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Benson On 1 June, Jeffrey Benson, MRPharmS, of 136 Clifton Drive South,
Lytham St Annes, Lancashire FY8 1DU. Mr Benson registered in 1953 (see
Tribute, Column 4).
Bolton On 8 June, John Clement Bolton, FRPharmS, of 75 Twyford Avenue,
London N2 9NP. Mr Bolton registered in 1935. He was proprietor of a pharmacy
in High Road, East Finchley, for nearly 40 years. He was founder secretary
of the Finchley (now Barnet) branch of the Pharmaceutical Society and
twice served as chairman. In 1974 he instigated a branch early warning
system, through which alerts about prescription forgeries, etc, could
be cascaded rapidly to more than 70 pharmacies in the London Borough
of Barnet. He was designated a fellow of the Society in 1976 and in 1977
received the Queen’s Silver Jubilee medal for services to pharmacy.
(see tribute, p788).
Funeral: service at United Reformed Church, Tetherdown,
London N2, at 11am on 22 June, followed by burial at St Marylebone Cemetery,
East End Road, London N2.
Dallas On 11 May, John Forbes Dallas, FRPharmS, of 47 Kekewich Avenue, Edinburgh
EH7 6TY. Mr Dallas registered in 1942 and was the pharmacist proprietor of
John Noble Pharmacy in Leith, Edinburgh, from 1953 until his retirement in
1986.
Elliott On 27 May, Harold Ivan Elliott, MRPharmS, of Linden House, Station
Road, Leanside, Houghton Le Springs, Tyne and Wear DH4 6SE. Mr Elliott registered
in 1960.
Fleming On 9 May, Eric Rickerby Fleming, of 6 Meadow Road, Windermere, Cumbria
LA23 2EX. Mr Fleming registered in 1935 and retired from the register in 1990.
Goodall On 30 May, Francis Adolph Goodall, of 140 Westbourne Road, Huddersfield,
Yorkshire HD1 4LF. Mr Fleming registered in 1938 and retired from the register
in 1971.
Hadden On 7 June, Frank Lindsay Hadden, of Sunnybank, Park Road, Sutton-on-Sea,
Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire LN12 2LW. Mr Hadden registered in 1928 and retired
from the register in 2002.
Lambert On 11 May, Janet Marie Lambert, MRPharmS, of 12 The Coppins, Markyate,
St Albans, Hertfordshire AL3 8RP. Mrs Lambert registered in 1989.
MacLeod On 22 May, Thomas Mcdonald MacLeod, FRPharmS, of 35 Errol Road, Invergowrie,
Dundee DD2 5BX. Dr MacLeod registered in 1947. He was a chartered chemist and
was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 1990 (see Tribute, Column
p788).
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Tribute
Benson In a tribute to the late Jeffrey Benson (see Column 3), Andrew
Lipshaw, chairman, Central Lancashire Local Pharmaceutical Committee,
writes:
It is with great sadness that I have to report the passing of
Jeffrey Benson after a long illness. Following national service in the
Royal Air Force, Jeffrey studied pharmacy at “The Square” in
London and returned to the Fylde coast to complete his qualification
at Boots The Chemists. Soon after qualifying he acquired his own business
in Blackpool where he served the local community for over 40 years. After
retiring from the business he still worked around the Fylde until ill
health curtailed this.
I spent an extremely useful and informative year with Jeffrey as an eager
and impatient newly qualified pharmacist learning much of the practical
side of the
profession, which enabled me to feel confident to purchase my own business some
years later. He was comfortable in the pharmacy environment and had the ability
to communicate with customers and professionals at all levels.
Jeffrey was an honest, quiet and diligent man who never complained when illness
overwhelmed him in later years. His wife Maureen, son Richard and daughter Karen
survive him.
