The feedback

We have posted all the comments from the evaluation forms here unedited so that you can see what everyone who came on the course thought of it...

Birmingham 13 June 2007

Q1: How well did the course meet your expectations?

"Better than I expected! Enjoyable well constructed and delivered, and a lovely group of participants."

"Very well – detailed discussions, useful opportunity to learn from others, best practice etc."

"Very well as it gave good insight to problem of setting up pharmacy based needle exchange from commissioner view as well."

"Very well."

"Completely"

"Having just started drug working I felt that the content was excellent and pitched at all the levels of understanding within pharmacy and drug working."

"Could have had more time for discussion."

"Very well – the pointers for discussion on board very well."

"Thought the size of the group meant everyone joined in - very practical and a good mix of participants."

"Very good."

"Perfectly."

"In Hereford we are in the process of developing needle exchange within the pharmacy setting. The course was excellent in its content for this information."

Q2: What effect will the course have on your work?

"I hope this will give me the confidence to work with pharmacists raising standards of the service."

"Feel that I need to devote more time to the promotion, coordination and support of the pharmacy exchanges."

"It reinforces the key issues which I can focus on to overcome."

"Help persuade pharmacists to open needle exchange. Help to overcome the difficulties that they come up with."

"Will put much more effort into training staff and imposing own knowledge and also encouraging more in depth/quality exchanges with communication."

"A more pro-active approach to the development of pharmacy needle exchange in Hereford."

"Had some good idea’s from other agencies."

"Ideas to put into practice motivated to work more closely with pharmacy based needle exchange."

"Very relevant to my work."

"Will make me examine my working methods."

"It’s given me quite a few ideas to feed into local training sessions. May improve our monitoring."

"Hopefully give a good background of the running/set up etc of NXS within the pharmacy setting."

Q3: What did you think of the trainer, venue and food?

"Excellent – comfortable room, good lunch, convenient location."

"Knowledgeable trainer, excellent venue and food."

"Trainer – excellent Venue – Very good."

"Very good."

"Excellent. Trainer – excellent – very good knowledge."

"Fantastic food. Excellent venue which is very close to all routes."

"Good trainer. Very nice venue. Food ok."

"Trainer very well informed. Venue and food good"

"Very good."

"Very good."

"All excellent."

"Venue and food were excellent. The trainer was also excellent (not sure about her sock though!)"

Q4: Would you recommend this course to other workers?

"Yes" (all participants)

Q5: Any other comments?

"Better than going to work! Thanks for putting it on."

"Great to meet with a variety of other related professionals in this area."

"Maybe a pharmacist who has developed a needle exchange."

"The bag/pack was very good – as was the price of the course."

"Venue easy to get to."

"Excellent course."

"Thank you for a good day."