK Ltd
E30
Avantec Healthcare Ltd
A44
Aventis Pharma Ltd
F55
B.Braun Medical UK Ltd
C12
Barts and the London NHS Trust
A22
Becton Dickinson UK Ltd
D40
Bupa Home Healthcare
H42
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
F58
Cambridge Healthcare Supplies Ltd
A1
Chiesi Ltd
F50
City Sprint Healthcare Ltd
D30
CoAcS Ltd
H48
Durbin PLC
A56
DX Group Ltd
D22
Eastbourne Pharmaceuticals
F20
Fagron Uk Limited
C40
Fresenius Kabi Ltd
B50
General Pharmaceutical Council
H50
Generics (UK) Ltd
C15
Glen Dimplex Professional Appliances Ltd
G35
Grunenthal Ltd
F18
Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust
A24
H.E.C Showman Ltd
H55
Hameln Pharmaceuticals Ltd
C30
HCA Healthcare International
D60
HD Medi Ltd
D10
ID Group Ltd
E10
ITH Pharma Ltd
B55
Janssen-Cilag Ltd
A26
Labcold Ltd
F10
Leo Laboratories Limited
E60
Mawdsleys
G55
Medisca
D15
Mistura Informatics
C45
Moorfields Pharmaceuticals
F28
NHS Manufacturing
F15
Northwick Park and St Mark’s Hospital
A32
Nova Laboratories Ltd
D18
Orion Pharma
C47
Parkinsons UK
F3
Pharmacist Support
E65
Polar Speed Distribution Limited
B18
Portsmouth PMU
F22
Preston Pharmaceuticals
C62
Qdem Pharmaceuticals Limited
A50
Quantum Pharmaceutical Ltd
D20
Roche Products Ltd
C50
Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust Pharmacy Department
G60
Sensible Locums Ltd
TBC
Sintek Ltd
B62
South Devon Healthcare NHS
G57
Special Products Ltd
B60
Spirit Medical Ltd.
C35
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust
C48
Kate Jackson, Conference Manager • k.jackson@closerstillmedia.com
Teva UK Ltd
E40
Thornton & Ross Ltd
F35
Matthew Butler, Congress Director • m.butler@closerstillmedia.com
Vertical Pharma Resources Ltd
E35
Wockhardt UK Ltd
B15
Rebecca Royal, Operations Executive • r.royal@closerstillmedia.com
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2015 Congress Floor plan Keynote Theatre
Clinical Theatre 1
Medicines Optimisation Workshops
500 seats 3
B60
Special Products
3
A58
Sintek
4
Aguettant Durbin
B55 3
5
4
5
3
5
D50
6
Orion
7
2 4
Mistura C48 St George’s PMU
C40
3
4
D42
3
C30
5
3
Café B15
A12
5
4
C15 5
Wockhardt
4
Polar Speed Distribution
4
3
2 3
CHS
2
2
4
Deep Tissue Massage
3
5
3 2
Chiesi
HPS
2.5
2.5
3
Torbay PMU
5 3
G50 5
4
4
C1
SPEAKERS & PRESS OFFICE
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AstraZeneca
D25
Kora Quantum Healthcare Pharmaceutical and D22 UL Medicines DX Group 3
3
3
3
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3
3
E20 4
4
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4
E28
G30
H42
Bupa Home Healthcare
E15
5
HD Medi Nova Labs
Ipswich P.M.U.
