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This afternoon (30 June) the pharmacy industry joined together to celebrate the best in community pharmacy at the third annual Recognition of Excellence Awards

The Awards set out to find medicines counter assistants, dispensing assistants and pharmacy technicians who go above and beyond their duty to support their customers, patients, pharmacies and communities. And this year's finalists certainly didn't disappoint.

Our 21 finalists, across nine categories, were rewarded at a celebratory lunch at The Dorchester, one of London's most iconic and prestigious five-star hotels. Myra Battle, accuracy checking technician at Boots UK Market Hill in Sudbury shone out, sweeping up three awards, as well as the coveted Spotlight Award, which named her as our overall support staff member of the year.

Customer Care Award 2016

Highly Commended: Gennie Charlett, Dispenser, LloydsPharmacy, Witney

Highly Commended: Michelle Tingley, Pharmacy Technician, Dears Pharmacy, Fife

Winner: Helen Parton, Healthcare Advisor, Boots UK, Northgate

Healthy Living Advisor Award 2016

Highly Commended: Cheryl Anne Payne, Medicines Counter Assistant, Avicenna Pharmacy, Bishopsworth

Highly Commended: Karen Janes, Disepnsing Assistant, LloydsPharmacy, Wimborne

Winner: Kelly-Marie Ball, Team Leader, The Priory Community Pharmacy, Dudley

Counter Intelligence Award 2016

Highly Commended: Sonia Cope, Dispensing Assistant, LloydsPharmacy, Great Lever

Highly Commended: Deborah Aris, Dispensing Assistant, Day Lewis Ledbury

Winner: Myra Battle, Accuracy Checking Technician, Boots UK Market Hill

Retail Skills Award 2016

Highly Commended: Rosalind Jones, Supervisor & Dispenser, LloydsPharmacy, New Haw

Highly Commended: Ramila Shah, Assistant Manager, Avicenna Pharmacy, Luton (Bury Park)

Winner: Agnieszka Galbas, Dispensing Assistant, Day Lewis, Balham

Innovation Award 2016

Highly Commended: Tracey Doughty, Assistant Manager, Day Lewis, Wareham

Winner: Myra Battle, Accuracy Checking Technician, Boots UK, Market Hill

Rising Star Award 2016

Highly Commended: Gemma Richardson, Medicines Counter Assistant & Dispensary Assistant, Avicenna Pharmacy, The Green

Highly Commended: Naomi Rettig, Dispenser, Rosser's Chemist, Monmouth

Winner: Rupen Patel, Non-Pharmacy Manager, LloydsPharmacy, Goring on Thames

Infant Care Award 2016

Highly Commended: Jen Ainsworth, Healthcare Advisor, Boots UK, Milton Keynes

Winner: Helen Parton, Healthcare Advisor, Boots UK, Northgate

Team leader Award 2016

Highly Commended: Luke Simmons, Pharmacy Manager, LloydsPharmacy, Chertsey

Highly Commended: Kiran Bening, Pharmacy Techician, Superdrug, Coventry

Winner: Kelly-Marie Ball, Team Leader, The Priory Community Pharmacy, Dudley

Outstanding Contribution Award 2016

Highly Commended: Myra Battle, Accuracy Checking Technician, Boots UK Market Hill

Highly Commended: Charlotte Burls, Dispenser & Change Coach, LloydsPharmacy, Wantage

Winner: Barbara Wiseman, Dispensing Assistant, Avicenna Pharmacy, The Green

Spotlight Award 2016

Winner: Myra Battle, Accuracy Checking Technician, Boots Market Hill

Our judging panel was made up of Annie Clarke, Community Pharmacy Technician and last year's Spotlight Award Winner; Leanne Beverley, Community Pharmacy Technician and our 2014 Spotlight Award Winner; Reena Barai, Community Pharmacist; Joanne Taylor, Vittoria Healthcare; Tess Fenn, President, Association of Pharmacy Technicians UK; Leyla Hannbeck, Chief Pharmacist, National Pharmacy Association; Salim Jetha, Chief Executive, Avicenna; Helen Darracott, Deputy Chief Executive, PAGB; Deborah Evans, Managing Director, The Tipping Point; Trevor Gore, Independent Consultant; Mike Holden, Independent Consultant; Liam Stapleton, Managing Director, Metaphor Development; Richard Stephenson, Head of Retail & Operations, Right Medicine Pharmacy Ltd.

The Recognition of Excellence Awards are sponsored by TENA, Kellogg's, SMA Nutrition, Infirst Healthcare, Precision Marketing Group, Numark and the National Pharmacy Association.