By Netty Cracknell on 2nd May 2023

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: 2023 BOPA Annual Symposium – Wales

An important date for your diaries: The 26th British Oncology Pharmacy Association (BOPA) Annual Symposium, 6-8 October, ICC Wales. Oncology and haematology are ever-changing landscapes and this year we are…

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By BOPA Digital Subcommittee on 20th February 2023

New Search Function on the BOPA website

Dear BOPA members and associates,   The current BOPA website went live in August 2019. At the time we had a five e-Learning modules, under 100 resources and a handful…

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By BOPA Committee on 6th February 2023

2022 symposium videos and presentation downloads are now available on the BOPA website

Dear All BOPA PAID Members!   We are delighted to announce that the 2022 symposium videos and presentation downloads are now available on the BOPA website. We apologise that this…

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By BOPA on 30th January 2023

WFPHA invites all health professionals to fill out this survey

Dear healthcare and public health professionals from UK The World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA), NGO in official relations with the World Health Organisation (WHO), is starting a project…

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By BOPA on 30th January 2023

Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration Systems: report adverse incidents on a Yellow Card

We ask healthcare professionals to be vigilant to adverse incidents involving software, apps, and artificial intelligence (AI) as medical devices and to report incidents to us via the Yellow Card…

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By BOPA on 24th January 2023

The BOPA-PRUK research award

The BOPA-PRUK research award This award provides pharmacy professionals who are new to research with the extra incentive to get their research career started. Pharmacy Research UK (PRUK) and the…

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By BOPA on 20th January 2023

New logos for the ‘Education & Training’ and ‘My Research’ webinar series

BOPA is delighted to unveil the new logos for the ‘Education & Training’ and ‘My Research’ webinar series.    Both webinar series have been huge successes over the past few years…

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By BOPA on 12th January 2023

BOPA Verification Passport Survey for oncology pharmacy staff members

BOPA are currently working on a project to update the verification standards and verification e-learning. As part of this project BOPA are also working on updating and rolling out a…

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By BOPA on 9th January 2023

Position Statement: BOPA supports the withdrawal of histamine 2 (H2) antagonists from paclitaxel pre-medication regimens following publication of research which demonstrates their lack of effect. January 2023

BOPA is pleased to announce publication of a position statement confirming our support for removal of H2 antagonists from paclitaxel pre-medication regimens. This position statement follows on from the excellent…

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By BOPA on 9th January 2023

Position Statement: Pharmacy Technician Clinical Verification of Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) and Supportive Medication Prescriptions

BOPA is pleased to announce publication of a position statement confirming our support for pharmacy technician verification of SACT and supportive medicines prescription. The BOPA executive committee acknowledges the contribution…

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By Netty Cracknell on 5th January 2023

UPDATE: UKMS Pharmacy Group Education meeting on Jan 18th

Dear BOPA Members, Many thanks to all those who have registered to attend the UKMS Pharmacy Group Education meeting on Jan 18th .  I’m sorry to announce that we have…

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By BOPA on 4th January 2023

A Life in a Day: the power of empathy training strategies and their impact on clinical practice

Join BOPA vice chair Emma Foreman and A Life in a Day Founder Mark Doyle on 7 February as they discuss the power of empathy training strategies and their impact…

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