The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 270 No 7241 p416
22 March 2003

Society summary

Society invites applications to serve on panel of fellows

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is for the first time inviting applications to fill a vacancy on its panel of fellows. Vacancies on the six-strong team have previously been filled by direct nomination by the Council but the appointment procedure has now been changed to allow open competition, in the interest of transparency and best practice.

The role of the panel of fellows is to confer fellowship on established members of the Society who are considered to have attained distinction in pharmacy. The panel meets twice a year, in May and November, to assess fellowship nominations.

Applicants for membership of the panel will be expected to have a broad knowledge of the Society and its membership and an ability to assess objectively the qualities of those who are nominated for fellowship.

Panel members must themselves be fellows of at least six years' standing and must still be active in the profession. Panel membership is not open to Council members or to former Council members who have served on the Council, or even stood for election, within the past six years.

The new panel member will be appointed by the Council on the recommendation of the Secretary and Registrar, who in turn is advised by an appointments panel. In giving its advice, the appointments panel takes into account the need for the composition of the panel of fellows to reflect the diversity of the profession as far as is possible.

An Official Notice inviting applications appears on p419. The closing date is 11 April. Enquiries should be addressed to the secretary of the panel of fellows, Roger Odd, who can be contacted through Annette Dunn at the Society (tel 020 7572 2203; e-mail adunn@rpsgb.org.uk).