The winners of this year's Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) Awards - RPS members who have made an outstanding contribution to pharmacy - were revealed at the RPS conference in Birmingham on 13 September 2015. Raymond Fitzpatrick, clinical director of pharmacy at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, won the lifetime achievement award, having pioneered innovations with lasting benefits for the profession. Fitzpatrick was one of the first clinical pharmacists in the late 1970s and, as clinical director of pharmacy at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire, developed innovative medicines management systems. At Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, he installed one of the first automated dispensing systems and is a recognised leader in electronic secure medicines storage. Fitzpatrick has influenced policy and strategy at a national level and was an early pioneer in the RPS Faculty.
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