The NPA has launched an ‘Associate Pharmacist’ subscription, to provide individual pharmacists and technicians with portable access to the NPA Pharmacy Support and Advice Service, priority news-feed and email alerts.
Also included is NPA Learn, the association’s Learning and Development hub.
The personal development offering to Associates includes an annual online flu refresher or discounted full face-to- face vaccination training. A similar subscription is available to become an Associate Technician.
NPA Director of Membership, Simon Tebbutt, said: “Associate Pharmacist is an offer to individuals, not to pharmacy businesses. We find that many pharmacists and technicians come into contact with NPA resources and like them, experiencing their quality as they move from pharmacy to pharmacy, either as a locum or as part of their career-building. We want pharmacists and technicians to have the option to access these fantastic tools and resources wherever they are practising. It should help build careers while also bolstering pharmacists’ day-to-day performance and resilience.”
For individuals who are insured for Professional Indemnity with the NPA, the NPA has published a value offer which is a £48 discount (inc VAT) on subscribing to be an Associate Pharmacist/Technician.
The NPA can offer this only in the circumstances of either an existing policy being in place for the period of the subscription, or a new policy taken out at the same time as subscription.
Subscribe via the NPA website at www.npa.co.uk/Associate-Pharmacist-Subscription