The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 271 No 7258 p83
19 July 2003

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The Society

It is more of a college than a society

From Dr P. M. Worling, FRPharmS

The article by Anthony Cox on changing the name of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (PJ, 12 July, p44) may well raise a few eyebrows. However, it is for similar reasons the National Association of Pharmaceutical Distributors (NAPD) changed its name same years ago to the British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (BAPW) in order to make the activities of its members absolutely clear.

If this suggestion is to find merit, perhaps it is worth considering the word "society" also. This gives the impression that we are a social organisation — more of a club than a serious body of professionals. An alternative is the word "college" — a body of persons having certain rights and privileges devoted to common pursuits. The "Royal College of Pharmacists of Great Britain" has an air of authority to it.

Peter Worling
Edinburgh

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