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Welcome to the website of the HIV Pharmacy Association (HIVPA).  HIVPA membership is open to all pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the UK and Republic of Ireland working in Infectious Diseases and HIV specialties and accepts applications from overseas HIV pharmacists as Associate members upon request.    

HIVPA offers education and networking for its members to improve personal and professional development, for the benefit of the patient and the individual. The educational programme offers four national meetings in London and an annual conference at a regional venue. The programme of education is dynamic and takes into consideration topical issues and members feedback from previous meetings and conferences.   Membership is offered as either Ordinary members working in the United Kingdom NHS and ROI and Associate members working in other countries or in the pharmaceutical industry. To apply for membership please contact hivpa@conass.co.uk or phone 07 973 26 11 11. 

Details of all the Association and other relevant HIV meetings are published in our regular newsletter and shown on the websites meetings page. In addition there are regional meetings, organised by HIVPA regional representatives based on the needs of regional pharmacy staff. Ad-hoc meetings are held in conjunction with our industry sponsors, details of these are circulated to the membership by email. 

HIVPA communicates to members in ways that is most economic; email rather than post; newsletters by email and accessible on the website; an easy to access and use website, on-line training through eHIVe; a discussion forum to access expert advice; meeting programmes designed from members feedback, etc;  all aimed at optimising communications in a busy world.  

A new initiative is the HIVPA / Abbott Excellence Awards, where members may be nominated for the annual "Excellence Awards" which will  recognise an outstanding contribution to patient care or team development by HIV pharmacists or HIV pharmacy technicians.  Contact hivpa@conass.co.uk for further information.   The annual Ushma Patel Memorial Poster Competition is judged at the conference and offers an annual award to travel to an HIV conference or to a centre of excellence. 

The Association is run by the HIVPA steering committee which welcomes the input of any members wishing to contribute to the success of the organisation. For further information contact hivpa@conass.co.uk.