The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 269 No 7222 p635
2 November 2002

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Rural pharmacists' group wound up

The Rural Pharmacists Association (RPA), which was formed to represent the interests of pharmacists working in rural areas, is to be wound up because its officers have decided that the need for such a group has declined.

The RPA was founded in by John Davies and Mervyn Madge in 1981 (PJ, 25 July 1981, p104) and supported rural pharmacists in the face of competition from dispensing medical practices, where professional standards often fell short of those expected of pharmacists.

Any funds remaining after the RPA is wound up will be donated to the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Benevolent Fund.