Pharmacists in Smoking Cessation
IPU-Review-FEBRUARY-2017
IPU-Review-FEBRUARY-2017
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IPU – The voice of<br />
community pharmacy<br />
As a valued member of the IPU, you belong to the<br />
representative and professional body for community<br />
pharmacists <strong>in</strong> Ireland. Membership of the IPU provides you<br />
with the professional support and advice you need <strong>in</strong> your<br />
day-to-day practice as a community pharmacist.<br />
To make sure you are gett<strong>in</strong>g the most out of your membership,<br />
we’ve put together the top 10 membership benefits.<br />
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SOPs, Guidel<strong>in</strong>es and Protocols to assist you <strong>in</strong> comply<strong>in</strong>g with the<br />
Pharmacy Act 2007.<br />
Support with Fitness to Practise proceed<strong>in</strong>gs.<br />
The IPU Product File, an <strong>in</strong>dispensable resource to run your pharmacy efficiently.<br />
Bus<strong>in</strong>ess advice and support on issues such as bus<strong>in</strong>ess regulations, bus<strong>in</strong>ess<br />
<strong>in</strong>telligence, retail<strong>in</strong>g, data protection, <strong>in</strong>surance and much more.<br />
Individual assistance on claim<strong>in</strong>g/payment issues with the HSE PCRS.<br />
A voice <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>fluenc<strong>in</strong>g policies and strategies that affect your profession.<br />
HR Know-How – advice on all issues affect<strong>in</strong>g employers and employees,<br />
<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g a mediation service.<br />
Reduced rates on IPU tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g courses and events, as well as free membership<br />
to IPU Academy.<br />
Real sav<strong>in</strong>gs on a range of services, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>surance and energy bills.<br />
Network<strong>in</strong>g opportunities to meet your peers, exchange ideas and renew<br />
contacts face-to-face at IPU events.<br />
Our sole focus is on protect<strong>in</strong>g, promot<strong>in</strong>g and strengthen<strong>in</strong>g the pharmacy profession, now and<br />
long <strong>in</strong>to the future, and advis<strong>in</strong>g and support<strong>in</strong>g you <strong>in</strong> your professional and bus<strong>in</strong>ess lives.