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BOPA-PRUK Research Award – NOW OPEN for Applications 2021
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…
Wellbeing Apps – NHS Staff FREE Access Extended to end of March 2021
The offer of free access to a range of mental health apps for NHS staff has also been extended until 31 March 2021. The apps include: Daylight Headspace Sleepio Unmind…
Publication of new Irinotecan dose banding table 20mg/mL and update Caelyx table
Dear Colleague NHS England and Improvement has published two new/updated dose banding tables on its website. • A new irinotecan table has been added to sit alongside the current multi-drug…
Tamoxifen Patient representatives advert
NHS England and NHS Improvement are working with Breast Cancer Now to recruit paid patient representatives. The representatives will help to shape a new programme to increase the uptake of…
UK BMT Pharmacists’ Group has recently updated its training passport
The UK BMT Pharmacists’ Group has recently updated its training passport that is designed to support pharmacists working in the area of adult haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). It is…
BOPA Executive Committee TCON Minutes – December 2020
Please see the minutes for all the BOPA Executive TCON meetings HERE
Clinician FAQs and guidance on COVID-19 vaccine for patients receiving SACT
Please find here the Clinician FAQs and guidance on COVID-19 vaccine for patients receiving SACT. https://www.ukchemotherapyboard.org/publications
Tim Root is made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire
BOPA would like to congratulate Tim Root on the amazing award of MBE. Tim was chair of BOPA from 2003 to 2007 and has led and worked with many of…
Cancer eLearning for Community Pharmacy – Let’s Communicate Cancer!
We are excited to present details of an e-learning project we have been working on over the last year with a grant from Pfizer called Let’s Communicate Cancer. The e-learning…
NEW eLearning UPDATE – New BMT Series on the Website!
NEW eLearning UPDATE The first two modules of the NEW BMT series are now available for paid BOPA members on our new look E&T section of the website. Click HERE…
BOPA Executive Committee TCON Minutes
Please see the minutes for all BOPA Executive TCON meetings HERE
DPYD Testing Policy Published by NHS England and NHS Improvement
Dear all, (Note – This statement is for England ONLY) Please find an update from NHS England and NHS Improvement on: Clinical commissioning policy statement for pharmacogenomic testing for DPYD…