Local engagement priorities

Developing a model of local engagement in England

Members have told us that the vision for local engagement should be:

1.      Enabling members to network together as professionals; developing and supporting each other in their local areas. The importance of face to face meetings remains, but a growing number of members find this difficult or it does not meet their needs.

2.      Enabling members to engage externally; raising the profile of pharmacy with a variety of stakeholders. Pharmacists as professions are the best advocates and they should be given the tools to help explain how pharmacy can help improve patient care in your areas.

3.      Enabling members to feed back into the RPS. RPS needs to listen to members more and the local engagement activities are a key way of us doing this.

Please help us to take forward the development of the model of local engagement in 2017 by answering the following 6 questions:

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* 1. What model of local engagement will you be following for the remainder of 2017?

Model A: Members will be supported locally to network together to discuss RPS policies and campaigns as well as their professional development and career progression.

Local engagement events requiring RPS funding should focus over a calendar year on:

1.       One event based on an RPS campaign i.e. Antimicrobial Resistance;

2.       One event based on RPS Foundation/Faculty (though these should map to all events);

3.       One collaborative event e.g. with a pharmacy organisation e.g. CPPE or an external organisation e.g. RCGP;

4.       One event on a topic relevant to local RPS members.

Model B: Many local engagement events across England held in collaboration with and/or supported by schools of pharmacy. Some localities have expressed a view that one event should also focus on students so this can be added to the programme of events described above (or become part of a collaborative event.). So Model B is Model A plus a student event.

Model C: There are a few areas across England that do not currently hold local engagement events. For these areas the RPS will consider delivering a national campaign or Foundation/Faculty event in the locality and invite local members.

A combination of models A, B and C

Other (please specify)

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* 2. What process are you following for financing local engagement activities/events?

We use our own Local Practice Forum Bank Account

RPS currently pays for activities on our behalf and manages the process centrally

We are currently transferring our Local Practice Forum Bank Account centrally to RPS

We are not currently delivering local activities/events

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* 3. What support tools would be most useful to you so you are confident about the quality of local engagement activities/events?

Guidance on branding and marketing of local engagement activities/events

Guidance on declaring conflicts of interest

Guidance on governance e.g. managing/setting up a steering group

Training tools about the use of digital technology e.g. webinars, video streaming

Guidance on recognising the voluntary work of RPS members involved with local engagement activities/events

Guidance on quality assuring local engagement activities/events

Guidance on sponsorship

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Please rank the above in order of priority (1 (top priority) to 7 (lower priority)

Branding and marketing

Declaring conflicts of interest

Governance

Use of digital technology

Recognising the voluntary work of RPS members

Guidance on quality assuring local engagement activities and events

Sponsorship

Other

Local engagement priorities

Developing a model of local engagement in England

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* 1. What model of local engagement will you be following for the remainder of 2017?

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* 2. What process are you following for financing local engagement activities/events?

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* 3. What support tools would be most useful to you so you are confident about the quality of local engagement activities/events?

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* 4. Please rank the above in order of priority (1 (top priority) to 7 (lower priority)

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* 5. Please describe a high quality event you have held (or intend to hold) that could be replicated more widely across England.

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* 6. What other support do you need for developing the model of local engagement in England?

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* 7. Name

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* 8. Local Practice Forum