The following meetings take place at the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's headquarters, London
Tuesday, November 14
Statutory Committee 10am
Wednesday, November 15
Statutory Committee 10am
Thursday, November 16
Statutory Committee 10am
Panel of Fellows 11am
Unless otherwise indicated, events listed below are meetings of local branches of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Monday, November 13
Grimsby “Stand by your gran” by Dr A. George. St Andrew’s Hospice.
Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm.
Nottingham “How to tell your HImPs from your HAZs” by Ms C. Stead
(Nottingham health authority). School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham.
Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm.
Southampton “Advances in rheumatology” by Dr R. Armstrong (consultant
rheumatologist). South and South West Hampshire Health Authority, Oakley Road.
7.30 for 8pm.
Stockport “Rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis” by Dr J. Marks
(consultant rheumatologist, Stepping Hill hospital). Lecture Theatre A, Postgraduate
Medical Centre, Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport. 7.15 for 8pm.
Tuesday, November 14
Coventry and Warwickshire “Biological clock” by Professor P. Redfern
(Bath university). Allesley Hotel, Coventry. 8pm.
Dudley and Stourbridge “Malnutrition in disease states” by Ms P. Deel-Smith
(hospital dietitian). Medical Services Centre, Corbett Hospital, Stourbridge.
7.15 for 8pm. Joint meeting with general medical practitioners.
Ealing “Recent trends in the misuse of drugs” by Dr D. Temple (Welsh
school of pharmacy). Third Floor, New Postgraduate Centre, Ealing Hospital.
Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm.
Hereford “Peri-operative pain relief” by Dr N. Bywater (consultant
anaesthetist). Three Counties Hotel, Belmont Road. 7.30pm.
Leeds “Continuing professional development” by Ms C. Grout. Village
Hotel, Otley Road. 7.30 for 8pm.
Leicestershire “Delivering pharmaceutical care in a multicultural society”.
Leicester Tigers, Aylestone Road, Leicester. Buffet 7pm, meeting 7.45pm.
Moray and Banff Presentation by Ms M. Ewing (Member of the Scottish Parliament).
Laichmoray Hotel. 7.30pm.
Oxfordshire “Coronary heart disease” by Dr N. Hicks (consultant in
public health medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Oxford). George Pickering
Postgraduate Centre, Level 3, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford.
7.30 for 8pm.
South West Metropolitan “The cardiac national service framework and pharmacists”
by Mr S. Deitch (pharmaceutical adviser, St George’s hospital). Lecture
Theatre B, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London SW17. Buffet. 7.15pm.
West Surrey “Changes in the generics market” by Mr E. King (Sterwin
Medicines). Sanofi Synthelabo, Guildford. Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm.
Wednesday, November 15
Bro Myrddin “An update on rheumatoid arthritis”. Postgraduate Medical
Centre, West Wales General Hospital, Carmarthen. Buffet 7.15pm, meeting 7.45pm.
Exeter “Emergency contraception” by Dr N. Gray (research assistant,
University of London). Postgraduate Medical Centre, Barrack Road. Buffet 7.30pm,
meeting 8pm.
South East Metropolitan “Developing pharmacy values: are you doing the
right thing?” by Professor N. Barber (head, centre for practice and research
policy, University of London). Regency Room, Clarendon Hotel, Blackheath, London
SE3. Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm.
Torbay “Colorectal cancer” by Ms J. Billyard (colorectal nurse specialist)
Medical Centre, Torbay Hospital. 7.30pm.
Wirral “Infection and antibiotic resistance” by Ms A. Ewing (chief
pharmacist, Countess of Chester hospital) and Ms G. Thomas (pharmaceutical adviser,
South Cheshire health authority). Clatterbridge Postgraduate Medical Centre.
Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8.15pm.
Thursday, November 16
Bath “Aspects of contraception and Levonelle-2” by Dr C. Reid (consultant
in family planning and reproductive health care, Bath and West community NHS
trust). Gainsborough Room, Pratts Hotel (Duke Street entrance), Bath. 8pm.
Dundee and Eastern Scottish See Fife.
Fife “Rheumatology” by Dr J. Gibson (consultant rheumatologist). Fernie
Castle Hotel, Letham. 8pm. Joint meeting with Dundee and Eastern Scottish branch.
Lanarkshire “Continuing professional development” by Ms R. M. Parr
(director, Scottish Centre for Postgraduate Pharmacy Education) and Mrs C. Glover
(President, Royal Pharmaceutical Society). Strathclyde Hilton Hotel. 8pm.
North Staffordshire “The implications for pharmacists of the national service
framework on coronary heart disease” by Ms B. Wyn Jones (education and
research pharmacist, Keele university). North Staffordshire Medical Institute,
Hartshill, Stoke on Trent. 8pm.
South Staffordshire “Pharmacist prescribing” by Professor C. Mackie
(member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council). Cathedral Visitors’
Centre, Lichfield. 7.30pm for 8pm.
Weald of Kent “NHS Direct: coming our way now” by Mr A. Pandya. Jarvis
International Hotel, Pembury. Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm.
Friday, November 17
Bradford Branch dinner dance. Oulton Hall Hotel, Oulton. Joint meeting with
Leeds branch.
Leeds See Bradford.
Scottish Borders Family trip to Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh. Bus departs Galashiels
10am. Return 4pm.
Saturday, November 18
Leicestershire Diwali evening. Wigston Stage Hotel. 7 for 7.30pm.
Wirral Birkenhead and Wirral Pharmacists Association centenary dinner dance.
Thornton Hall.
Monday, November 20
Bromley “Dealing with the problems of chemotherapy” by Dr S. Rasam
(consultant haematologist, Queen Mary’s hospital). Postgraduate Centre,
Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup. Buffet. 7.30 for 8pm.
Enfield “Pharmacist input to outreach services” by Ms J. Scott. Postgraduate
Medical Centre, Chase Farm Hospital, The Ridgeway, Enfield. 7.45 for 8pm.