The Recognition of Excellence Awards is the only national awards exclusively for community pharmacy support staff, and focuses on one thing: rewarding hard-working and dedicated individuals who go above and beyond the call of duty to support their customers, patients, pharmacies and communities.

Whether you’re a medicines counter assistant, dispensing assistant, health champion, pharmacy technician, team leader or non-pharmacist manager, we want to hear from you!

You may enter into as many of the following categories as you wish and you can enter yourself or nominate another member of the pharmacy support team. You’ve got until 6 April 2018 to get your entries in, and with an all expenses paid trip to London for all finalists PLUS fantastic prizes up for grabs, what are you waiting for? Get entering!

Customer Care Award

^{Sponsored by TENA}

To recognise someone who has consistently provided excellent customer care or who has gone the extra mile to help a customer.

Retail Skills Award

^{Sponsored by Puressentiel}

To reward someone who can demonstrate a sound understanding of category management and who has implemented skills and ideas that have increased OTC sales and benefitted their pharmacy.

Counter Intelligence Award

^{Sponsored by Voltarol}

To reward a member of the team who excels in OTC product knowledge and is highly skilled at recognising symptoms and recommending the right products along with the right advice. 

Healthy Living Advisor Award

^{Sponsored by Sanofi}

To recognise a member of the team who is raising awareness of public health and helping their customers and community to live healthier lives, for example by stopping smoking, losing weight or eating healthily.

Infant Care Champion

^{Sponsored by SMA}

To reward a team member who excels at providing advice and knowledge to concerned parents in the community and who champions infant care and nutrition.

Rising Star Award

^{Sponsored by Glenmark}

To reward someone who has started their pharmacy career in the last two years and is excelling in all aspects of their role, embracing training and opportunities and making an impact on their pharmacy and community.

Outstanding Contribution Award

^{Sponsored by Nurses}

To recognise someone who has demonstrated dedication to community pharmacy and supporting customers and patients, whether that's over the course of their career, or someone who has made a significant impact through a particular project or area of work.

Team Leader Award

^{Sponsored by Klear-Vol}

To reward a senior support team member who has stepped up and is managing all or part of the pharmacy and leading a team.

Innovation Award

^{Sponsored by Thornton & Ross}

To recognise a support team member who has initiated an innovative or creative service, campaign, training model, or solution that has benefited the team, pharmacy and/or customers and patients.

Service Excellence Award

^{Sponsored by EllaOne}

To reward someone who has demonstrated excellent consultation skills with a patient.

Pharmacy Champion Award

^{Sponsored by the National Pharmacy Association}

To recognise a pharmacy team member who has raised awareness of their pharmacy to the public and campaigned for pharmacy as a whole to be recognised as a healthcare provider.

Remember the final deadline for entries is 6 April.

If you have any questions about the entry process please call Helena Beer on 020 7534 7229 or email helena.beer@1530.com.