Rikin Patel, Sharmans Pharmacy, Northwood

Located at the heart of Northwood's shopping area, Sharmans has been providing pharmacy services for over 120 years. It is a forward-looking community pharmacy which is constantly looking at ways to innovate service models to deliver better health outcomes for its patients. An outstanding model that community pharmacy needs to strive for, Sharmans delivers the best service, having a locally selected offering of products that suits its customers.

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Rebecca Myers Day Lewis Pharmacy, Croydon

Setting up a suite of PGDs for a pharmacy is challenging but setting them up across a multiple with nearly 300 pharmacies is another matter. With the aim to improve clinical quality, provide consistency with easy access and accreditation and reduce overall running costs, Day Lewis Pharmacy set about creating their own bespoke set of PGDs. Now with nearly 70 PGDs and over 1,000 accredited pharmacists, Day Lewis has opened up the suite to other independents.

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Rishi Bhatia RB Healthcare, Aintree

Pharmacist Rishi Bhatia raised over £3,000 to help ease chronic shortages of personal protective equipment in his local care homes by running five marathons over the course of a month in May 2020. He then rode, as part of a group of 20 cyclists called 'Blazing Saddles', form Manchester to Wales to raise over £45,000.

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Sonichem Pharmacy Leicestershire

Working closely with the local GP surgery, Sonichem Pharmacy has provided much needed bespoke consultations for mental health patients and on-going personal support. The service has been a huge success with positive outcomes for all participants. Pharmacist Amit Pattni also impressed local doctors enough to attract £25,000 to run a diabetes programme to reduce overall prescribing waste with insulin.

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Heidi Norton, Bidford Pharmacy, Bidford on Avon, Warwickshire

Transitioning from the airline industry to healthcare was probably the most inspired move Heidi ever made. A health champion, she is a key member of this forward looking, hard-working team – and Heidi’s particular strength is talking to people, sometimes even visiting them at home – in her own time.

She has helped identify a stroke, skin cancer and helped countless others with sympathy, care and knowledge.

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Faheem Ahmed, Ahmeys Pharmacy, Oxford

Faheem shows what can be done when innovation is combined with vision. He has utilised his prescribing qualification to set up a pharmacist-led minor illness walk in clinic which the judges felt was a prime example of how service development in a community pharmacy should work. This model of healthcare provision reduced workloads on the local surgery, while improving Ahemys’ bottom line considerably.

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Flora Fountain Pharmacy Uxbridge

Punil Shah is an authority on nutritional health and well-being. Punil and his knowledgeable team help patients lead healthier lives focussing on nutrition, lifestyle and the prevention agenda. His pharmacy has a full range of natural healthcare products to complement his prescription and pharmaceutical services. The pharmacy has produced an easy to-read ‘Guide to Good Health’ booklet to help patients manage their own health.

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Euro Chemist, Liverpool

Based in Chinatown in Liverpool, Euro Chemist is a shining example of a team of pharmacists who operate more like a family – with its roots deeply embedded in its community – and acting like a health hub – from which young, the old and even the isolated can benefit. Hosting tea mornings, charity events and gardening clubs, the team try to make everybody who comes into the pharmacy feel better than when they entered.

Yasmine Haq Knights Pharmacy Chain

Jasmine Haq started out as a ‘Saturday girl’ and has never looked back. Exceptional in her commitment and dedication, she already leads in the management of key services and works closely with the local surgery, understanding patient needs and seeing how the pharmacy and GP practice can both deliver better care. Despite her early years, she is already being seen as a role model in the profession.

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Graham Phillips Manor Pharmacy, St Albans

Graham Phillips’s eight-week ProLongevity programme is based on a personalised lifestyle approach that helps people lose weight, improve wellbeing, and avoid or reverse diabetes. It involves monitoring a patient by attached a glucose monitor to the patient's arm and using an app to establish links between their diet and corresponding blood sugar levels.

This game-changing innovation has been a huge success with life changing results for participants.

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Hodgson Pharmacy

Hodgson Pharmacy is leading the way for the profession to use technology in offering high quality, patient-led services and has seen a resulting uptick in numbers. Located in a rural area with 60 per cent of locals over 65, pharmacist Amish Patel has reached out – using a variety of technological tools – and has even seen people travel from abroad to access his services.

Hodgson Pharmacy has also invested in remote consultation software which allows patients to book a virtual consultation with the pharmacist for all concerns.

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Keiran Eason Easons Pharmacy

An outstanding pharmacist delivering great clinical services, Kieran Eason approached a locally commissioned minor ailment service with vigour and passion – notching up 50 consultations in just a week. Easons Pharmacy now provides diagnosis and treatment to more than 200 patients a month – covering a range of minor health issues from ear and throat conditions to UTIs and eczema. A resounding success.

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Harlow Town Pharmacy, Harlow, Essex

Providing excellent care in a deprived area, this pharmacy has remained a pillar of support to a local community gripped by anxiety and fear during the pandemic. Our judges were particularly impressed by the way the pharmacist, Sabina Yasmin, has built a strong rapport with the local community.

One panic-stricken customer, feeling suicidal, called her because he thought she would listen. The patient is recovering well, thanks to Sabina’s good work. The pharmacy has also increased engagement and enhanced services much to local satisfaction.