Society News summary
Privy Council approves Society's
proposed retention fee increases The Privy Council has approved
amendments to the Byelaws of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society to increase
the membership fees for 2002...[more]
President tells Minister of concerns over morale
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society's President, Marshall Davies,
and its Secretary and Registrar, Ann Lewis, raised the issue of pharmacists'
morale at a meeting with the Parliamentary Under Secretary for Health,
Hazel Blears, on 12 December...[more]
Council adopts a way forward for the Society's
museum The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has
reaffirmed its commitment to the Society's museum as an educational resource
and has accepted a proposal that will allow it to retain registered museum
status, despite a reduced level of activity...[more]
Strategy agreed for British Pharmaceutical Conference
The British Pharmaceutical Conference should be developed into
a world-class scientific and professional event but needs to operate on
a robust business basis from now on, the Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society decided at its December meeting...[more]
Council decides to take action alongside PSNC
over remuneration settlement At its meeting in London on 4
and 5 December, the Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society agreed
to take concerted action alongside the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating
Committee in its efforts to secure a better remuneration settlement for
community pharmacy contractors in England and Wales...[more]
Making sense of clinical governance In
the second of a series of articles, Catherine Dewsbury, the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society's clinical governance pharmacist, explains how clinical governance,
far from introducing new requirements, reflects much of the Society's
Code of Ethics...[more]
Recognition for Dame Deirdre Hine and Dr June
Crown Certificates of honorary membership of the Royal Pharmaceutical
Society have been presented to two eminent members of the medical profession,
Dame Deirdre Hine and Dr June Crown...[more]
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