The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 271 No 7270 p482
11 October 2003

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MEP welcomes opening of the new school of pharmacy in East Anglia

The new school of pharmacy at the University of East Anglia, which opened last month, has been welcomed by Bashir Khanbhai, a pharmacist and MEP for the East of England. “I am absolutely delighted to see the new school of pharmacy up and running and I wish it every success,” he said at a symposium held at the school last week.

Mr Khanbhai represents the counties of Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk and Hertfordshire in the European Parliament.

“I have been arguing for the need for such a school here in Norfolk since 1995 and now, taken alongside the new hospital and medical school, health care provision and training in the Eastern region is in an extremely strong position,” said Mr Khanbhai.

“The east of England currently has the highest vacancy rate for pharmacists across the United Kingdom and I hope this new degree course will help to address the acute shortage,” he added.