The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 272 No 7285 p166
7 February 2004

Society summary

Inspectors' preregistration talks: final dates fixed

The final two dates have now been fixed for this year's presentations for preregistration trainees by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's professional standards inspectors (PJ, 6 December 2003, p797).

The Blackburn talk, by Stan Brandwood, will be on Wednesday 24 March, from 9.45am to 12.45pm, at the Learning Centre, Queens Park Hospital, Haslingden Road.

The Cardiff presentation, by Akhtar Malik, will be on Monday 5 April, from 2 to 5pm, in Room E44, Fourth Floor, Aberconway Building, Cardiff University Complex, Colum Drive, Colum Road, Cardiff.

Booking is not necessary and there is no charge for attendance, but any travel costs will have to be met by the trainee or employer.

The Blackburn venue can be reached from the M65 at Junction 5 (Shadsworth/Haslingden) by taking the A6177 towards Blackburn and turning right into the hospital entrance at the fourth roundabout. For those without their own transport, bus service 33 runs to the hospital from Blackburn Interchange (rail and bus interchange).

The Cardiff venue is just north of the city centre. For those arriving by public transport, frequent local trains run from Cardiff Central station to Cathays station on the university campus. Alternatively, bus service 27 leaves for the university every 10 minutes from the bus station next to Cardiff Central (bus stand D3). Parking in university car parks is open only to disabled visitors, but there are public car parks nearby. A campus map, which shows car parks, can be downloaded from the university’s website (www.cf.ac.uk).

Details of the other presentations across Britain were sent to preregistration trainees and tutors with the Society’s December 2003 preregistration bulletin. An updated version of the information included with that mailing can be downloaded from the preregistration training page of the Society’s website.

Any queries about the presentations should be addressed to the individual inspectors, who can be contacted in writing through the Fitness to Practise and Legal Affairs Directorate.