Press Release
Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK
Pharmacy Technicians of the Year Awards 2009
The Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK is pleased to announce the winners of the
Pharmacy Technicians of the Year Awards 2009. These awards are sponsored by AAH
Hospital Service.
The Pharmacy Technician of the Year Primary Care Award for 2009 has been won by, Donna
Bartlett, Development and Improvement Project Lead Technician, NHS Northwest Medicines
Management Network, Preston, Lancashire for her submission “Delivering injectable training
on swine flu vaccinations to non-registered staff.”
The Pharmacy Technician of the Year Professional Award introduced last year to recognise a
pharmacy technician who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession has been
won by Karen Pawelcyzk, Senior Technician for Vaccine Supplies, Pharmacy Distribution
Centre, Govan, Glasgow.
The winners of the Primary Care Award will present her work at the APTUK national
conference in June at Cranage Hall, Cheshire and both winners will be recognised at the
conference dinner.
APTUK’s President Sarah Wilcox said that “APTUK were again impressed by the high quality
of entries for this award. We recognise the importance of promoting the role of the pharmacy
technician and will continue to champion excellence by encouraging and rewarding forward
thinking and innovation”
The Awards were established in 1997 to promote the important role of the pharmacy
technician in developing and improving pharmacy services and to encourage forward thinking
and innovation. AAH Hospital Service is delighted to continue to be involved with these
awards and Andrew Morris – Director of Sales for Hospitals said: “AAH understand the
growing importance of the Pharmacy Technicians role and recognise the hard and creative
work that goes into this profession. By continuing to sponsor these awards we show our
commitment to this role and indeed Pharmacy.
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