F28 F20 Moorfields
7 4
H25
G20
3
3
4
Specialist Interest Groups
5
RPS
H20 4
CPPE 3
5
H10
Innovation & technology forum
NHS Manufacturing
F10
F18
9
Labcold Grunenthal
MEDISCA 6
3
4.5
ENTRANCE
2
F1
Leadership Theatre
5
F15 4
Added Pharma
H28
4
F22 F25
2
3
ID Medical
CoAcS
LEC Medical
Eastbourne Pharmaceuticals Pharmaceuticals
4
5
3
HOLD
Portsmouth P.M.U. 3
Abloy UK
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ORGANISER’S OFFICE
T+R
F30
G35
5
3
D18
D15
F35
6
E25
GPhC
H40
2
E30
H52
2 3
IPS Specials
Pharmacy Medical
H48
5
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E35
H55
H50
5
Leaders’ forum
E10
B Braun
3
B1
6
C12
B10 B18
A10
3
Mawdsleys
Teva UK Ltd
3
D10 Mylan
3
Citysprint Healthcare
hameln pharmaceuticals
7
3
Sanofi
E42
4
D30
7
4
Guy’s Pharmacy Manufacturing Unit
2
BD Medical
D38
Spirit Medical
5
3
E40 7
D20
A1
3
G55 G57
F50 F58
6
ARX
5
F55
HOLD
6
A26
HOLD
Royal Free Specials 4
6
10
D40
3
C35
4
3
2
5
Actavis
7
Barts Health
G60
Fagron
5
4
A22
4
6 3
C45 C47
B30
A24
5
E50
Bayer Healthcare
10
5 2
B40
A30
Janssen
Pharmacist Support
5
A32
Avantec
E65
Leo Pharma
5
Roche Products - Oncology
10
5
A28
E60
5
5
Sterling 5 Pharmaceuticals
Clinical Theatre 2
3
HCA Hospitals
Fresenius Kabi
A45
Northwick Park Specials
D60
4
C50
B50 5
A44
2
2
3
ITH Pharma
A50 Qdem
C62
Preston Pharmaceutical
400 seats
3
A56
150 seats
B62 C60
250 seats
3
2 8
Parkinson's UK
F3 G1
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HOLD
2
200 seats
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What You Said…. I don’t know of any other event that attracts such a large number of pharmacists. A lot of pharmacy conferences are done on a shoestring, but a lot of thought and investment has gone into this show which makes it a very professional event. It delivers a wide range of educational material from some of the leading pharmacists in the country.
The show has been very worthwhile. It’s given me an update in key areas and a better understanding of topics outside of my specialist area. You meet people here who are national experts and that is invaluable. Getting a free education pass was a huge help – I wouldn’t have been able to come without it.
Roger Knaggs, Associate Professor in Clinical Pharmacy Practice, University of Nottingham and Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Matthew Huntley, Hospital Pharmacist, Epsom and St Helier University Hospital NHS Trust
It’s an excellent forum for keeping up to date with what’s going on, refreshing my clinical pharmacy and earning CPD points. I probably wouldn’t have come at all if I hadn’t received a free education pass. The networking has been an important part of the event too.
Haven’t been to the show for a couple of years and came along to see what’s going on. I’m impressed. I lead a team in primary care and there’s been lots of interesting things for us here. Some of the sessions are very relevant to our work and it’s been reassuring to listen to people at the show and learn that what we are doing is up to date and just as innovative as elsewhere.
Kingsley Wildman, Independent Prescriber
Ian Small, Advisor, NHS NEL Commissioning Support Unit
This is a very well organised show. It has a good variety of content and the speakers are brilliant. I like the involvement with industry and building healthy relationships with them.
I’ve never been to anything like this for pharmacists before. It’s fantastic. There are so many interesting stands here - I’ve had some really good conversations and got lots of practical advice. This show has been a real eye-opener. I’ll definitely be back next year.
Niamh McGawy, Hospital Pharmacist, Mater Hospital
Celia Osuagwu, Integrated Care Clinical Pharmacist, Guys & St Thomas Community Services
I’ve never been to this show before and I’m very impressed. It’s nice to get so much of what I need in one place. I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the range of stands and the quality of companies exhibiting here. It’s been very good to see all the products and services on offer.
It’s my third year at this show and it’s such a useful event. The speakers are excellent, they’re passionate about what they do and very inspirational. The focus is on practical learning and the show is great for networking with colleagues.
Peter Brown, Assistant Chief Pharmacist, Royal Marsden Hospital
Niamh McMahon, Teacher Practitioner, Trinity College Dublin and St James Hospital
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Missed our Top 10 must see exhibitors this year… DX Group
Abloy
Established in 1975, and delivering approximately 170 million items in 2013 alone, DX is a leading independent mail, parcels and logistics end to end network operator in the UK & Ireland. Renowned for offering great service, high security, and Customer choice, DX is relied upon by both public and private sector organisations. DX provides proven next-day or scheduled delivery services for mail, parcels and 2-Man deliveries to business and residential addresses nationwide.
