We are delighted to announce that UKCPA has been approved as a NIHR non-commercial partner. This is great news for anyone who will apply for UKCPA project funds in the future. The decision was made recently by the UKCPA General Committee to provide project funding for individuals or teams wishing to conduct pharmacy research. We [...]

GHP/UKCPA call for abstracts, poster exhibition, GHP/UKCPA 8th Joint National Conference, 18 – 20 May 2012, Europa Hotel, Belfast. Call for abstracts: click here. The GHP and UKCPA invites abstract submissions on topics related to clinical pharmacy practice for presentation, as a poster, at the GHP/UKCPA 8th Joint National Conference. Submissions will be considered under [...]

Dear Colleagues GHP/UKCPA 8th Joint National Conference, 18 – 20 May 2012, Europa Hotel, Belfast: Programme released, registration open! This event is the pre-eminent annual conference for pharmacists in the NHS led and organised by two pharmacy organisations GHP/UKCPA working in partnership to enhance the learning and development of their members from pre-qualification, post registration [...]

The UKCPA would like to give you due notice that the Annual General Meeting of the Association will be held on Saturday, 19th May 2012, at the Europa Hotel, Belfast.  Full agenda and supporting papers will be made available in due course.  Any agenda items should be submitted to the UKCPA office by the 10th March 2012.  The [...]

Not registered yet?  Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to register students, pre reg pharmacists, pharmacists returning to the work place after a career break or overseas pharmacists new to clinical practice to attend the UKCPA Intensive Weekend School – Places are limited! Previous attendees have told us this: “Exceeded expectations!” “Learnt lots of clinical [...]

We are delighted to announce the appointment of a new Chair to the Haemostasis, Anticoagulation and Thrombosis (HAT) Group. Barbara Clark, a principal pharmacist at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, will replace Sharron Millen who stepped down as Chair after two years as head of the Group. Sharron was instrumental in outstanding achievements [...]

We are delighted to announce the appointment of a new Chair to the Critical Care Group. Greg Barton, a critical care and burns pharmacist at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, will replace Mark Borthwick who stepped down as Chair after four years as head of the Group. Mark says, “It has been [...]

The UCL School of Pharmacy in collaboration with the UKCPA have today published a report on ‘Relieving persistent pain, improving health outcomes‘, together with information for patients in pain, and ways in which pharmacists can talk to patients about their pain in order to provide the most suitable and effective advice and care. The report [...]

The UKCPA is delighted to release the proposed awards calendar for 2012. Please see: Awards calendar brief FINAL Further details for each award and an invitation to submit work will be announced on the Awards page of the website. Should you have any queries regarding UKCPA awards, please do not hesitate to contact Marie Matthews (email: mmatthews@ukcpa.com) [...]

The UKCPA is delighted to announce the release of full details for their forthcoming UKCPA Intensive Weekend School, ‘Developing Clinical Practice Skills in Pharmaceutical Care’ taking place at The Portland Hotel by Thistle, Manchester, 23 – 24 March 2012. This event is sure to benefit students, pharmacists returning to the work place after a career [...]