Bolton In a tribute to the late John Clement Bolton (see p787), JIMMIE
WILSON writes:
At the end of the war, John Bolton and David Neil formed
the Finchley branch of the Pharmaceutical Society as a breakaway from
the North Metropolitan branch. John became the first secretary and David
the first chairman of the new branch. Because of their energetic partnership,
the branch became a lively and successful one.
At that time, the launch of the National Health Service (1948) meant
major changes for pharmacy, and John organised meetings to deal with
these. One memorable
one that I recall was held in East Finchley Library and was packed to the door.
Among those attending were Garnett Pickles (Finchley) and Parry Jones (Barnet) — the
only time that these outstanding pharmacists attended a pharmacy meeting.
MacLeod In a tribute to the late Thomas Mcdonald
MacLeod (see p787),
GUS MacCONNACHIE writes:
It was with great sadness that I learnt of the
death of my old friend and colleague Tom MacLeod, whom I first met when
I arrived in Tayside at the end of 1974 to take up a new post at Ninewells
Hospital in Dundee. The hospital and medical school were newly built
and Tom and I became part of a small but happy band of pharmacists, technicians
and assistants challenged with the not inconsiderable task of developing
a pharmaceutical service to what would become a busy teaching hospital.
We immediately struck up a rapport and I had much to thank Tom for supporting
me in establishing the drug information service and organising pre- and
post-registration pharmacy education and training in Tayside.
Tom was an honourable man — honest, reliable and dedicated and a fine
ambassador for pharmacy. He was a visionary who saw the need for and practised
clinical pharmacy at a time when hospital pharmacy seemed to be forever at
the crossroads and long before 1988 when it was finally acknowledged as the
way forward. He saw the value of dispensing pharmaceutical care close to the
patient and working as part of the multidisciplinary team in improving the
quality of health care. He actively encouraged junior pharmacists and those
in training to follow his lead from the late 1970s and through the 1980s and
in doing so created the climate that guaranteed the success of clinical pharmacy
once it was formally introduced in Tayside. Tom delivered a ward-based pharmacy
service to a busy general surgical unit within a busy teaching hospital. His
contribution to patient care over the years was, and still is, acknowledged
by the many members of the surgical staff in the NHS and university medical
school and nursing and allied health care professional staff with whom he worked.
All the while, he found time to develop the quality control and quality assurance
services and play his part in managing the commissioning of Tayside Pharmaceuticals
which is now recognised as the major NHS pharmaceutical manufacturing unit
in Scotland.
The education and training of pharmacists in the preregistration year and beyond
was also a priority for Tom MacLeod (or Dr Tom as he was affectionately known
by the host of junior pharmacists who worked and learned under his tutelage
over the years). There are many experienced and senior grade pharmacists today
working around Britain, and indeed abroad, who owe him much for the development
of their pharmaceutical skills during their formative years. In particular,
Tom and I worked closely in organising and developing a Tayside self-study
group aimed at achieving membership of the newly formed College of Pharmacy
Practice. It is typical of Tom’s dedication to the cause that he gave
up so much time and effort to ensure the success of what was a new and important
professional initiative. The number of CPP members that this eventually spawned
is testament to his efforts.
After retiring at the end of the 1980s (too early, in my opinion), Tom continued
actively to research in the dermatology and photobiology fields (in which he
had earlier gained his PhD). He is still held in high regard by my dermatologist
colleagues, as indeed he is throughout the NHS and Medical School in Tayside.
Latterly, he suffered a chronic debilitating illness but, despite the physical
toll it took, he never complained and simply got on with life. Tom visited
the department frequently during this time and we had many a long chat over
coffee. We recalled the old days, good and bad, but also looked forward to
pharmacy in the years ahead. He was always cheerful, always interested and
always positive.
Tom is survived by his wife Lindley (also a pharmacist) and two sons who are
a great credit to him. I have lost a valued and respected friend and colleague
whom it was a privilege to have known and worked with over the years. Many
within the profession, and indeed the profession itself, will mourn his passing,
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