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Annual Report 2016<br />
Leadership<br />
UKCPA and its members are recognised leaders<br />
within the pharmacy profession<br />
Accreditation: the assurance of quality<br />
In April 2016 we received double accreditation from<br />
the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, the first<br />
organisation to do so. We are now accredited by the<br />
RPS as a Foundation Training Provider and a Faculty<br />
Training Provider. This means that the RPS have, via<br />
an independent assessment panel, quality assured<br />
our education and training events, our internal<br />
quality assurance systems, and our governance<br />
processes.<br />
The accreditation assures all practitioners that our<br />
education events are of the highest quality and are<br />
delivered by credible expert speakers and tutors.<br />
Providing expertise<br />
A particular highlight of our year was the<br />
development and publication of the Handbook of<br />
Peri-operative Medicines.<br />
Compiled by UKCPA members who specialise in the<br />
area of surgery, the Handbook provides national<br />
guidance for the use of medicines in the<br />
perioperative period. Previously, only local guidelines<br />
existed which resulted in varying practices across the<br />
country, and confusion and ambiguity amongst<br />
healthcare professionals.<br />
The Handbook of Peri-operative Medicines is available<br />
from the UKCPA office.<br />
Please contact general.enquiries@ukcpa.com.<br />
The Handbook has<br />
been endorsed by<br />
the Royal<br />
Pharmaceutical<br />
Society, the Royal<br />
College of<br />
Physicians and<br />
Surgeons of<br />
Glasgow, and the<br />
Preoperative<br />
Association.<br />
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