Wirral 100 The Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Wirral branch is holding a dinner dance on November 18 at Thornton Hall to mark the centenary of the Birkenhead and Wirral Pharmacists Association. Tickets are £25 each and a special rate of £40 per person for bed and breakfast is available. Details from Lynda Chanin on 0151 647 8017 (e-mail branchsecretary@wirralrpsgb.fsnet.co.uk).
Millennium ball Cerebral Palsy Children's Charity millennium fundraising ball, Crown hotel, Harrogate, June 10, 6.45pm. Guest of honour, Mrs Christine Glover (President, Royal Pharmaceutical Society). Cost £50 per ticket. A limited amount of accommodation is available at £39 per person per night. Details from Mrs Joyce Kearney, Chandon, 6 Shibden Hall Croft, Shibden Hall Road, Halifax HX3 9XF (tel 01422 201201).
Service development Welsh Centre for Postgraduate Pharmaceutical Education study day on "Developing a patient focused service", Stakis hotel, Newport, May 17. Cost £60 or £140 with one night's accommodation. Details from Caroline Evans on 029 2087 4784.
Education Ordem dos Farmacêuticos and European Association of Faculties of Pharmacy conference on "Orienting pharmaceutical education and profession to meet the needs of the future", May 11 and 13 and satellite symposium on "Implementing pharmaceutical care into the curriculum", May 13, Lisbon, Portugal. Details from Ordem dos Farmacêuticos (e-mail ivanasilva@ ordemfarmaceuticos.pt).
Self-medication Association of the European Self-medication Industry annual meeting on "Self-medication for all: making it happen", Helsinki, Finland, May 17-20. Details from AESGP Offices, 7 Avenue de Tervuren, B-1040 Brussels, Belgium (fax 00 32 2 735 5222).
Antibiotics Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Scottish Department and Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh joint meeting on "Appropriate antibiotic prescribing", Queen Mother conference centre, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh, June 16. Cost £50 for pharmacists. Details from Eileen Strawn, Symposium Co-ordinator, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JQ (tel 0131 225 7324, e-mail e.strawn@ rcpe.ac.uk).
Drug information UK Drug Information Group conference on "Drug information: back to the future", University Hall, Cardiff, June 29 to July 1. Cost £175. Details from Mrs Fiona Woods, Welsh Drug Information Centre, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XW (tel 029 2074 2786, e-mail fionawoods@uhw-tr.wales.nhs.uk).