The following meetings take place at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's headquarters, London
Tuesday, January 18
Community Pharmacists Group Committee 10.30am
Statutory Committee 11am
Wednesday, January 19
Statutory Committee 10.15am
Industrial Pharmacists Group Committee 10.30am
Hospital Pharmacists Group Committee 10.30am
Thursday, January 20
Statutory Committee 10.15am
Unless otherwise indicated, events listed below are meetings of local branches of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Monday, January 17
Bromley "Glaucoma: experience how it affects vision and receive an update on its management" by Miss M. Gibbens (consultant ophthalmologist, Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup). Postgraduate Medical Centre, Queen Mary's Hospital. Buffet 7pm, meeting 8pm.
North Hampshire "Wessex research network" by Mr D. Wright (research co-ordinator). Basing-stoke Golf Club, Kempshott Park, Basingstoke. 7.30 for 8pm.
Stockport "Of drugs and models" by Dr A. Miller (research director, Proteus). Pinewood House, Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport. Buffet 7.15pm, meeting 8pm.
Tuesday, January 18
Buckinghamshire "The role and responsibilities of the local consultant in communicable disease control" by Dr E. Haworth (Buckinghamshire health authority). Verney House, Gatehouse Road, Aylesbury. Buffet. 7.15pm for 8pm.
Cambridge "Oral health". Posthouse Hotel, Impington. 7.30pm for 8pm. Joint meeting with local dentists.
Chelmsford "Upper gastrointestinal disorders" by Dr A. Ballinger (consultant gastroenterologist, Royal London Hospitals). Moulsham Mill. Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm.
Dorset "Pharmacy and computers" by Mr I. Shepherd (head of information and technology policy unit, Royal Pharmaceutical Society). Wessex Hotel, West Cliff Road, Bournemouth. Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm.
East Metropolitan "Birdsgrove House" by Mr R. O'Connor (director, Birdsgrove House). Wanstead Library, Spratt Hall Road, Wanstead. 7.30 for 8pm.
Fife Visit to Forbo Nairn, Kirkcaldy.
Lancaster "Clinical pharmacy in the community and in residential homes" by Professor H. Chrystyn (Bradford school of pharmacy). Education Centre, Westmorland General Hospital. 7.30 for 8pm.
Mansfield "Pharmaceutical drugs with a street value" by the regional drugs inspector. Trading Post, Mansfield. Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm.
Northern Scottish "Interpersonal skills" by Mrs A. Sillars (recruitment and personnel adviser, Northern Constabulary). Golf View Hotel, Seabank Road, Nairn. 7.30pm. Joint meeting with Scottish Centre for Post Qualification Pharmaceutical Education.
Oxfordshire "Neuramidase inhibition for influenza" by Dr Klenerman. Level 3, George Pickering Postgraduate Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital. Buffet 7.15pm, meeting 8pm.
Somerset "Reporting adverse drug reactions" by Ms L. Bollington (senior pharmacist, clinical education and training, South West regional drug information unit, Bristol). Lyngford House Conference Centre, Taunton. Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm.
South Cheshire "Understanding mental illness, including atypical antipsychotics" by Dr C. Henshaw (consultant psychiatrist). Fourways Inn, Delamere. 7.30 for 8pm.
Southampton Visit and presentation, new synthetic chemistry department, Southampton university, by Professor T. Brown. Southampton University. 7.30 for 8pm.
Warrington "Information management and technology within the pharmacy" by Ms N. Gray. Thelwall Room, Fir Grove Hotel. 8pm.
Wednesday, January 19
Bath "Partnerships" by Mrs C. Glover (President of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society). Gainsborough Room, Pratts Hotel, Bath. Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm.
Doncaster "Drugs of abuse" by representatives from South Yorkshire Police and Boots the Chemists. Doncaster Moat House Hotel, Warmsworth, Doncaster. Buffet 6.30pm, meeting 7pm.
Gwynedd Wine tasting. Cae Mor Hotel, Llandudno Main Promenade. 8pm.
Hounslow "Thoughts for the millennium: an informal discussion on current professional issues" (working dinner). Osterley Four Pillars Hotel, Great West Road. 7.30pm.
South Essex "The confused elderly patient" by Dr T. O'Brien (consultant physician, Southend hospital). Conference Room, Little Havens Education Centre, Thundersley, Benfleet. 7.30 for 8pm.
Thursday, January 20
Enfield "Principles and problems in influenza prevention". Talk and workshop led by Ms L. Caddy (community services pharmacist, Haringey). Postgraduate Medical Centre, Chase Farm Hospital, The Ridgeway. 7.45 for 8pm.
Glasgow and West of Scotland Burns supper. Western Infirmary Dining Room, Glasgow. 7.30pm.
North Staffordshire "Putting Crown into practice" by Mrs H. Remington (member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council, and chief pharmacist, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge). Small Lecture Theatre, North Staffordshire Medical Institute, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent. 8pm.
Plymouth "Evidence for cannabis grows" by Mr S. Dajani (member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council). Postgraduate Medical Centre, Derriford Hospital, 7.30 for 8 pm.