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Vol 273 No 7307 p54
10 July 2004

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The Conference

Why no speech from a Government minister?

From Mr J. Wilson, MRPharmS

I have today received the programme for the British Pharmaceutical Conference for 2004 and note that at the opening session there is no government minister in attendance to give a speech. Is this yet more evidence of pharmacy’s continuing decline in importance in the eyes of politicians, or were they simply not invited?

John Wilson
Arnold, Nottinghamshire

 

BEVERLEY PARKIN, director of public affairs and communications, Royal Pharmaceutical Society, replies:

The dates for BPC 2004 coincide with those of the Labour Party conference and no minister is therefore able to attend. However, Mr Wilson will be pleased to know that the Society has excellent working relationships with several ministers and their teams, including the ministers in the Department of Health.

The developments that are taking place in the profession are central to Government health policy and we are pleased that both Sir Nigel Crisp, Permanent Secretary, Department of Health, and Chief Executive of the NHS, and Harry Cayton, Director for Patients and the Public, Department of Health, are both speaking at BPC 2004. Full BPC speaker and programme details are available online by visiting www.bpc2004.org

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