The Pharmaceutical Journal Vol 266 No 7148 p675-678
May 19, 2001

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From Mr B. G. Spencer, MRPharmS

It was a delight to see so many new faces on the newly appointed editorial board of The Journal. We have representatives from community, academia, industry, hospital, a pharmacy multiple employee, a proprietor. It seems a great pity therefore that the only membership group of our learned Society not to be directly represented is the Veterinary Pharmacists Group. With the plight of farm animals having been so much in the news in the last two months, and the importance of animal-transmitted diseases a news item every day, should not the new board have at least a token representative from the Veterinary Pharmacists Group as a member? When matters veterinary need to be adequately discussed and reported, someone with suitable knowledge could then be asked to contribute!

In fact, would it not be enlightening for the readership to know how for example, a VPG practising member in the Lake Distict, or Dumfries and Galloway, has coped with the day-to-day devastation which has befallen their farmer customers, and the long term effects it may have on their and their customers' way of life?

Brian G. Spencer
Sutton Coldfield

Although there is no representative of the Veterinary Pharmacists Group on the board, The Journal has covered the foot and mouth crisis in some detail. I would like to assure readers that the absence of a member of this group does not indicate a lack of interest in their concerns. — Editor.

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