Abloy UK are the leading experts on high quality security products, and their product range includes electric locking, cylinders, padlocks and door operators.
As the specialist provider of Customer-driven solutions for the delivery of time sensitive, mission critical, 2-Man and high value deliveries, DX routinely handles goods from many retailers, high street retailers, and a wide range of items from many industry sectors including legal papers, jewellery, optical lenses, pharmacy items and high street fashion. DX is also the preferred provider of the UK Government and foreign embassies for identity documents and visas.
ABLOY CLIQ Remote is now installed across a number of NHS Trusts throughout the UK, bringing enhanced security and monitoring to drug cabinets, patient record trolleys and lockers. Demonstrating significant time and cost savings, ABLOY CLIQ Remote uses an intelligent key assigned to each member of staff, replacing the traditional bunch of keys and allowing for computer generated audit trails to be created. Any lost or stolen keys can simply be deleted from the system, removing the need to re-key secure cabinets. CLIQ not only reduces the time spent looking for keys but it also means cupboards are not accidentally left unlocked and only authorised people access them, releasing nurses time to care. Trials show that on average 40 to 45 minutes were wasted on each daytime shift with staff trying to locate keys – meaning 250 minutes lost on a typical ward every day.
Fagron UK Ltd
Durbin
Patients’ needs are changing and they often require personalised solutions that suit their individual needs. Fagron works closely with pharmacists, compounders and clinicians to help meet these needs.
Durbin supplies the following categories of medicines: • • • •
Fagron focuses on the optimisation and innovation of pharmaceutical compounding with the aim of widening the therapeutic scope of the prescriber to enable personalised pharmaceutical care.
We know that ‘value for money’ is about more than just competitive pricing. We’ve earned a reputation for ‘going the extra mile’ and for giving customers the same high level of service whether they are ordering a thousand packs or just one.
Fagron provides over 200,000 customers worldwide with high-quality raw materials, concepts and equipment to optimise and innovate pharmaceutical compounding. Our concept portfolio includes: • •
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Unlicensed/‘named-patient’ medicines UK discontinued products UK supply shortages Orphan drugs
So when you come to us for your imported medicines you’ll find that we have: • • • •
SyrSpend® SF: our new sugar, colour, gluten, paraben, and ethanolfree liquid suspension base Fagron Advanced Derma: our innovative range of bases for dermatology compounding, free from parabens, SLS, lanolin, arachis (peanut) oil and many more known harmful, obsolete or controversial ingredients Pentravan®: for transdermal compounding CapsiCards® System: for quick and easy capsule filling, and FAST (Fast, Accurate, Sterile and on Time): our innovative aseptic concept combining high-quality equipment and innovative accessories to help reduce time-consuming repetitive manual operations and the opportunity for human error
next day delivery of most stock lines comprehensive risk management procedures full technical back up including translations No minimum order values for most products
Naturally, this is all done in line with MHRA guidelines and at a price that suits your budget. Durbin will leave no stone unturned in sourcing the medicine you need. Contact us on: Tel: 020 8869 6555 Fax: 020 8869 6582 Email: imports@durbin.co.uk
Making life more efficient for the compounder and ultimately much safer for the patient.
www.durbin.co.uk
NuPharm
ID Medical
NuPharm Laboratories offers a range of development services from formulation through to clinical batch manufacture and packaging and have significant experience in the contract development market and holds IMP, Specials and full Manufacturers licenses. NuPharm also has a growing portfolio of its own products which are sold as Specials. www.nupharmlabs.com
ID Medical’s Allied Health Professionals and Health Science Services (AHP/HSS) recruitment Division covers a wide range of specialities from Arts Therapy to Pharmacy, supplying healthcare professionals to over 80% of NHS Trusts nationwide. Visit ID Medical at www.id-medical.com, where we can effectively offer our innovative workforce solutions for you.
Thornton & Ross
Chiesi
Complete Emollient Therapy from Thornton & Ross
Since its foundation in 1995, under the name of Trinity Pharmaceuticals, Chiesi Limited set out to deliver value medicines to the NHS through its range of modified release preparations in the areas of cardiology, musculoskeletal and respiratory medicine.
