APTUK 2024 Pharmacy Technician Awards

The APTUK Annual Pharmacy Technician Awards celebrate and acknowledge successful individuals, teams and projects within the pharmacy technician profession. 

We are delighted to be able to recognise all sectors of pharmacy practice and individual excellence through these awards which will be presented at the APTUK Conference and Awards Dinner on September 6th, 2024, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Nottingham. Prizes include an engraved trophy and an educational bursary towards attendance at the APTUK Annual Conference 2025.  

The award categories are:

• The APTUK Pharmacy Technician Team of the Year Award focuses on the pivotal role that outstanding teams of pharmacy technicians have on influencing positive person-centred patient care. This can be through innovation, service development or research
• The APTUK Excellence in Pharmacy Education and Development Award recognises an outstanding pharmacy technician, team or project that has made a significant contribution to education, training and development of pharmacy technicians or pharmacy teams in the UK.  
• The APTUK Pre-registration Trainee Pharmacy Technician of the Year Award acknowledges the commitment, dedication and achievement of Pre-Registration Trainee Pharmacy Technicians. The award will be made to a trainee who, in the opinion of the judges, demonstrates outstanding effort and commitment.  
• The APTUK Primary Care Pharmacy Technician of the Year Award recognises an outstanding pharmacy technician who has shown a significant contribution to pharmacy services and patients in a primary care setting over the past 24 months.
• Secondary Care Pharmacy Technician of the Year Award. The judging panel are looking for an outstanding pharmacy technician that has made a significant contribution to pharmacy services and patients in a secondary care setting in the UK over the past 24 months.
• The APTUK Community Pharmacy Technician of the Year Award recognises an outstanding pharmacy technician who has shown a significant contribution to pharmacy services and patients in a community pharmacy setting over the past 24 months.  

To nominate for an award, simply click on the link below.

Award nominations are open until midnight on 22nd April 2024 and all awards are open to members and non-members of APTUK

Timelines:

• Award nominations open – 1st February 2024
• Award nominations close – 22nd April 2024
• Judging - May 2024
• Announcement of shortlists – 31st May 2024
• APTUK Conference and Awards Dinner – 6th September 2024

The Katherine Miles Poster Award

Abstract submissions for educational posters have now closed. All accepted posters will be displayed at the APTUK Professional Conference and Exhibition and automatically entered into the Katherine Miles Poster Award.  This award helps to support creative thinking, using posters to illustrate latest research and generating new and valuable ideas. The award will be made to an entrant who best showcases their projects, research or achievements.

More details can be found on our website here: APTUK 2024 posters

To register for APTUK 2024 Conference and Awards Dinner, and take advantage of  early bird savings,  please follow the link below.

We will look forward to seeing you there!