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The National Association of Private Pharmacists, within cooperation of the Hungarian Pharmaceutical Society, has been announcing awards for these pharmacists and pharmacies every year since 2011.

With the award, the National Association of Private Pharmacists recognizes pharmacists who set an example of outstanding professional with their performance, the application of effective solutions and a patient-centered approach to pharmaceutical care.

The winners were selected by the professional jury, based on more than 30,000 votes from pharmacies. In the tender supported by Roche Hungary Ltd., the bidders were to be recognized a pharmacist with outstanding professional performance, effective solutions and a patient-centered approach. The application was open and all the active pharmacists could participate. The applications were judged anonymously by the members of the professional jury.

The members of the professional jury were: Dr. Mikola Bálint, honorary president of the National Association of Private Pharmacists, public health expert. Prof. Dr. Éva Szökő – President of the Hungarian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Prof. Dr. Ildikó Csóka – Chief Strategy Officer of the University of Szeged – Head of Department. Prof. Dr. Gábor Halmos – Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Debrecen -Head of Department. Dr. Antal Samu – Hungarian founder of pharmaceutical care.

The jury invited 20 of the professionals proposed on the website http://www.evgyogyszeresze.hu, who received the most suggestions (votes), to submit a professional application. This year, the submitted applicants represented such a high standard which were based on the jury’s decision – the usual “I-II-III”. In addition to “place” this time, “Special Prize Winner” and “Recipient of Commendation” application recognitions were also awarded. The jury had a really difficult task this time, because many were of high quality works. By-the-end was complete agreement regarding the winners and second-placed tenders, but were not able to make a meaningful decision for the III. place, therefore in 2024 it was divided and given out.

Was Praised – Dr. Gábor Tóth – Kiskanizsa pharmacy, Nagykanizsa
“Drug safety in the constantly changing environment of pharmaceutical care”
Pharmacy First – Dr. Eszter Barna – Rákóczi Pharmacy, Szentes
“Drug addiction” – (Addictology)
Special prize – Dr. Ádám Hadnagy – Elixir Pharmacy, Körmend
“Service development: Experiences of doctor-pharmacist-patient cooperation a
in practice”
Divided III. place – Dr. Pető Botond – Belladonna Pharmacy, Szentmártonkáta
“The role of social media platforms in authentic lay information”
&
Dr. Gábor Leksikov – Black Eagle Pharmacy, Pacsa
“Service development: Experiences of the doctor-pharmacist-patient cooperation a
in practice” (Pharmacist’s note)
II. place – Dr. László Antal – Skorpió Pharmacy, Görbeháza
“Blood pressure and blood sugar measurement results”

First place – Dr. Miklós Csaba – Küttel Pharmacy, Kőszeg – PHARMACIST OF THE YEAR 2024
“The pharmacist’s role in the supportive therapy of oncology patients”
The winning thesis explained on the spot, that in addition to the oncology department and clinical pharmacy, the public pharmacist is the third pillar of the adherent drug therapy of patients returned to their homes by preparing their palliative chemotherapy and participating in their supportive therapeutic treatment and the related pharmaceutical counseling. By the way, if it turns out that a patient entering the pharmacy has a tumor and is undergoing treatment, it is very important to make him understand what medicines and dietary supplements he can and cannot take. The author reminds us that the interdisciplinary integrative expertise of the public pharmacist is a cognitive service that can reduce the burden on the health care system, the role of the public pharmacist must not be exhausted in the in the provision of fentanyl patches to terminally ill patients.
On the other hand, the winning thesis also reminder of the 115 million patient-expedition specialist encounters per year (which is 6-10 times more than the patient-physician encounter) offer a huge opportunity to refer oncologically doubtful cases to general practitioners and specialists in time. He also recommends developing a protocol for the pharmaceutical care of oncology patients, which may increase the number of timely diagnoses and increase the survival rate.

In the “Favorite Pharmacy” contest, patients were able to directly form an opinion on the work of a pharmacy with their votes, which is used to rate the work of the entire pharmacy. The size of the interest was clearly shown by the more than 30,000 votes received by the September, 30 deadline date!
Based on the votes received, it can be said that the first-place winner won by a landslide,
however, the 2-3-4. there was a lot of competition between the runners-up, and the result was close at the end. Therefore, based on the votes received during the voting:
III. place – Szent Péter Pharmacy, Budapest
II. place – Frangula Pharmacy, Hejőba
First place – Szent-Grál Pharmacy, Oroszlányi – FAVORITE PHARMACY of the Year 2024

Dr. Mikola Bálint – Founding president of the National Association of Private Pharmacists, said that “It is rare to have such a wide-ranging application that addresses every corner of the country – from Sopron to Gyula – from small regions to specialized care institutions. This definitely encourages the organizers that these applications and applicants should be embraced, presented and given a podium, so that we can make these valuable ideas that they have developed into public property. This is especially important today, when we see the struggles of the health care system, because if we combine our efforts, we may have the opportunity to help improve the situation and patient care.”

The undisclosed goal of the initiative is to better introduce and recognize pharmaceutical work. Partly in the spirit of this, as well as taking into account the high quality of the projects and the professional interest, the Judging Committee together with the organizers published the updated projects of the previously awarded pharmacists in the form of an independent, printed publication.

Riport and snaps by Aggie Reiter