Thornton & Ross, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers and suppliers of emollients, were delighted to exhibit at the recent Clinical Pharmacy Congress. Visitors to the stand were able to sample both the Zeroderma® and Cetraben® emollient ranges. The Zeroderma® emollient range includes 8 products for moisturising, cleansing and bathing, with cost savings of up to 37% over similar leading emollient brands. The latest addition to the range is Zerodouble® Gel with the same 30% emollients and 10% humectant as Doublebase® gel – providing double moisturising action. The Cetraben® range comprises a lotion, emollient cream and bath additive. Clinically effective, cosmetically acceptable, Cetraben helps provide patients with confidence and freedom from eczema and dry skin. T+R Derma, incorporating Cetraben and Zeroderma, offer the most comprehensive choice of emollients for patients with dry skin conditions. Thornton & Ross - for complete emollient therapy www.thorntonandross.co.uk 01484 842217
In 1999 the company was acquired by the Chiesi Group, an international pharmaceutical company with headquarters in Italy. Since then Chiesi has expanded its portfolio to include medicines in the areas of neonatology, cardiovascular and gastrointestinal medicine. The Chiesi Group remains a family owned and managed business, having 3,737 employees operating in many countries across the globe. Chiesi’s aim is to bring innovative solutions to their therapeutic areas of expertise, which include diseases such as cystic fibrosis and neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, as well as developing advanced drug delivery technologies. In 2010 Chiesi received the R & D Award under the UK-Italy Business Awards programme for outstanding investments in R & D in the United Kingdom. In addition to its core Research and Development spend, in 2011 Chiesi opened a new €90 million R & D centre, hosting more than 300 employees, to add to its current research facilities across Europe and the USA.
IPS Specials
Mawdsleys’
IPS Specials is a state-of-the-art cGMP, MHRA licensed manufacturer of Specials with over 20,000 formulations, as well as supplying imported products, namedpatient medicines & Special Obtains.
Mawdsleys’ unlicensed medicines service offers global sourcing of named patient medicines supported by high quality translated documentation. Urgent medicines are available within 24 hours and pricing is competitive. With a dedicated research team, and a multilingual customer service team with a proactive approach, Mawdsleys are the ideal partner for your patients’ unlicensed medicine needs. http://www. mawdsleys.co.uk/unlicensedmedicines.asp
Established in 2001, IPS Specials is dedicated to providing healthcare professionals with the unlicensed medicines and Special Obtains they need to offer their patients the best service possible. Providing a Complete Specials Solution from just one supplier means that all Specials, Imported medicines and Special Obtains are delivered in the quickest time possible, with pre-noon next day delivery on all manufactured Specials and stocked medicines when ordered by 5pm. In addition to the market-leading quality of service & products, our customers benefit from being able to order online using our state-of-the-art ordering system which is as easy to use as Amazon and keeps all your order history in one place.
Register your interest to attend at www.pharmacycongress.co.uk
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Farhana Karmali, Dispensing
Alison MacDonagh, Accessing automated dispensing machine
Jenny Morris, Examining medicinal leeches
Saagar Gohil, Dispensing
Caroline Lawrence, Inputting medicinal products to automated dispensing machine
Ganesh Vengadasalam, Reconstituting antibiotic powder
Grant O’Neill, Titration in Quality Control lab
Jaymi Teli, Aseptic preparation of medicinal product
Russell Ahmed, Spraying products into cytotoxic preparation room
Hasinaa Patel, Dispensing
Ingrid Xiques-Ramos, Preparation of sterile cytotoxic medications
Lionel Biu, Dispensing
Your Industry. Your Future. Your Event. The Congress returns to London ExCel on 24th & 25th April 2015. The largest event for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians and medicines optimisation management teams in the UK. A faculty of over 110 world-class speakers. 80 hours of cutting-edge content accredited by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS). New medicines, specialist pharmacy technology and equipment suppliers to learn from on the exhibition floor. Free delegate lunches in lunchtime education sessions. Celebrate the best of clinical pharmacy at the CPC awards with a brand new award launching in 2015. Network with thousands of pharmacy colleagues, peers and friends.
Interested in Exhibiting? Call Laura Shapiro for information on stand and sponsorship opportunities on 02476 719681 CPC Adverts 2014.indd 1
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