The
Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 266 No 7132 p131-132
Diary: Local meetings
Future Events
About People
Reunions
Appointments
Wants List
Personal
Health Promotion
Local meetings Unless otherwise indicated, events listed below are meetings of local branches of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Monday, January 29
Stockport
“Hypnotherapy and irritable bowel syndrome”
by Dr P. Whorwell (consultant gastroenterologist, Withington hospital).
Postgraduate Medical Centre, Stepping Hill Hospital.
7.15 for 8pm.
Tuesday, January 30
Clwyd
“Lumps, bumps and things that ooze: what is appropriate diamorphine and morphine
prescribing?”
Rossett Hall Hotel, Chester Road, Rossett, Near Wrexham
Buffet 7.15pm, meeting 7.45pm
Durham
“Ask your pharmacist: can I take alcohol?”
by Mr J. Smith
Eden Arms Hotel, Rushyford. Buffet
7.30pm for 8pm
West Metropolitan
“The legalisation of cannabis”
by Mr S. Dajani (member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s Council)
Auditorium, Franklin-Wilkins Building, King’s College London, 150 Stamford Street,
London SE1
8pm
Joint meeting with National Pharmaceutical Association and KCL Pharmacy Students
Association.
Thursday, February 1
Hastings
“Homoeopathy”
by Dr B. Higginson (Wellington Square medical practice, Hastings)
Medical Education Centre, Conquest Hospital, The Ridge.
8pm.
Hounslow
“Management of diabetes at West Middlesex hospital”
by Ms U. Shah and Sister A. El-Dali (diabetic clinic, West Middlesex university
hospital)
Lecture Theatre, West Middlesex University Hospital, Twickenham Road
Buffet 7.30pm, meeting 8pm
Huddersfield
Annual general meeting
Postgraduate Centre, Huddersfield Royal Infirmary
7.30 for 8pm
South Cheshire
“Management of anaphylaxis: recognition and treatment”
by Ms L. Nevin (clinical nurse specialist, Wirral services for child health)
Fourways Inn, Delamere
7.30 for 8pm
Sunday, February 4
Lanarkshire
“An introduction to the internet for pharmacists”
Internet Café, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
10am to 4.30pm
Monday, February 5
East Kent
“Kent Council on Addiction: tailoring treatments to clients”
by Dr L. Jones
Howfield Manor, Chartham, near Canterbury
Buffet 7.30pm
Southampton
“The life of a Member of Parliament”
by Mrs S. Gidley (MP, Romsey)
Solvay Pharmaceuticals, West End
7.30 for 8pm.
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Clinical research: Birmingham, March 12/13
Institute of Clinical Research spring conference and exhibition on “Collaborative
clinical research”, Hilton Birmingham Metropole hotel, Birmingham, March 12
and 13. Cost £395 for members, £430 for non-members. Details from Institute
of Clinical Research, PO Box 1208, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 3GD (tel 01628
829900).
Clinical pharmacy: Utah (USA), April 20-25
American College of Clinical Pharmacy updates in therapeutics seminars and
practice and research conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, April
20-25. Cost for seminars $210 for members, $360 for non-members; cost for conference
$250 for members, $405 for non-members. Details from ACCP (fax 00 1 816 531
4990, e-mail accp@accp.com).
Radiopharmacy: Granada (Spain), May 5-8
European symposium on radiopharmacy and radiopharmaceuticals, Granada, Spain,
May 5-8. Cost euro661 until February 15, euro751 from February 15. Details from
Pedro Ortiz, Molypharma SA, Dr Severa Ochoa, 37 local 41, 28100 Alcobendas,
Madrid, Spain (e-mail smy@molypharma.es).
Heart disease: London, May 11/12
Cardiac and Critical Care Organisation conference on “Maximising outcomes in
coronary heart disease”, Royal Pharmaceutical Society’s headquarters, London,
May 11 and 12. Cost £135 until February 28, £160 from March 1. Details from
Jodie Lacey, CCO, 6 Princes Avenue, Hove BN3 4GD (tel 020 7928 6572).
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Miss Katherine Wallis, MRPharmS, arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii, on January 21
on board Plymouth Clipper, one of eight 60ft yachts taking part in the
Times Clipper 2000 round the world yacht race (PJ, October 14,
2000, p588),
and the first to finish the leg from the Galapagos Islands to Hawaii. The race
is due to finish in Portsmouth in September. Miss Wallis is principal pharmaceutical
consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers.
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Heriot-Watt 1985 Pharmacists who graduated from Heriot-Watt university
in 1985 are invited to a 16-year reunion in Edinburgh in mid-July. Details from
Elspeth Bridges on 0131 668 3258 or Julie Sampson (née Brown) at julie.sampson@ukgateway.net.
