Branch Representatives' meeting
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The Royal Pharmaceutical Society's 2002 branch representatives’ meeting took place in London on 16 May. We report the outcome of its debates and discussions
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Campaigns could raise pharmacy's
profile Three motions calling for campaigns to raise the public
profile of pharmacy were carried unanimously by the meeting...[more]
Society asked to support payment for engaging
in CPD The meeting asked for the Society's support for the
principle that pharmacists should be paid for one session a week of continuing
professional development...[more]
Urgent need for standards for technician registration
A motion calling on the Society urgently to establish standards
for registration of technicians was carried...[more]
Call for better ADR reporting for unlicensed
use of medicines The meeting endorsed a motion that pharmacists
should be encouraged to use the formal reporting system for adverse drug
reactions for drugs that are unlicensed or being used outside their licence...[more]
Inspectorate needs friendlier face Two
motions seeking to put a friendlier face on the Society' inspectorate
met the approval of branch representatives...[more]
Meeting seek
review (but not withdrawal) of canvassing rules The BRM called
on the Council to review the rules on canvassing in the Council election
but stopped short of asking for the rules to be withdrawn...[more]
Referral of STV decision deplored The
meeting carried a motion deploring the Council's decision to refer to
its modernisation steering group a decision on replacing the single transferable
vote (STV) system for the election of Council members...[more]
Museum decision
should be reversed The meeting called on the Council to reverse
its museum cutbacks and use the museum as a public relations tool...[more]
Simpler, clearer MEP wanted A motion
calling for 'Medicines, ethics and practice: a guide for pharmacists'
to be written in simple and clear English and provided with a more comprehensive
index met the approval of the meeting...[more]
Society asked
to put Statutory Committee judgements on website The meeting
asked the Society to put Statutory Committee judgements on its website...[more]
Improvement sought in presentation of Society's
accounts The meeting unanimously endorsed a motion calling
for the Society's accounts to be more transparent, for them to be provided
to members at least 20 days before the annual general meeting and for
the honorary auditors to monitor income and expenditure with an enhanced
and more public role...[more]
Society should maintain its membership role A
motion calling on the Society to maintain or improve its role of representing
the membership was carried unanimously...[more]
Council chamber
formality rejected The meeting rejected a motion calling for
a reintroduction of formality within the Council chamber...[more]
No need seen for (register) retirement provision
The meeting rejected a motion from the Brighton and Hove branch
seeking a provision for pharmacists to "retire" from the Register
when they no longer wished to practise, rather than being removed for
non-payment of their retention fee...[more]
Could regulatory
role be delegated to subsidiary body? The idea that a modernised
Royal Pharmaceutical Society should retain a Council much as at present
and delegate its new regulatory functions to a subsidiary body with strong
lay representation was among suggestions made during a discussion forum...[more]
Untying the rope round pharmacy's neck The
idea of relaxing the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's rules on supervision
met no major objections during a discussion forum on professional accountability...[more]
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