Mohannad Dawod, Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician, with Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership’s (HSCP) Adelphi Centre Pharmacy Hub has won a top award. 

Mohannad, a Pre-Registration Pharmacy Technician was named Year One Apprentice of the Year 2023, at the NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde (NHSGG) Modern Apprentice Celebration and Awards Event in September.

Mohannad said: “I started as a pharmacy support worker in primary care (super south team) in 2021. I worked in GP practices and in the pharmacy hub. As soon as I started the job, I told my managers that I wanted to start the technician course. They supported me with my application and I was accepted. Now, I am working in different GP practices and in the pharmacy hub. In addition, I work in Glasgow Royal Infirmary (GRI) as part of my course training. It is the perfect environment for me to learn. I speak to patients on the phone about their medications, while I work in the dispensary of GRI and learn a lot from dispensing and checking prescriptions.

“I am very grateful to my team in primary care and in GRI for the trust and the support they gave me and for their nominations for this award, especially my managers Fiona McAuley, Kathryn Gray and Tracey O’Connor.

“Winning this award gave me a positive feeling as it shows that my work is being appreciated and gave me a push to keep going and achieve my goals.”

Fiona and Kathryn said: “Mohannad is a great asset to our team. He always works to a very high standard and puts patients’ needs first. We all congratulate him on a well-deserved award ”

Yasmin Javid, Senior Pharmacy Technician, said: “Mohannad was my student when I was completing my Work Based Assessor qualification, he was always so accommodating, handing in course work in a timely manner.”