The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 269 No 7221 p625
26 October 2002

Society summary

Professional development awards for 2002

Professional development awards of up to £500 have been made by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society to support 55 pharmacy development groups (PDGs) and other local groups of pharmacists in England and Wales.

In April this year the Society called for applications supporting development of the infrastructure or administrative costs of locally based groups of pharmacists with members across the profession, whose primary concern is professional development (pharmacy development groups). The awards are made, for example, for anything from covering administrative costs and room hire for an initial meeting, to buying a fax machine or setting up an e-mail address.

The successful groups in England for the professional development awards for 2002 are: Amber Valley PDG; Basildon Pharmacy Forum Group; Bexley Pharmacy Adviser Group; Billericay, Brentwood and Wickford PDG; Bradford PDG; Brighton and Hove City Pharmacy Forum; Bury and Rochdale PDG; Calderdale and Kirklees PDG; Camden and Islington Primary Care Trust; Cannock Chase Pharmacy Association; Canterbury and Coastal PDG; Castle Point and Rochford Pharmacy Forum; Chelmsford PDG; Chiltern and South Bucks PDG; Colchester PDG; Coventry PDG; Craven, Harrogate and Rural District Primary Care Trust; Croydon PDG; Devon Locum Pharmacists; East Devon Pharmacy Forum; Eastbourne Downs Pharmacy Forum; Epping Forest Pharmacy Forum; Gloucestershire PDG; Harlow Community Pharmacists Association; High Weald PDG; Hinkley and Bosworth PDG; Kettering and Corby PDG; Liverpool PDG; Luton PDG; Maldon and South Chelmsford PCT Pharmacy Forum; Mid Hants PDG; Morecambe Bay PDG; North Cheshire Pharmacy Liaison Group; North Devon Pharmacy Forum; North Warwickshire PDG; Northampton PDG; Northants and Hart PDG; Northumberland PDG; Rugby PDG; South Humber LPC Development Subgroup; South Warwickshire PDG; South Worcestershire PDG; Southend PDG; Stockport Pharmacy Strategic Group; South West Oxfordshire PDG; Tendring Forum; Thurrock PDG; Torbay PDG; Vale of Aylesbury PDG; Wellingborough PDG; Wolverhampton City PDG; Wycombe PDG.

The successful groups in Wales are Carmarthenshire PDG, Ceredigion PDG and Pembrokeshire Pharmacy Forum.