Bristol 1951 Pharmacists who graduated from the Bristol school of pharmacy
in 1951 are invited to a 50-year reunion in the Bristol area in July. Those
interested in attending can contact Dorothy Huntley (née Gleed) on 0117 967
1249 or Graham Arundell on 01275 842577.
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EAEPC The European Association of Euro-Pharmaceutical Companies (EAEPC)
has appointed Mr Donald Macarthur, MRPharmS, as its first secretary general.
The EAEPC is a group of national associations and companies involved in parallel
distribution of medicines.
Numark Numark Ltd has appointed Mr Andrew Sollitt as marketing director.
Mr Sollitt was formerly head of marketing at Pubmaster, a chain of tenanted
public houses. He succeeds Mr David Wood, MRPharmS, who was appointed deputy
managing director last year.
PAGB The Proprietary Association of Great Britain has appointed Ms Lucy
Rochford as advertising services manager, responsible for approving consumer
advertising material for non-prescription medicines. She was formerly senior
dietitian at Hertfordshire Health Promotion.
Pharmacy Partners Pharmacy Partners Ltd has appointed Mr Mike Rudin,
MRPharmS, as national product manager. Mr Rudin is a former superintendent pharmacist
of Tesco Stores Plc.
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Primary care pharmacy Miss Alison Fish (research pharmacist, department
of general practice and primary care, Aberdeen university) wants to hear from
anyone who has been involved with, or who knows of studies, evaluating the work
of primary care pharmacists working within medical practices. The department
is undertaking a systematic review and wants to hear of studies (published or
unpublished) conducted in the United Kingdom, the United States or Scandinavia.
Miss Fish can be contacted at the Department of General Practice and Primary
Care, University of Aberdeen, Foresterhill Health Centre, Westburn Road, Aberdeen
AB25 2AY (tel 01224 553972, e-mail alison.fish@abdn.ac.uk).
Reunion Miss Goldie Thomas wants to contact a retired pharmacist, Harry,
and his wife Hilda, from Middlesex, whom she met on a cruise on the Oriana
in December, 1999. She can be contacted at 49 Malthouse Road, Crawley, Sussex
RH10 6BE (tel 01293 525861).
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Giltrow Jacqueline (née Grimwade, ex-Bradford 1983-87) and Hugh (ex-Bradford
1983-86, business studies) are delighted to announce the safe arrival of Mia
Elise on January 9, a beautiful sister for Jamie. Still at 9 The Dene, Sevenoaks,
Kent TN13 1PB.
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Set out below is a list of health promotion events for the next three months.
The contact organisation for each event can provide further information and,
in many cases, nearer the event, resources such as leaflets and posters.
Information for the events was provided by Health Promotion England (HPE). The
HPE can be contacted at
40 Eastbourne Terrace
London W2 3QR
(tel 020 7725 9030)
www.hpe.org.uk
Resources can be obtained for some of the events from the Pharmacy Healthcare
Scheme (PHS).
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February |
Raynaud’s and Scleroderma Awareness month |
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February |
Contraceptive awareness week |
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February |
National Impotence day |
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March |
Daffodil day |
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March |
Headway National Brain Injury week |
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March |
No Smoking day |
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March 31-April 8 |
National Cystic Fibrosis week |
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April 1-30 |
Bowel Cancer Awareness month |
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April 2-8 |
National Depression week |
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April 7 |
World Health day |
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April 14-21 |
Lupus Awareness week |
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April 16-22 |
Mental Health Action week |
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April 21-29 |
Parkinson’s Awareness week |
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April 22-29 |
National MS week |
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April 21-29 |
Arthritis Care Awareness week |
Health Promotion England (HPE) is reviewing leaflets produced by the Health
Education Authority (HEA) which was closed last year. Some HPE resources are
available and, for other subjects, old HEA leaflets are still obtainable.
Leaflets can be obtained from health promotion units of local health authorities
in England. Similar leaflets can be obtained though health authorities/ health
boards in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Leaflets cover a wide variety
of topics but, owing to their mixed availability, have not been listed above
for each event. Larger quantities of leaflets can be purchased from HPE customer
services (tel 01235 465565).
PHS leaflets can be ordered by contacting:
Pharmacy Healthcare Scheme
1 Lambeth High Street
London SE1 7JN
Tel 020 7820 3213
e-mail phs@rpsgb.org.uk
For every 100 leaflets ordered, £2.50 is charged to cover postage and packing,
and booklets cost £2 each.