Recognising Excellence - Celebrating Innovation - 

Inspiring the Future

The PCPA Excellence in General Practice Pharmacy Awards are open to all pharmacy professionals working in or with general practice across the United Kingdom.

The awards celebrate the individuals and teams whose dedication, expertise and innovation are making a lasting difference to patients, colleagues and the wider profession.

Every day, pharmacy professionals across the UK are transforming patient care through exceptional clinical practice, leadership, innovation and collaboration.

Whether you're delivering outstanding patient care, leading service improvements, championing sustainability or driving innovation, this is your opportunity to showcase your achievements and gain national recognition.

We invite you to nominate yourself, a colleague or your team and help us celebrate the very best in general practice pharmacy.


Award Categories and how to enter:

Please consult the judging criteria and supporting evidence guidelines before submitting your application.

Judging Criteria
Supporting Evidence Guidelines

Click on your selected category below to access the submission forms:


12th October - CLOSING DATE for nominations 

2nd November - Shortlist announced

24th November - Awards Ceremony and Winners announced

Being recognised by the PCPA Excellence in General Practice Pharmacy Awards is about more than winning an award. It is an opportunity to celebrate your achievements, showcase your work to peers across the UK, and help raise the profile of general practice pharmacy.

Winners and finalists benefit from:

  • National recognition from peers and leaders across general practice pharmacy.
  • A prestigious PCPA Award to celebrate and showcase your achievement.
  • Professional recognition assets, including digital winner/finalist logos, email signature banners and LinkedIn graphics to celebrate your success.
  • The opportunity to showcase your work through a dedicated PCPA webinar, sharing your innovation and learning with colleagues across the UK.
  • Featured recognition across PCPA communications, including the website, bulletin and social media channels.
  • The chance to inspire others by sharing best practice and highlighting innovations that improve patient care.
  • Recognition for your organisation, helping to demonstrate excellence within your practice, PCN or ICB.

Whether you're an individual, a pharmacy technician, a pharmacist or part of an outstanding team, entering the awards is an opportunity to celebrate the difference you're making every day.

But why listen to us when you can listen to our previous winners on the difference it has made to them and why they think you should apply:

The PCPA Awards are open to all pharmacy professionals working in or with general practice across the United Kingdom.

We welcome:

  • Self-nominations
  • Nominations from colleagues
  • Team nominations

Whether you're an experienced practitioner or an emerging leader, if your work has made a meaningful impact, we'd love to hear your story.

If you're nominating someone else you must inform the nominee that they have been nominated.

Our independent judging panel will be looking for nominations that clearly demonstrate:

  • Outstanding patient care and measurable impact
  • Innovation that has improved services or outcomes
  • Leadership that has inspired colleagues or transformed practice
  • Collaboration across multidisciplinary teams
  • Sustainable improvements that can be shared across the profession

Strong nominations include clear examples, measurable outcomes and evidence of the difference made.

Judging Criteria
Supporting Evidence Guidelines

HELEN KILMINSTER

PCPA National Vice President

Senior Pharmacist, Advanced Clinical Practitioner 

PCN Deputy Clinical Director

Minesh Parbat

PCPA West Midlands Regional Vice President

Chief Pharmacist

Abbie Stirling

PCPA Pharmacy Technician National Lead

Research Lead and Clinical Pharmacy Technician PCN

Celebrate With Us: Tuesday 24th November - 8pm-9pm

The PCPA Excellence in General Practice Pharmacy Awards culminate in our online Celebration Evening, where we come together as a profession to recognise and celebrate the incredible achievements of pharmacy professionals across the UK.

Join us as we announce the Highly Commended recipients and Award Winners in each category, hear from our judges, and celebrate the outstanding work taking place in General Practice Pharmacy.

As this is the official awards ceremony, shortlisted nominees are expected to attend wherever possible to celebrate alongside fellow finalists and colleagues. We therefore ask that anyone submitting a nomination is able to join us on the evening should they be shortlisted.  So please do save the date now!

Whether you're celebrating your own achievements or cheering on your peers, it's always and enjoyable evening dedicated to recognising excellence, sharing success and inspiring the future of our profession.

REGISTER HERE

To view all our previous wonderful winners click here:

PCPA Award Winners