NOTICE is hereby given to members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society resident in Scotland that the annual election for members of the Executive of the Scottish Department will be held in June.
The retiring members are Mr G. Downie, Mrs P. A. Duncan, Mr D. Forbes, Mr I. J. Johnstone, Mr J. M. Richards and Miss A. J. Strath, all of whom are eligible for re-election.
Nominations for candidates for the 2000 election are now invited, the closing date for receipt of nominations being 4pm on Friday, April 14. Nominations, which require the signature of a proposer, a seconder and the nominee, together with biographical notes not exceeding 80 words, should be addressed to the Secretary of the Scottish Department, 36 York Place, Edinburgh EH1 3HU.
Dr SHEILA M. STEVENS
Secretary, Scottish Department
UNDER the constitution of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Community Pharmacists Group, nominations were invited to fill the seven elected places on the group committee.
On the closing date of March 18, only five candidates had been nominated, and therefore an election will not be held. The following nominated members of the group are therefore elected to the group committee to serve from June for a period of three years: Mr J. Clitherow, Mr M. Levitan, Mrs V. Taylor, Mr S. Wheatley and Mr G. Zeidman. The two remaining places on the committee will be filled by co-option by the new committee.
ANGELA ATTAH
Secretary to the Community Pharmacists Group
FOLLOWING the introduction of competence-based training and assessment for preregistration programmes which commenced after June, 1993, all pharmacists intending to act as preregistration tutors are required by resolution of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council to attend a one-day seminar about the Society's preregistration training programme. Prospective tutors should note that attendance at such a seminar is a prerequisite for the commencement of a preregistration trainee's training.
Attendance at a seminar prior to 1993 does not remove the need for attendance in 2000. Anyone who has attended a seminar since 1993 but who has not tutored a preregistration trainee in the past three years must attend another seminar before his or her trainee commences their training. Anyone who has taken over the duties of a preregistration tutor and who has not yet attended a seminar must attend the next one available.
The dates and venues for this year's summer tutor seminars are as follows: June 5, London; June 13, Manchester; June 20, London; June 28, Glasgow; July 19, London; August 3, Manchester. Anyone who needs to attend should call the Society's education division on 020 7735 9141 ext 375 for further details and a registration form.
NOTE: As requirements for tutors will be changing from 2001, the Society will not be able to offer places on these seminars to anyone who will not be tutoring a trainee in the academic year 2000-01.
Communications to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain should be addressed, except where otherwise stated, to the Secretary and Registrar, The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, 1 Lambeth High Street, London SE1 7JN. Tel 020 7735 9141. Fax 020 7735 7629.